Sentences with phrase «as the homosexual activity»

As long as homosexual activity was generally understood to express such hatred and contempt — particularly in societies where the dignity of the male was held to be of great importance — any such activity was to be rejected summarily.

Not exact matches

So terms like a homosexual lifestyle and homosexual activity are easily painted as bad or good, with no points in between.

And yet, these crimes required the death penalty, just as did homosexual activity.

My question is: Shouldn't the preachers» brainstorming on homosexual activity in more and more disrespectful details be considered as perversion and a sin?

When he answers that he believes the Scriptures refer to homosexual activity as sin, they do not join our community.

Maybe a few are struggling not to indulge in homosexual activities, and these could be possibly christians as well.

On one end is the noncompromising «sin perspective» summarized in these words from an article in a conservative periodical: «The New Testament blasts homosexual activity as the lowest, most degraded kind of immorality» (Alliance Witness, July i6, 1975).

Engaging or not engaging in homosexual activities is viewed as a choice, and thus the power of Christ is needed to enable the person to change or resist homosexual temptations.

But homosexual activity was regarded by Paul as a punishment visited upon idolaters by God because of their unfaithfulness.

Wesley Hill understands that, as a faithfully Christian homosexual man, he is not in the only category of people who are not called to sexual activity.

I would be happy to debate the question as to whether homosexual activity is in itself inherently sinful, but this was not my statement as you suggest.

Treating homosexual activity as a private matter (and some people now treat group sexual activity this way as well) shapes our society's mores.

At that moment, if the church had been logical and free of homophobia, it would have re-examined the value of homosexual activity as an expression of human love and companionship.

So far as is known, most of these women, after group sex is left behind, seldom if ever again engage in homosexual activity.

In booklets such as An Evangelical Look at Homosexuality (1977, revised) and Holier - Than - Thou Hocus - Pocus & Homosexuality (1977), Blair asserts that the Bible does not offer judgment on loving, monogamous homosexual activity between exclusive homosexuals (those with no heterosexual propensity).

Sometimes the church uses the promiscuity of active homosexuals as evidence of the unacceptability of homosexual activity in general.

Please explain to my ignorant worldview how Romans 1:18 - 32 does not at least speak of homosexual activity as perversion and how 1 Corinthians 6 does not speak against the homosexual act when the Greek Paul used clearly states in his sin list both partners in the homosexual act.

Jewish «cultural context» is as I cited above, totally against any homosexual activity.

But if that's so, he notes, then it should govern the way Christians think about same - sex sexual activity as well, and thus he concludes: «When those with homosexual orientation act on their desires in a loving, committed relationship, [they] are not, as far as I can see, violating the love command.»

Only homosexual activity is disapproved, since «the Church sees these acts as attaining their full significance only in the context of marriage.»

The WSCC statement refuses to reduce homosexual people to their genital expression: «Gays and lesbians have just as much right to our approval and acceptance of their overall activity.»

Contemporary biblical studies persuasively indicate that the major theme of the story and concern of the writer were not homosexual activity as such but rather the breach of ancient Hebrew hospitality norms and persistent violations of rudimentary social justice.

Given this general agreement, scholars do differ as to whether homosexual activity actually played any role in the story at all.

Third, Paul's wording makes it plain that he understands homosexual activity as that indulged in by heterosexuals, hence that which is contrary to their own sexual orientation.

There will be no more prancing around along with all the other gay activities that homosexuals like to do... More importantly, we as parents can now sleep a little better at night just knowing there will be less gays out there wandering the streets trying to molest our children.»

In any case, it is clear that the aim of Paul's argument in Romans is not to exclude those who perform homosexual acts from the sphere of God's grace but rather to use the example of homosexual activity as an expression of the great need which all human beings have for the grace of God which justifies the «ungodly.»

You should also discuss that it is inappropriate to use sexual orientation or sexual activity in insults or bullying (slut - shaming, using homosexual terms as an insult, etc.) and how to react when peers do so.

Heterosexual men, as well as homosexual men and women, became aroused while viewing attractive members of their preferred sex engaged in nonsexual activities, such as walking on a beach.

Homosexual mating is at least as risky as the heterosexual kind, expending sperm, wasting time that could go toward other activities, and boosting the risk of injury, disease, and predation.

Meanwhile, 18 subjects — 30 percent — reported that they had dis - identified as homosexuals and were now «chaste,» meaning no overt sexual activity at all.

The researchers then measured progesterone in 92 women's saliva and found that as progesterone increased so too did openness to the idea of engaging in homosexual activity.

The researchers, led by psychologist Boris Cheval at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, concluded that some, though not all, men who scored as more homophobic also demonstrated a higher interest in homosexual activities.

Personal ads for homosexual activity, which was still illegal, were increasing as well — causing authorities to conduct more investigations into the content in newspapers.

Bisexual relationships basically involve both homosexual as well as heterosexual activities on bisexual dating site.

The answers will also be relevant for a preliminary reference that the Dutch Counscil of State has made in a few asylum cases regarding the interpretation of article 9 of the Directive, in particular whether homosexuals can be ascribed as «a social group» in the sense of the provision, and whether it can be expected from them «to conceal some homosexual activities».

(3) Do the criminalisation of homosexual activities and the threat of imprisonment in relation thereto, as set out in the Offences against the Person Act 1861 of Sierra Leone (Case C - 199 / 12), the Penal Code Act 1950 of Uganda (Case C - 200 / 12) or the Senegalese Penal Code (Case C - 201 / 12) constitute an act of persecution within the meaning of Article 9 (1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 9 (2)(c) of the Directive?

Michael Wardlow, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, which acted for Gareth Lee, the customer, in Lee v Ashers [2016] MOR 10086, said the court had «ruled out a suggestion which had been made as part of the appeal, that anti-discrimination laws treat less favourably people who share a religious belief concerning the sinful nature of homosexual activity».