Sentences with phrase «condemned homosexual acts»

The Catholic Church has always condemned homosexual acts as «intrinsically evil», as well as of course distinguishing clearly between wounded tendencies, sin, and sinner.

The question is whether those who would condemn homosexual acts should be able to force their views of Scripture on those who disagree any more than those who affirm gay relationships should be able to force their view of Scripture on those opposed.

Sexuality speaks a liturgical language, and thus to condemn the ritual usage of homosexual acts is to condemn homosexual acts in themselves.

For the same Paul who condemns homosexual acts as sinful is the Paul who tells women like Anita Bryant to remain silent in the church (I Cor.

In our Western tradition, biblical texts, taken literally or fundamentalistically, have been used to condemn all homosexual acts, and a particular version of natural moral law has also relegated homosexuals to the category of freaks.

The catechism, the Catholic Church's book of official doctrine, condemns homosexual acts, but says gays and lesbians «must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.»

That such a conspiracy had taken place became clear every time we questioned some received dogma («Why must Romans 1 be interpreted to condemn homosexual acts tout court, rather than pederasty alone?»

Not exact matches

So when scripture condemns homosexuality, it is condemning the action, and if you are not acting on it, you are not homosexual.

We've isolated and condemned homosexuality as an especially egregious sin because 1) it's a sexual thing (and we're obsessed with sex), 2) it's relatively easy to identify and name, (unlike gossip and materialism and greed, which are condemned more often in the Bible and are more pervasive in our culture), and 3) it is «other,» (when you're straight, and in no danger of committing homosexual acts yourself, it's easy to call it an abomination because it's easier to remove specks from others people's eyes.)

«You appear to agree that the Bible condemns same - sex acts but not homosexual acts since they didn't exist.»

Homosexual acts can't be condemned because they didn't exist.

This is the church's basis for condemning masturbation, contraception, sterilization and homosexual acts.

Those who lift up homosexual acts as that which is to be condemned and eradicated are attacking what Paul regards as the symptoms, not the cause.

(New numbering system) 1) The confusion between homosexuality and same - sex relationships - Earlier you said «Homosexual acts can't be condemned because they didn't exist.

The Roman Catholic church maintains this position, recently describing the homosexual orientation as an «objective disorder».15 In Protestant and Anglican churches, a distinction is now often made between a homosexual orientation and homosexual genital acts; the orientation is part of some people's God - given make - up and not something for which they should be condemned.

What are we to make of those Old Testament passages that in addition to rape condemn other homosexual acts?