Sentences with phrase «do with homosexuality»

have nothing to do with homosexuality.

It's got nothing to do with homosexuality.

Very few of these have anything to do with homosexuality.

What is different, though, between homosexuality in America and polygamy in Africa is that no mainline Christian Church in Africa has normalized polygamy as a biblically sanctioned Christian marriage as some mainline American churches in the West, including the PC (USA), have done with homosexuality.

Not exact matches

This doesn't just refer to those who struggle with homosexuality.

People balked at the comparison of gluttony to homosexuality... and I guess my question was why is one so charged with guilt and emotion while the other we don't really care so much about.

Far from being an indicator of social acceptance of homosexuality, a movie such as The Birdcage - sanitized of what homosexuals actually do with their plumbing, and of grim specters such as AIDS - is a very traditional instance of people finding homosexual behavior, especially in its more flamboyant cross-dressing variations, ludicrously funny.

ian... not sure which part you wanted me to reply on, but I will take issue with yr point about homosexuality being a threat to human existence.I'm no expert on the subject, but I think we cd safely assume that the phenomena has been with us since our ancestors came out of the trees... we're now over six billion and growing at an alarming rate.Not sure where you might find the data on this supposed threat to going forth and multiplying.BTW, I have read that homosexual behaviour is observable in the animal kingdom, but I wd need to do some work to reference a credible study.

I am NOT saying that people that struggle with homosexuality are destined for hell as the blood of Jesus covers that sin as it does all others.

you guys know, don't you, that there are theological discussions with biblical scholars on both sides of the debate on whether the bible condemns homosexuality and homosexual behavior?

They do this of course to support their belief that homosexuality is an inherently sinful behavior and if an individual is born with such a condition it would seem to imply some sort of endorsement by God.

Less noticed than references to homosexuality in Pope Francis» widely circulated remarks to the press on the Rio - to - Rome papal airplane was this comment on developing a theology of women: The role of women doesn't end just with being a mother and with house work... we....

Steven thanks for your testimony I agree with your view that homosexuality is not an orientation we are not born that way but its a choice.We can choose to live by what our flesh dictates or we can live by what God reveals through his word and by his holy spirit.If we are serious about following God we chose to follow him so it does nt matter whether gay or straight our choice is to follow God with all our heart.I have never been gay but have battled and was overcome by my fleshly desires not until i turned from them and asked the holy spirit to help me have i been changed for that i will always be grateful to the Lord.So in that sense we are no different our testimonys are important and are powerful.Thank you for your witness and may the Lord continue to use you as his vessel to touch lives and hearts for him.brentnz

But it does appear to be true that, as Dias wrote, InterVarsity will maintain doctrinal accountability by asking any staff who disagree with IVCF's conservative stance on homosexuality, same - sex relationships, and gender to inform their leadership, triggering a process of «involuntary termination.»

It is in keeping with both the clear teaching of scripture and Jesus» methods that He would have interacted similarly with a person He knew to be engaged in homosexuality, saying to this dear person, «My son / my daughter, do not continue in this.»

http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/genetics/a/aa990517.htm That is all simply to say that even if homosexuality is proven to have absolutely nothing to do with choice, there will still be grounds for Christians to classify it as sinful.

Removal of right to disagree with promotion or practice of homosexuality when providing services which cooperate in so doing.

I object to Stanton Jones» use of the words homosexuality and heterosexuality as equivalent descriptions of different kinds of sexual behavior, because doing so ignores the facts that 1) «heterosexuality» is the result of the allocation of genetic material at conception that determines which reproductive organs people are born with» male or female» and 2) «homosexuality» is sexual action by people who are heterosexual.

It had nothing to do with a loving relationship between two people of the same sex, and homosexuality was NOT the sin of Sodom in whatever form.

I am just starting a series on the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and homosexuality has NOTHING to do with the story.

The disingenuity of, for instance, the American Psychological Association in claiming that it does not advocate the acceptance or legitimation of homosexuality is all too clear from its membership in the «Just the Facts Coalition,» along with the National Education Association and other groups.

What the bishops do in their June meeting will not be very credible if they do not forthrightly address the question of homosexuality and its obvious connection with the sexual abuse of adolescent and older teenage boys.

So... when the Holy Spirit gave inspiration to the Apostle Paul in Roman 1:26 - 28 to write; «For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature (Lesbianism): and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with me working that which is unseemly (Homosexuality), and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.

Leviticus 18:22 «Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman.

I am only saying that my negative view of homosexuality is an expression of my religious underpinning, and it has never extended to personally demeaning any homosexual as you have felt the need to do with me.

They are unhappy with developments in America, but rather than direct their anger against the corporate economic powers that are doing them dirt, they have instead been diverted to conservative cultural issues» race, crime, moral decay, homosexuality, guns, abortion, feminism, anti-Americanism, and on into infinity» that are largely irrelevant to their lives.

«31 Why doesn't the Old Testament, for example, link Sodom any more directly with homosexuality (cf. Isa.

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).

It was a classic example of evangelicalism's continued obsession with homosexuality, an obsession I believe has done irreparable damage to the relationship between the Church and the gay community.

but I just can't accept the Church's view on sex / condoms / homosexuality [«it usually seems to be something to do with sex!]

Nevertheless, Paul's statements about homosexuality call for a more serious wrestling with the texts than do his ideas about women's hair.

«Heterosexuality» and «homosexuality» can indeed be done away with.

She believes that all who do not agree with her promotion of homosexuality and transgenderism — an overwhelming «cloud of witnesses» from the beginnings of God's people to the present day — have been proclaiming a «false gospel.»

«[I] dare to equate homosexuality with bestiality»??? No, I did not.

In contrast, the percentage of Americans who do not believe homosexuality is a sin remains nearly the same between the two surveys - 43 percent in September 2011 and 45 percent in November 2012 indicate this belief, with an increase in the percentage of those unsure of what they believe.

Regarding homosexuality as being a choice or an orientation, let's think of it this way: Do you chose to have the issues you struggle with in your life??

While the decision to part ways dates back to 2009, news that the South Barrington megachurch had cut ties with Exodus, the world's largest ministry addressing homosexuality, did not surface until late June.

Neither does Jesus use the exact word «homosexuality» to condemn all forms of fornication and adultery in Matthew 19, but anyone looking at that passage with an open mind and heart can't help but realize that homosexuality is indeed addressed by Him there.

But we should be confident that if we reflect more deeply on deeper themes connected with the Gospel — creation, providence, marriage, celibacy, sin, redemption, resurrection, etc. — we will find the resources for understanding Paul's teaching on homosexuality, even though Paul himself does much less than many of us would like to explain the reasons behind the prohibition.

How does homosexuality, a condition, get in with the acts?»

This post has nothing to do with whether homosexuality is a sin or not.

«Why should homosexuality that doesn't lead to anything be equated with adultery, when heterosexuality that doesn't lead to adultery isn't?»

I do think, however, that we are getting closer to your actual feelings on the subject, the deeply held beliefs about homosexuality that you try to defend with all of your quotes and attempts to disparage scientific study.

At the 1988 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in St. Louis, legislation affirming that «we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian teaching» was adopted by a 765 - 181 vote of the delegates.

DT: Originally when I wrote the post I meant, when I said, «in keeping with this blog post», that it had to do with the issue of homosexuality generally.

What he does do, in a frequently captivating manner, is «imagine» what Jesus might have taught if Jesus agreed with him about homosexuality, suicide, and the oppression of women.

Who knows, maybe he even wrote the recent Times editorial claiming that institutions teaching that homosexuality is morally questionable can not be trusted with the guidance of children, or the related editorial asserting that the Boy Scouts are not part of the American mainstream because they do not allow gay scoutmasters.

What you've done is smear Osteen, Mohler, Wright and anyone else who actually believes Scripture condemns homosexuality as one - of - a-kind with those who perpetrate physical violence against homosexuals.

2) Biblical texts do not deal with homosexuality as a psycho - sexual orientation determined at birth or developed as a relationship between consenting adults.

As some have pointed out, how can we possibly take such an immovable stand on the issue of homosexuality, but we allow women to speak in church, to go about with their heads uncovered, we no longer stone people caught in adultery, we don't crucify thieves... it's just astonishing to think people pick and choose verses and chapters from the Bible to cling to.