And the truth is that the Bible talks way more about these other behaviors than
it does about homosexuality.
After all, my Bible talks more about the sins of not caring for the poor and orphans of our communities, about our pride, about idolatry, than
it does about homosexuality, yet I can't see a lot of to - scale «truth - telling» on those topics.
The problem with the family's views on these topics is not necessarily that they have them to begin with - although I find it abhorrent that anyone feels the way that
they do about homosexuality.
Not exact matches
Check out «What the Bible Says — and Doesn't Say
About Homosexuality» at http://www.sourforce.org/article/
homosexuality-bible for a quick introduction and summary.
At that point, it was
about masturbation only (no one had made a comparison to
homosexuality), so, without much personal stake in the debate, I thought to myself «See, this is why people don't like the answers, not (always) because it doesn't let them
do what they want, but because the answers are sometimes very poor indeed.»
Regardless, we are not even under the law according to Judaism — we follow the Noahide ideals... and there is no Noahide law
about homosexuality (we may use the Torahnic ideals as a guide — which is basically what I am
doing above).
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.
I may be Catholic, but I'm not a maniac
about it, runs their unofficial subtext — meaning: I'm happy to take credit for enlightened Catholic positions on the death penalty / social justice / civil rights, but of course I don't believe in those archaic teachings
about divorce /
homosexuality / and above all birth control.
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.
Isnt the better question for all you Christians out here and there......... What
did JESUS say
about Homosexuality???
Don't play into the hands of the enemy: Arguing
about Tim Farron's views on
homosexuality doesn't help anyone, says Ruth Smith More
Viseral you could argue that Jesus
did speak
about homosexuality and bestiality as its in the word and scripture is the inspired word of God Jesus is God As God he inspired that word so he
did speak it.or spoke it through others?
Jesus may not have said anything
about homosexuality but the parable of the woman caught in adultery is not so much
about her sin but is a universal call to all sinners to turn from sin and trust him as he is the one who saves us as he
did the woman once saved we should go and sin no more.That applies to both straight or gay brentnz
... The Jews (just like the church now) got flippant concerning divorce... I feel Jesus didn't have to mention
homosexuality because the Law was clear to any Jew at that time... Paul had to mention it because he was an apostle to the Gentiles who I think were more prone to
homosexuality behavior... I'm though not as learned as you... just my thought after 15 years of thinking
about this issue... The church has a sacred duty to all... even gays... we need a unified loving answer to give them... but it must be the truth... because only the truth can set us free...
I respect your opinion, Jeremy; but I am in no such quandary
about the issue of
homosexuality, because I
do my very best to live the Word of God.
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
This post wasn't
about what Paul said, or what Moses wrote, just what Jesus said... and
did you read any excuses for
homosexuality in that post?
Look, I frankly don't really care what you believe
about homosexuality, whether it is a sin or not, please, please, please, PLEASE don't blame gay people for the bad things that happen to our country.
I frankly don't really care what you believe
about homosexuality, whether it is a sin or not, please, please, please, PLEASE don't blame gay people for the bad things that happen to our country.
Do you react to language about brokenness and healing in the context of homosexuality positively or negatively, and why do you think that i
Do you react to language
about brokenness and healing in the context of
homosexuality positively or negatively, and why
do you think that i
do you think that is?
Granted Jesus never spoke out specifically
about homosexuality but He didn't really need to given His audience.
The divorce thing was my attempt to say that many of those who are all over LGBTQs for what they think the Bible says
about homosexuality appear to me to be blind to all the things they're
doing that the Bible and Jesus condemn.
What
does the Bible really say
about homosexuality?
What The Bible Says (and Doesn't Say)
about Homosexuality: http://www.soulforce.org/resources/what-the-bible-says-and-doesnt-say-
about-
homosexuality/
Well, he didn't say anything
about homosexuality in the gospels, that should give a clue.
They don't need to know
about homosexuality and atheism and racism and evolutionary theory.
(I believe the OT verses
do as well, but there has been some dispute as to their meaning) Finally Luke said the story of Sodom isn't
about homosexuality.
To read
homosexuality into Sodom or Gibeah reveals more
about the reader than it
does about the scripture.
What
does Scripture have to say
about homosexuality?
So don't blow it by repeating what you believe
about alcoholics, unmarried people living together,
homosexuality, or whatever you think might apply to them.
«Scouting's youth member policy is not
about the BSA condoning
homosexuality, or forcing its chartered organizations to
do the same.»
Christians should care
about as much what the Bible says regarding
homosexuality as they
do about how it commands parents to stone their disobedient children to death.
We don't know much
about what forms
homosexuality may have taken in ancient Israel.
True, we didn't see much of it in 2015 when he visibly squirmed at being asked repeatedly
about his views on
homosexuality.
Believe me there is much I
do not under stand
about homosexuality.
I
did send you an e-mail
about your comments
about homosexuality and part of my comment will reflect those words to you.
What
does the Bible say
about homosexuality, and...
The title sets the question of Christian evaluation of
homosexuality in a different context from a title such as: «What does the Bible Say about Homosexu
homosexuality in a different context from a title such as: «What
does the Bible Say
about HomosexualityHomosexuality?»
Nevertheless, Paul's statements
about homosexuality call for a more serious wrestling with the texts than
do his ideas
about women's hair.
The bible
does talk
about homosexuality and God
does not condone this.
I honestly don't know what I really even think
about the whole
homosexuality issue; I mostly think I don't care.
UPDATE: In re-reading The Four Loves recently, I discovered that Lewis
did in fact write
about homosexuality, but mainly in the context of male friendship.
Lewis
did write
about «gay marriage» in a letter to a friend who was asking him how to think
about homosexuality.
It doesn't matter if people are accepting of
homosexuality but what God says
about it.
In fact, in my experience, I've found that the folks most passionate
about waging a culture war against
homosexuality are often folks who don't know a lot of gay people.
So when we, in the Church, discuss
homosexuality as though it were an issue faced by «other people» who are «out there,» when we resort to stereotypes and language
about hell and judgment and damnation, we may be
doing serious damage to the most precious and vulnerable among us.
What
does the Bible say
about homosexuality, and how are we to apply it to this tormented question?
Christians should care as much
about what the Bible says regarding
homosexuality as they
do about how it commands parents to stone their disobedient children to death.
Nothing in there
about homosexuality... but a few other sins are mentioned which we don't want to address today.
Our lord on
Homosexuality In response to an item last month about the very bad argument that homosexuality must be OK because Jesus didn't say anything about it, our friend Gerry McDermott notes that Jesus did give his teaching on the matter, «albeit implicitly, when he condemned porneia (sexual sin) in Ma
Homosexuality In response to an item last month
about the very bad argument that
homosexuality must be OK because Jesus didn't say anything about it, our friend Gerry McDermott notes that Jesus did give his teaching on the matter, «albeit implicitly, when he condemned porneia (sexual sin) in Ma
homosexuality must be OK because Jesus didn't say anything
about it, our friend Gerry McDermott notes that Jesus
did give his teaching on the matter, «albeit implicitly, when he condemned porneia (sexual sin) in Mark 7 as evil.