Sentences with phrase «practice homosexual behavior»

Not exact matches

Paul's highly pejorative description of homosexual practice in Romans 1:24 - 27 — «dishonorable» or «degrading,» «contrary to nature,» an «indecency» or «shameful / obscene behavior,» and a fit «payback» for straying from God — suggests that Paul regarded homosexual practice as an especially serious infraction of God's will, in line with all Jewish perspectives of the time.

Yet if, as Eichenwald alleges, all sins are equal, why not compare the New Testament's opposition to homosexual practice to its opposition to behaviors that even Eichenwald disapproves, such as consensual incest, kidnapping, idolatry, and cheating the poor out of their life savings?

Fornication, adultery, and homosexual practice are not simply itemized as forbidden behavior; they are treated as objects of shame and loathing.

Is America now more morally sensitive, more well structured in its laws and practices insofar as it accepts publicly avowed homosexual behavior; constructs laws that protect homosexuals from the criminal penalties formally attached to homosexual acts; and allows for civil unions or even gay marriages?

«Scripture's male - female prerequisite for marriage and its attendant rejection of homosexual behavior is pervasive throughout both Testaments of Scripture (i.e. it is everywhere presumed in sexual discussions even when not explicitly mentioned); it is absolute (i.e. no exceptions are ever given, unlike even incest and polyamory); it is strongly proscribed (i.e. every mention of it in Scripture indicates that it is regarded as a foundational violation of sexual ethics); and it is countercultural (i.e. we know of no other culture in the ancient Near East or Greco - Roman Mediterranean basin more consistently and strongly opposed to homosexual practice).

In the definition of a homosexual, the distinction between the inclination toward (orientation) and the practice of (behavior) homosexuality is essential to keep in mind throughout this paper.

This point is just as relevant, of course, to any type of self - destructive behavior, or to acts of economic injustice, as it is to homosexual practice.

Citing the Apostle Paul, you argue that the unrepentant practice of homosexual behavior will exclude a person from the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9 - 10).