I also noticed that right after Paul talks about homosexuality in Romans 1:26, he refers to greed, envy, arrogance, and gossip as
sins punishable by spiritual death.
You CAN still reproduce by having relations with memebers of the opposite gender, that is obvious, what you are missing out on is that to ensure that people didn't prefer same gender relationships over the opposite gender relationships, it was made
a sin punishable by death to avoid any kind possible population reduction from members of the church.
If you want people to stop eating pork and shellfish because you don't know how to properly cook it without causing disease and death to your people, make eating
it a sin punishable by death.
If you want to keep people focused on your religion as a unifying set of moral and practical codes to live by, make attendence to religious services and taking the day off work to attend mandatory or else it is
a sin punishable by death.
So, Judas» suicide was
a sin punishable by sentencing to Hell, according to current theology... One might argue it wasn't part of God's plan per se, in that God didn't require Judas to commit suicide, however, God undeniably knew Judas would do so as a result of the path God had set him on.
For example, adultery was
a sin punishable by death, but Jesus told the people if you look at a woman with lust in your heart you have committed adultery.
Many religions espouse that the outright dismissal of the existance of God is a mortal
sin punishable by eternal damnation.
Not exact matches
If you want your people to reproduce to bolster your populace, make being ga y a
sin and
punishable by death.
the bible has lists of many
sins that are
punishable by death some that are
punishable by exile and some that are
punishable by tribunal and taking of property when the bible refers to all
sins being the same it is they are all an abomination to the lord not a reference to how serious a
sin they are do you really believe that murdering a 2 year old with acid is the same kind of
sin as calling in sick to work when your not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG it is unbelievable how ignorant you all are and how you think you can turn the bible on itself a true Christian that has read thoroughly and has no agenda like ms cnn here does knows the difference