I find that most of my Christian friends who
talk about homosexuality are either determined to not think about the issue because of tradition and fear or are on the other end and choose not to think about the issue because the pressure of contemporary culture (in our part of the world) is to equate my sexuality with the colour of my skin which is, in light of history, a silly equation but we should just adjust our understanding to accomodate.
In 2004, Ramirez turned to the clinic at the urging of his mother who wanted him to
talk about his homosexuality.
He says his ears would perk up when he heard James Dobson
talking about homosexuality on the radio, but the only response from famous Christian leaders centered around reparative therapy, which required «correcting» mistakes made by bad parenting or from sexual abuse in the past.
There's a theory that hardly anyone in the UK Christian Church actually wants to
talk about homosexuality.
The bible does
talk about homosexuality and God does not condone this.
I agree that we need to think carefully about the language we use to
talk about homosexuality.
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.
«Truly damaging speech can not be excused just because it expresses genuine religious belief,» says Mark D. Jordan, author of «Recruiting Young Love: How Christians
Talk about Homosexuality.»
What's more, bodybuilders keep pictures of their American counterparts, who are reported to «
talk about homosexuality quite freely, as if it is something quite natural.»
Not exact matches
This verse clearly refers to the practice of
homosexuality, but it seems to be
talking about those who then become murderers and so on («Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,...») and so on.
RELEVANT
talks to Derek Webb
about Stockholm Syndrome, the viral marketing campaign for the album and why he's turned his sights to addressing
homosexuality in the church.
The site posted a recording of Benham
talking to a
talk show host
about «
homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation» and «demonic ideologies» taking hold in colleges and public schools.
When Christians are ready to follow Jesus» teaching on divorce, we can then begin to
talk about what the rest of the Bible says
about homosexuality.
If you want to get a sneak peek at what the Christian community will be
talking about in 5 - 10 years, just spend some time on a Christian college campus.From evolution to religious pluralism to
homosexuality, the issues that play out on the national scene often begin in classrooms, late - night dorm room discussions, and chapel services.
In the case of
homosexuality we potentially are
talking about randomly occurring variations of a a specific gene that would seem to occur with regularity.
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.
A study guide on
homosexuality that is officially promoted among Lutherans is titled, «Can We
Talk About This?»
Books such as
Homosexuality, which incessantly
talk about the fears, frustrations, angers, and depressions involved in being homosexual, inadvertently reinforce the reasons why parents hope their children will not be homosexual.
Rev Barry Trayorn who worked as a gardener, but volunteered in the chapel, fell into trouble after delivering a
talk to prisoners
about homosexuality and sin.
On
homosexuality, Sausele mostly faults the way that sexuality is
talked about in TEC.
And the truth is that the Bible
talks way more
about these other behaviors than it does
about homosexuality.
All I was saying was that IF you think it is a sin, we should still love and accept LGBT people, just as we love and accept people who lie, eat too much, drink too much, are lazy, are proud, etc, all of which are clearly sins (and are
talked about in Scripture way more than
homosexuality).
Premier Christian Radio's Justin Brierley
talks to Steve Chalke
about why he's changed his views on
homosexuality... More
Premier Christian Radio's Justin Brierley
talks to Steve Chalke
about why he's changed his views on
homosexuality and theologian Greg Downes who offers a defence of the traditional evangelical understanding... More
I want to raise my children to be sensitive to others and aware of others» differences, but I don't personally know any trans * people and there really isn't a template for
talking about things like this (or
homosexuality, or a lot of other things) in an affirming way within my church community.
The caller asked Mr Farron to clarify his views on
homosexuality, to which he replied: «I'm
talking to you
about my passionate concern
about LGBT + rights.»
Inspectors failed schools on «diversity» criteria based on young children declining to
talk about their «attitudes to
homosexuality».
Shadow health minister Diane Abbott told MPs that such is the strength of the taboo that parliamentarians had revealed their
homosexuality long before they felt safe enough to
talk about their mental health difficulties.
Pope Francis» arguments run the gamut from the expected (he's especially interested in the concept of true brotherhood) to the scandalous (he's a strong proponent of the environment, believes that the power of science can go hand and hand with religion, and even
talks about welcoming
homosexuality into the church).
Singer
talks about how mutant functions as a metaphor for
homosexuality, and that much of the cast weren't comic book fans.
And they were on there
talking about the Bible, and quoting scripture, and saying that
homosexuality is just wrong, that it's a values question.