is it less sinful for one religion to commit a sin than another?

Question

for the last couple of weeks there has been a storm over a protestant minister who had a homosexual encounter with another man, but bout 3 weeks ago a Jewsh Rabbi was caught trying to solicit sex from young under age boys yet, I have not seen one piece about it here on Y,A, or in any news media or T,V, why?
is it not a sin in the Jewish church or ?

Answer 1

There is not a single Jewish set of beliefs. There is the Orthodox "Torah-observant" traditional faith which holds homosexuality an abomination: Jewish and Muslim clerics got together in Jerusalem this past week to try to get a Gay Pride parade banned.

But there are, at the other extreme, "Jewish" congregations with as few beliefs as the Universal Life Church which, as far as I know, has no prescribed beliefs at all.

Anyway, in your case -- and I take it yours is really an anti-Semitic rant -- the difference isn't the above. Rather it's the point that the Protestant guy was one of the leading TV evangelists in the USA and a prime mover in the anti-gay marriage, anti-gay rights movement. The rabbi nobody ever heard of: it's local news and the guy should perhaps go to prison forever. But outside of his town, who cares? For all I know his synagogue or temple or whatever it is welcomes gays. I know (because I saw it mentioned in the religious services column of a paper) a Gay and Lesbian Synagogue in Washington, DC. If I remember correctly, they borrow the basement of some church for their weekly services.

I read somewhere a suggested rule for dating and relations: nobody, or at least nobody under 18, should be allowed to get involved with anyone more than 10% different in age. And nobody, ever, should be allowed to get involved with someone of any age in a supervisory situation or in loco parentis: doctor, lawyer, teacher, clergyperson, social worker.

ADDENDUM: your question really is an unfounded rant. Your story is all over the Internet, for example: http://www.rickross.com/reference/perverted_justice/perverted_justice24.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110302297.html

BTW I see that an assistant DA committed suicide yesterday after being trapped by that same NBC program -- Dateline -- soliciting (or more correctly, being solicited for, sex by a supposedly-13-y.o. "girl". http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa061105_mo_suicidebustda.c363e02.html

Answer 2

The Holy bible which is the living GOD here on earth dictates that sin is sin no matter what believe religion or whatever. The Rabbis and Jews follow the Torah, which is basically the old, testament give or take. So the Sin is just as great, guess the Rabbi scored lucky about the media
As for the person who wrote about no sin in Budism, Budism is a way of life, a state of being, not a religion

Answer 3

not sure about the rabbi. but the big deal about the protestant guy is that he was so anti gay and he's been bushes wingman on the gay marriage ban. and it turned out he is a big hipocrite.

Answer 4

You can't compare apples to steaks; in such a world, I'm anorexic (meaning I don't hold to any one religion. Or "god," for that matter)

Answer 5

Yes, there is no such thing as sin in Buddhism.

;-)

Answer 6

All sin seperates you from God.

Answer 7

RELIGIONS ARE LIKE PEOPLE.
MANY PEOPLE-MANY RELIGIONS-MANY VARIED IN EACH.

SOME PEOPLE SEEK RELIGIONS TO FIT THEIR STYLE.

WE ARE TO CAHNGE TO FIT BIBLE..
NOT CHANGE SCRIPTURE TO FIT OUR BELIEF.

Answer 8

No...a sin is a sin.