the bible and being gay?

Question

hi, im am not gay, im married with a daughter but i dont understand how the bible can say being gay is wrong, when you ask most gay people they say they were born like that, so how can that be wrong, thats like telling a straight person to be gay or a black person to be white, it just cant happen, i would just like some opinions from other people

Answer 1

Exactly.

Answer 2

i don't think of it extremely is however the stern christians do. I wander in the event that they understand that it extremely is a sin to decide human beings. Edit: listed below are some passages that could desire to be seen the two way: final as much as date: Thursday, 23 October, 2003, 09:02 GMT 10:02 uk email this to a chum Printable version What does the Bible actually say approximately being gay? in the order they're stated in the object, those are the references used. All quotations taken from the recent English Bible. II Samuel one million:26 Genesis 19:4-5 Leviticus 18:22 Mark 10:7-9 Matthew 19:11-12 Romans one million:26 I Corinthians 6:9

Answer 3

The whole sexuality question is long, and the matter of "what is sin, what is not" has been settled by God long ago. He cares how we relate to other people, regardless of gender.

There is a "monkey wrench" in the cogs of life, however. Our feelings do not always line up with what God calls "righteousness". In fact, most of the time they won't! God does not want us to be led by our feelings. We would be little more than animals if we were.

How about other feelings that we "can't control"? Why don't we have pedofiles denouncing child rape laws because they "feel" overly attracted to children? Why don't we have kleptomaniacs denouncing the Judeo-Christian law against stealing? Shouldn't sociopaths be lobbying against murder laws, because they can't control how they feel (or not?)? Should alcoholics, with a family disposition for the disease, protest the prohibition against drunkenness in the Bible?

Fair is fair. If our individual feelings decide what is truely "right" and "wrong", then morality of any kind is really stupid. Anybody can claim "I can't HELP but feel like this, therefore it isn't wrong", is proclaiming moral anarchy. If there is no God, then there is no sin, either.

If, however, we find God exists, we are going to find out that some things are always right, and some things are always wrong, regardless of how we feel about them.

Answer 4

There are many things in the Bible that are hard to understand. If we only follow the things we understand, we are really just setting up the morality of men as an idol (and following human instinct), rather than obeying God in faith.

It is also true that there are many testimonies of men who have been delivered from the temptation of homosexuality by the power of the Holy Spirit...who calls us not to live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Answer 5

No one is born gay. This is a chosen life style. Blacks can't choose to be white at birth, nor can whites choose to be born black. The colour of someones skin is inherited and a result of genes. Homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord because it is an unnatural act and a perversion. It is a violation of God's laws because God created humans to reproduce and only opposite sex couples are capable of this. A person might be tempted to engage in homosexual behaviour from a young age, same as heterosexuals are tempted to fornicate, lust and be promiscuous at a young age.But no one is born gay. God created sex and marriage to occur only between a man and a women and that relationship is supposed to last a life time.
Read what God said to Cain; "If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is towards you, but you should rule over it" -Gen.4:7
And from James: "But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire is conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death" -Jas.1:14,15
If anyone is tempted to commit sin they are to rsist that temptation with all their might. To yield to temptation is to sin.

Answer 6

'Pedophiles are probably 'born like that' does that mean it should be accepted???
I am probably the most anti religious guy you have ever met, so my view has nothing to do with religion, it has to do with common decency, and to see a couple of guys holding hands and 'mincing' along the side walk ughhhhhhhh! Same applies to a couple of women 'performing' in public.
Yes I do know what a 'homophobic' is, its a word made up by homos and is supposed to mean 'a fear of homos' I have no fear of homos, so how about a new name for me and all those that are like minded ,'homodisgustiders'? Yes I like the sound of that.
BTW, we were all born to do our toilet as and when and where ever we felt it necessary, most of us were taught this is not acceptable so we don't do that anymore, that was nothing to do with religious teaching.

Answer 7

People who argue that it's against the bible say a few things:

1) They weren't born with it, they chose it. (Incorrect)
2) They can turn it off like a light switch by finding Jesus and getting saved (Again...incorrect)
3) It just is. (lame, and incorrect)

There are many other excuses, and you will probably hear them all. It's sad, but it happens.

Oh...btw...I never found ONE thing (other than in the OLD TESTAMENT) that spelled out anything remotely close to homosexuality. Only in the modernized translations (when the bible can be loosely translated millions of ways) does it say it.

And if I hear Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve one more time...I'll yack. You would rather promote incest....that's nice.

Answer 8

The Bible has as many issues as it claims gay people to have.

Answer 9

i think being gay is soo wrong cuz i am a strong christian i really believe that it is wrong, nobody in bible was gay and it was adam and eve not adam and steve

Answer 10

Homosexuality in Scripture

In spite of all the confusing rhetoric, Scripture clearly classifies homosexuality as sin. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10. Can the truth be any plainer?

While this may sound harsh, it is not intended to be offensive. God is not making a singular thrust against homosexuals. Notice that many other sins are listed in this lineup. In fact, the first and third in the list are primarily directed at heterosexuals.

Several other texts also mention homosexuals. Men having sex with men is specifically condemned. "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is abomination." Leviticus 18:22. Paul writes that "those who practice such things are deserving of death." Romans 1:32. And, in the fires of hell, John the Revelator saw the sexually immoral. "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Revelation 21:8.

As a group, homosexuals are undeniably sexually immoral. Not only is the practice of homosexuality itself an immoral act, but 43 percent of homosexuals surveyed estimated they had sex with 500 or more partners; 28 percent reported 1,000 or more partners. And 79 percent admit that over half of their partners were total strangers.9 Furthermore, two homosexual researchers writing in The Gay Report say that 73 percent of homosexuals surveyed had at some time had sex with boys sixteen to nineteen years of age or younger.10

Many, however, refuse to accept God's testimony regarding homosexuality. They echo the sentiments of Sodom when Lot declared that homosexuality was wickedness. "This one [Lot] came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge." Genesis 19:9. Christians who declare the truth about homosexuality are not acting as judges, but merely declaring what the ultimate Judge has said. His is the final court. And He has told us what will be found guilty and what will be acquitted.


God Loves Homosexuals

While homosexuality is definitely sin, let's remember that it isn't unpardonable. God's grace is powerful enough to give victory over any temptation. Sexual or otherwise.

There is a difference between temptation and sin. Temptation is enticement. Sin, on the other hand, happens when enticement is entertained and/or entered into. One can therefore be tempted by homosexuality, but repulse that temptation and not sin (James 1:14, 15).

Furthermore, one could have lived a life of homosexuality, repent of it, and experience victory and salvation. This was obviously the case with some of the early Christian converts. "And such [i.e., homosexuals] were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:11. The good news is that Jesus has the power to save us from any type of sin or temptation.

God doesn't hate homosexuals. He doesn't hate any sinner. It is sin itself that He finds repulsive. He dislikes how sin degrades, depresses, and victimizes the sinner and others. And as God doesn't hate sinners, neither should we. Not all homosexuals are militant activists. Many are likable people who have admirable qualities. Christians should never treat gays with scorn and violence.

The way Jesus related to the woman caught in adultery is a good model for Christians to follow. While the crowd waited with stones in hand to bludgeon her to death, Jesus declared that the solution was not capital punishment. Instead of casting a stone, He extended love, forgiveness, and life-changing power to "go and sin no more." John 8:11.

Two thousand years later, Jesus' love is still active in behalf of sinners. Just ask Jami Breedlove. She lived a lesbian life for 12 years. Today she is happily married to Ben, the father of her two children. What was it that changed her life? She says that it was her childhood friend, Ben, who showed her God's unconditional love. "He knew I was a lesbian. I wondered, Why would any man want to see a woman who had lived with other women for 12 years? But Ben wanted to reach me with the same love that Jesus has for me. He told me he cared for me, and he wanted to be my friend. When I saw Ben's love was unconditional, I began falling in love with him. ... I looked deep in my heart, and I knew I had been living a sinful lifestyle. I wanted out, so I repented and asked God to heal me."11

It is love that convicts, converts, and transforms. To love the sinner while not condoning sin is the secret of Jesus' power to change lives. Vera P. also made this wonderful discovery. Vera had been a lesbian for five years when she and Jeanette met. She says, Jeanette "knew exactly what I was, but she persistently invited me to church and accepted me into her family. I was invited to all the graduations, birthdays, and Christmas celebrations-even funerals-in her large, extended family. ... I believe many homosexuals are desperately seeking God. They are aching for genuine love and acceptance, but they often don't recognize it in Jesus' disciples. John 13:35 says that all men will know you are His disciples if you have love one for another. The personal touch worked for me, and I know it would work for countless others."12

Answer 11

I know many "ex-homosexuals". Dozens of them.

I have yet to meet an "ex-white" or an "ex-black" person.