What does the bible teach us about homosexuality?

Question

What does the bible teach us about homosexuality? Please only mature answers with biblical references please post.

I am seaking factual answers. Does the laws that God has given us through out the bible give us any command about being homosexual? Please only post with mature,scriptual proof.

I am seaking factual answers. Does the laws that God has given us through out the bible give us any command about being homosexual? Please only post with mature,scriptual proof.

Answer 1

God had made it clear that homosexuality is a sin as it goes against what He had intended it to be. God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.

Clear references are:
Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

Leviticus 20:13, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

Deuteronomy 23:17, "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."

In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul wrote, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind

Answer 2

The bible was written by man. Homosexuality is only talked about b4 and after Jesus. While Jesus was hear on earth he never talked against homosexuality, yet he addressed most other problems. If this was really a concern and such a horrible sin then Im sure he would of addressed it. He didnt, he instead taught love and showed that God chooses people dispite their way of life. Besides people who chooose to be gay are the ones that have to worry about anything I guess, I didnt choose to be gay nor did anyone I know, so we cant help it. And remaining celebate all of our lives does not seem to be an option at all.

Answer 3

It teaches that homosexuality is a sin. Leviticus 18:22 says it is an abomination to God. Romans 1:27 says "Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due". That verse seems to suggest that the homosexual lifestyle leaves harmful scars on the inner being of a person. The bible teaches that you're to love the sinner but hate the sin. But there are a lot of other verses that say homosexuality is a sin.

Answer 4

The Bible actually has a lot less to say about homosexuality than most people assume. Here is an explanation of each well known passage which supposedly refers to homosexuality and homosexuals:

The passages in Leviticus, understood in the context of the time and the place, are not an admonishment against loving sexual relationships between people of the same sex but instead against sex as a form of domination and control. The Israelites didn't want to be like their Mediterranean neighbors when it came to sex (who used sex in such a way). Besides, these passages are part of the Holiness Code which is not binding to modern day Christians (or anyone else for that matter).

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah was a warning against rape, inhospitality and xenophobia. The reason for Sodom's destruction is made clear in Ezekiel 16:48-50. According to Ezekiel, the sins of Sodom were pride, laziness, being inhospitable, neglecting the needs of the poor, greed, and idolatry (the worshipping of idols). Nothing about homosexuality is mentioned.

1 Corinthians was a mistranslation of the word malakee. It's used elsewhere in the Bible to mean someone who lacks discipline or one who is morally weak, and never is it used in reference to sexuality or gender.

1 Timothy? Also a mistranslation. 1 Timothy was an admonishment against male prostitution, not committed, loving same sex relationships.

The words physin and paraphysin in Romans 1 have also been mistranslated. Contrary to popular belief, the word paraphysin does not mean "to go against the laws of nature", but rather implies action which is uncharacteristic for that particular person. An example of the word paraphysin is used in Romans 11:24, where God acts in an uncharacteristic (paraphysin) way to accept the Gentiles. When the scripture is understood correctly, it seems to imply that it would be unnatural for a homosexual to live as a heterosexual and vice versa.

Answer 5

The bible says nothing at all about homosexuality.

It does come down pretty hard on forcible male-on-male asss-rape, though, which is what the cities of Sodom & Gomorah were destroyed over.

To say that Sodom and Gomorah were destroyed because of homosexuality is to say that 50 men gang-raping two visitors is morally identical to consensual sex between two adult, same-sex partners in a committed monogamous relationship. This requires a level of moral and intellectual depravity so profound that I would be embarrassed if I found such a person attending my church or claiming to be part of my religion.

Answer 6

The bible tells us that it is an abomination for a man to lie with a man. If god had wanted to have wanted same sex relationships he would not have created women for in the beginning eve was made to keep adam company so that he would not be alone, Genesis 2:19-21. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his "mother" and shall cleave unto his "wife" and they shall be one flesh, Genesis 2:24. She was not created to sleep with adam in the beginning but to be his companion for it was not untill after they were sent forth from the garden of eden did adam "know his wife" who then bore Cain and then abel. And thats just one example.

Answer 7

The Bible on homosexuality is an odd question. yet so is the Bible on the considered Hell. Hell became right into a place on no account heard of by using the Israelites yet somewhat an concept pulled up someplace in pre-christian the worlds of Greek and Rome. Many Bible translations translate "Sheol" as hell, while in actuality to historical Jews, like our lord Jesus, Sheol became into purely the a place the place human beings went while they died. that's genuinely all of us- good or undesirable, gay or right away. it is likewise significant to be conscious that Jesus on no account mentioned Hell. He talked of the suffering which would be experienced by way human beings while we did not love God with all there heart and concepts, and their pals as themselves. yet eternal damnation, eternal torture? No. i might additionally think bearing directly to the places in scripture the place you hit upon the main vehement anti-gay language. not from Jesus, yet from Paul. Then there is likewise the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. i hit upon it exciting that many Christians have taken this tale to warn of homosexuality while historical Rabbis taught some thing very, very distinctive. besides Lot tossed his 2 youthful daughters out the door to a band of rapists in an attempt to guard his travellers. i ask your self what Jesus had to declare approximately that? The Bible is a very good account of people who cope with their complicated circumstances by using thinking the will of God. Please evaluate Genesis 50:20. no rely what we do in existence that's significant bear in mind that if there's a God, author of all issues he's the only working the tutor, inspite of our errors he's have been given our back or maybe turns our errors into our income. Joseph's brothers could have died of starvation. it may well be terrific to think approximately the protection and happiness of your nephew. somewhat than subject approximately hell possibly subject approximately HIV and AIDS. I even tend to have confidence that Hell is the right here and now, yet have confidence that God has a purpose for us right here, and loving our pals as ourselves is how we actually carry forth the understanding.

Answer 8

(1 Corinthians 6:9) What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men,

(1 Timothy 1:10) fornicators, men who lie with males, kidnappers, liars, false swearers, and whatever other thing is in opposition to the healthful teaching

Its very clear to anyone who can read.
Its a NO-NO

Answer 9

Read Genesis chapters 18 & 19 God destroyed a city of homosexuals, that ought to tell how He feels about that.

Answer 10

The Bible has nothing to say about homosexuality per se at all. Some of the few passages (and they are very few) in the Bible that may be referring to homosexuality are not nearly as clear or specific as some people would like us to believe.
ZERO COOL (above) explains this concisely and well.

Answer 11

It seems odd to me that in every major belief system in the world,
men with men, woman with woman (sexually), Is condemned and the most vocal defenders of such activities are guilty of said activities. And for you agnostics and atheists.
In nature any mammal male that repeatedly tries to mate with another male is turned on and he either quits the abhorrent behavior
or is killed. As for the statement (above) as to not being held to the commandments,
{2Co 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. } In other words Gods laws are written in your heart.
You know when something is WRONG or right. It says to love the sinner and HATE the sin.