Is all sin equal?

Question

Because I hear alot about how gays should live a celibate or straight life. I can understand that from a Judeo-Christian viewpoint but on the other hand it's not like 100% of Christians don't themselves imbide in sin. So is it hypocritical to downplay one's own sins while chastising anothers?

Really Good Answers from everyone. I'm not trying to troll here, just wanted honest opinions.

Answer 1

All sin is to be repented of.
"Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
And you know that He (Jesus) appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
No one who abides in Him sins; no one who keeps sinning has seen Him or known Him.
Little children, let no one deceive you;
the one who practices righteousness is righteous;
the one who pratices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning.
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in Him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteouness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother."
(I John 3:4-10)

Answer 2

All sin is not equal. The worst by far are murder and the like, and then the sexual sins come into play. We should never downgrade our own sins, since we are all sinners, and yes, try to remove the beam before pointing out the mote in another's eye. However, chastising others isn't bad, but good (especially when done wisely). Is is hypotrical to tell a child a stove is hot and that they shouldn't touch it? No. That's actually charatible, and if the child is wise enough to listen it could prevent them from having to learn the hard way. Same goes with gays. It is wrong, and it will hurt their relationship with God, not to mention themselves! We want them to come back and do their best to go the correct direction---towards God and not away from him. The other way could hurt.

Answer 3

Even the slightest sin (steeling a paper clip) can lead to a life style creating a slippery slope causing ruin in mankinds life.

Like the analogy of drug use we teach kids in D.A.R.E. Cigaretts will make it easier for you to try a drug like Pot ... and Pot may will make it easier for to try mushrooms ... and after this it may be eaiser to try crack & crank ... and then you may have an addiction that will destroy your life ... so please ... stop before you start.

Of course, we all have temptations which will lead to our death (metephorical & physical) & destruction more than others. Some can only smoke tabbaco, and stay at that level of addiction, while others may become habitual pot smokers.

In your question ... yes, gay is a sin (small or large depending on individual addiction level of defying God's plan) ... It has been my experience that people tend to scold others for what they see wrong in themselves. Now this doesn't mean that the scolder is gay ... but that the scolder has an issue/sin that is sparked by homosexuality (homosexuals make them see their own low self worth). Yes, they are suffering (as with all sinners) with this. Each time you push them in the corner with your openness, well, you're adding fuel to the fire. (This is also true with racism).

So, if you see that your actions are adding fuel to the fire you can make that fire big (standing up for your right to sin) , or find a way to escape that fire (walk away toward peace). There are times when you've been oppressed for so long ... or you're just getting your feel planted and need to add the fuel to the fire to protect yourself. Certainly, there are battles / crosses we all take ... which one's are worth fighting for? Yes, some do get crusified in the battle.

Catholosism teaches this in regards to homosexuality:
"2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition."

Answer 4

Yes all sin is equal but that doesnt downplay sin. Sin is Sin there no getting out of it. If steal cookies or go murder someone God view it the same way. Yes, sometimes christians judge but we all judge people its a sin and if you remember we all are not perfect and we all sin. It also says in the bible that Gods is going to judge everyone for how they live their lifes. So think of it has we're trying to warn people of there sins before they have to admitt to God when he comes again.
may God bless you and everyone you love!

Answer 5

You are correct. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23. The mark of a mature Christian is humility, knowing that we are sinners like everyone else and deserve hell. We should not talk down to others but love them and led them to Christ in a humble manner.

Answer 6

"All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal." (1John 5:17, RSV)

Furthermore, the Bible mentions four sins that are so heinous, so wicked, so evil, that they cry out to God for vengeance:

1) Murder (Gn 4:10)
2) Sodomy (Gn 18:20-21)
3) Oppression of Widows and Orphans (Ex 21-23)
4) Cheating Laborers of Their Due (Dt 24:14-15)

Answer 7

All sin is equal in God's eyes, because it is disobeying Him. However there IS a difference between leading a lifestyle of sin and being a sinner. For example, a serial killer who continues to kill is leading a lifestyle of sin... if the killer stopped and repented, that would be a different story. Same is true for fornication, idolatry, homosexuality, etc. BUT, if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior and Lord, then you strive to repress those things, to "nail" that behavior "to the cross," so to speak. We all have sinful habits, but leading a lifestyle of sin directly referred to in the Bible is totally different.

Answer 8

In the bible, Romans 6:23 states "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." So the penalty for Sin is death, it does not matter what sin or how much sin is comitted, we still receive the same penalty... Death. Therefore whether or not all sin is viewed the same is irrelevant, since the penalty remains the same, death. When Jesus Christ chose go through with death on the cross, he did so to pay the penalty of Sin. God accepted Jesus' death on the cross as a valid payment for sin and guarantees eternal life in heavan to everybody who turns to God, and seeks forgiveness for their sin and desires a relationship with God.

Answer 9

Peace be with you,

Within Islam the greatest sin is not believing in GOD. All other sins are called lesser sins and are equal and it will be up to GOD to judge those sins on the Day of Judgment. Sin is sin no matter how you look at it. There is no better sin over antoher. If you fail to do what GOD says, you sinned regardless of what the action was.

My advise to someone that is gay...coming from my Islamic viewpoint, would be to repent and become celibate and live a life of helping the Religious Community to replace the time and help others as well.

The choice is always yours, GOD gives us the information to make our own choices or suffer the consequences, but the choice is yours alone to make.

He gave us waning about homosexuality with the Prophet Lot in the city of Sodom and Gomorrah.

7:80 AND [remember] Lot , when he said unto his people: "Will you commit abominations such as none in all the world has ever done before you?

7:81 Verily, with lust you approach men instead of women: nay, but you are people given to excesses!"

7:82 But his people's only answer was this: "Expel them from your land! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!”

7:83 Thereupon We saved him and his household except his wife, who was among those that stayed behind

7:84 the while We rained a rain [of destruction] upon the others: and behold what happened in the end to those people lost in sin!

Lut lived at the same time as Ibrahim. Lut was sent as a messenger to one of Ibrahim’s neighbouring communities. These people, as the Quran tells us, practised a perversion unknown to the world up to then, namely sodomy. When Lut told them to give up this perversion and brought them Allah’s warning, they denied him, refused his prophethood, and carried on with their perversion. In the end, these people were destroyed by a dreadful disaster.

The city where Lut resided is referred to as Sodom in the Old Testament. Being situated at the north of the Red Sea, this community is understood to have been destroyed just as it is written in the Quran. Archaeological studies reveal that the city is located in the area of the Dead Sea which stretches along the Israel-Jordan border.

The 82nd verse of Surah Hud clearly stated the kind of disaster that befell the people of lut. “When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer”

The statement of “turning (the cities) upside down” implies that the region was totally destroyed by a violent earthquake. Accordingly, The Lake of Lut, where the destruction took place, bears “obvious” evidence of such a disaster.

http://www.islamicity.com/quransearch
http://www.islamicvoice.com/september.2000/science.htm

Answer 10

Yes, except for blaspheming the holy spirit. All sin is forgiven, but to be forgiven one must repent. We are supposed to try not to do that sin again, it is hard to do. If someone is homosexual, and they continue to be, then they are not trying not to commit that sin again. It isn't that it is unforgivable, it is that you should recognise that the gay lifestyle is wrong, and give it up for God. If you refuse to do that, then you are choosing the sin over God.