Is your Church condsidering same sex marriages/blessings? If s, how is it effecting the politics and daily life of your Church? Will it cause divisions? If its already happened, what was the outcome?
Do you think there should be blessings for the unions of same sex couples? Why? Why not?
2007-02-17 05:54:34 · 16 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, my Church is not considering same-sex blessings. The idea is foreign to Christianity and fundementally opposed to the purpose of marriage.
The orginal notion of what marriage is comes from Gen 2:22-24: 22:
"The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
"The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man."
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."
Jesus refers to this passage when he says: "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." (Matthew 19:6) (In passages 19:4-5 he quotes Gen. 2)
Because of this marriage is for the Christian and the Jew fundementally the joining of a man and a woman.
Moreover, in Gen. 1:28 God tells us the purpose of marriage when he commands Adam and Eve: "Be fruitful and multiply..." The reason for marriage as an institution is not allow couples to formally aknowledge their love for one another but for them to form into a union that can produce and care for children.
2007-02-17 06:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by MikeD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 07:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking in the majority of Christian churches today and throughout the church's history, the plain language in the Bible regarding the sinfulness of homosexuality was the official position of its leaders. It has only been in recent times that some have incorrectly read the Bible on this point or thrown it out altogether just to advocate this behavior. Since the church leaders are to reflect God's truth on these matters, there are very few Christians who actually support such unions. You can find such churches, but unlike their imbalanced coverage in the media, they are not many in number.
2007-02-17 06:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woe to those Churches who blesses same sex marriage. God made men and women to multiply and fill the world with God's Children. Marriage is the union of a man and woman.
2007-02-17 06:00:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same sex marriages should never be endorsed by a church, nor should same sex unions. The Bible is very clear on the subject of homosexuality and declares that such a thing is abominable to God. Any church that would condone such a thing is no church at all.
2007-02-17 06:00:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!
My Church considers all unions of love to be sacred and blessed.
This has the effect of mind-opening and trust-building among members of My Church.
There is no division, in the math done by the accountants of My Church.
The outcome is that people who love each other get married and those who don't, don't.
I think that anyone who wants to get married, should be able to be legally married, because it is a matter of personal choice and freedom, and in no way bears on the existing forms of legal marriage (and divorce).
2007-02-17 06:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by somebody's Kozel Cerny 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No but the moment any church, I was going to did, I would find a decent church else where's real fast, believe me their are no blessings for homosexual, union's are not period. not my words it's in the bible. the Gay community needs to take it up with God, he said it was a abomination, he also said to be fruitful and multiply, can anyone tell me how thats going to happen, with these gay folks.I think all they need is basic human rights to live and exist, and not to force their perverse lifestyle, of the rest of society. their not a special Ethnic group, that needs special rights above the rest of society , no group gets that, or at least no group should, to God we all are the same still as far as our race God at least doesn't judge of by that but , whether or not we repent, the gays get the same deal.
2007-02-17 06:30:35 · answer #7 · answered by MOPE DE VOPE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Went through some hard times but took a stand in what the Bible says....Was American Baptist and changed our denomination to Southern Baptist because they believe in our conservative beliefs. WE had been American Baptist for over 100 years but when they started to have some gay churches and women as ministers we took a stand. We are not homophobic ....love the sinner detest the sin....We have just completed a new sanctuary that will seat over 400 in a town of 1500 people and God is blessing us every day. God bless you and whatever decision you have to make just believe in Bible and what it means. I'll pray for you and whatever you are going through..
God bless you again......
2007-02-17 06:10:56 · answer #8 · answered by Steve P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i used to go to the united church of Canada. as a result of there new idea's which i am sure are really just there because they fell for Satan's tricks i no longer consider this group to be a Church .
i think of them as a right wing ultra PC organization of people that promote sin. i know some of the old people that are there are good Christan's that don't attempt to correct God . i am sure they go to that building because it is there habit or practice they know each other and they don't supportt the evils .
the rest of them are just sin promoting evil doers who suppor the rise of Satan's will.
2007-02-17 06:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no redefinition there. What most Christians don't realize that to do so also redefines what it means to be a Christian, because the sacrament of marriage is a foretaste of Heaven.
2007-02-17 06:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋