I know that "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" and so I wish to throw a stone at no one. But if you believe in the words of Jesus, why do you not believe it when He said that man shall live on every single word of God that is written (Matt 4:4; Matt 5:17-19)? (And of course homosexuality is referred to in both the Old and New Testaments)
(This is in addition to the premise that the words of the apostles are not their own, but just as the Law of Moses was given through Moses (not by Moses), so were the writings of the New Testament given through the apostles as inspired by Christ (Gal 1:11-12; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:20-21; ).) In fact, is not Jesus Himself the “Word made flesh”?
2007-02-27 07:20:25 · 11 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dink: I said nothing about God not loving homosexuals. He certainly loves them.
2007-02-27 07:27:39 · update #1
You are exactly right. For Lord Jesus Himself said:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
(Matthew 5:18)
For in the Law it is written:
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)
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. (Leviticus 20:13)
2007-02-27 07:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus himself didn't directly condemn homosexuality. Not DIRECTLY. And as for the rest of the Bible containing condemnation of homosexuality, well, you're wrong on that count too.
The Bible does NOT condemn homosexuals and does NOT consider homosexual sex a sin.
The passages in Leviticus (18:22 and 20:13), understood IN THE CONTEXT of the time and 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. 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 worshiping of idols). Nothing about homosexuality is mentioned. If Jude 1:7 describes anything about the sexual immorality and perversion in Sodom and Gomorrah, it's describing RAPE.
1 Corinthians 6:9 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 1:9-10? Also a mistranslation. 1 Timothy was an admonishment against male prostitution, not committed, loving same sex relationships.
The words "physin" and "paraphysin" in Romans 1:26-27 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 implies that it would be unnatural for heterosexuals to live as homosexuals and for homosexuals to live as heterosexuals.
2007-02-27 07:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Okay. So Jesus said we live by every word God said. And that includes what God says about Homosexuality in the OT. But not about shellfish or wearing two types of fabric at the same time, apparently.
Good grief, you guys do like to tie yourself in knots, don't you?
2007-02-27 07:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homosexuality
Genesis 13:13 And the men of Sod´om were bad and were gross sinners against Jehovah.
Leviticus 18:22 ‘And you must not lie down with a male the same as you lie down with a woman. It is a detestable thing.
Leviticus 20:13 13 “‘And when a man lies down with a male the same as one lies down with a woman, both of them have done a detestable thing. They should be put to death without fail. Their own blood is upon them.
Deuteronomy 22:5 “No garb of an able-bodied man should be put upon a woman, neither should an able-bodied man wear the mantle of a woman; for anybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah your God.
Romans 1:26,27 That is why God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; 27 and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error.
1Corinthians 6:9,10 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, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom.
1Timothy 1:8-10 Now we know that the Law is fine provided one handles it lawfully 9 in the knowledge of this fact, that law is promulgated, not for a righteous man, but for persons lawless and unruly, ungodly and sinners, lacking loving-kindness, and profane, murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, manslayers, 10 fornicators, men who lie with males, kidnappers, liars, false swearers, and whatever other thing is in opposition to the healthful teaching
Jude 7 So too Sod´om and Go·mor´rah and the cities about them, after they in the same manner as the foregoing ones had committed fornication excessively and gone out after flesh for unnatural use, are placed before [us] as a [warning] example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.
2007-02-27 07:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Just So 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Loves everyone, regardless of what the ignorant bible said or anyone else in religion!
God Loves everyone too, even the ignorant religious people!
"religion is Spiritual fraud"; "religion is the Worse invention of humanity" - Jesus Christ
Create a private, personal, direct, divine relationship with Our Creator and save your Soul from religion.
Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truely Free!
Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!
2007-02-27 07:24:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Nope, nowhere in there is the word homosexual. But once again, as a typical Christian, one of you is trying to put words in Jesus's mouth.
2007-02-27 07:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its funny how they interpret Leviticus as "do not lie with a man as you lie with a woman" to mean "do not tell lies to men as you do with women"
2007-02-27 07:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes He was the Word made flesh and good points..
2007-02-27 07:23:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Those who are not accepting of The Truth can not possably understand what you have posted... even though it is The Truth.
2007-02-27 07:24:48 · answer #9 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
then why arent you stoning the witches ?
2007-02-27 07:23:24 · answer #10 · answered by Peace 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋