If he didn't, they why do Christians think Homosexuality is such a sin. I know it is mentioned in the Bible, but wasn't it Paul that did so, and didn't he come awhile after Jesus did? What makes him an authority. If you are truly Christian, wouldn't you just want to follow ONLY the teachings of Christ (meaning what he is quoted as saying)?
2007-05-31 20:16:18 · 18 answers · asked by Liesel 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If I am wrong and Jesus did speak against homosexuality, then nevermind before anybody starts getting preachy.
2007-05-31 20:17:28 · update #1
Heather: Can anything Jesus ever said be inferred that he was against homosexuality? When he said to Love thy Neighbor, I'm pretty sure that covered murder.
2007-05-31 20:31:46 · update #2
Jesus was not against homosexuality, but he was against sex outside of a male/female marriage. This is the basis for the various Christian churches arguments against it. I don't know what other Christian churches teach, but the Catholic Church's teaching is that ANY sexual relationship outside of marriage is sinful.
2007-05-31 20:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by dodge66trio 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Not only did he not speak about it, he never questioned anyone. For example, there is a story with a Roman centurion. We all know that Roman soldiers, just like the Greeks, "bonded" within their ranks with each other. Yet, when this soldier came to ask that his servant/son (depending on the translation) be healed and said all Jesus needs to say it just a word (that he doesn't need Jesus to see his slave), Jesus praised him on his faith. He didn't ask the Roman soldier if he practiced homosexual sex before praising his faith. It didn't matter to Jesus. "Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would." As told by both Matthew and Luke.
2016-05-18 02:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that almost all (if not all) Christians believe in the old testament a.k.a. the Jews laws / beliefs before Jesus. These are the laws and beliefs Jesus himself followed. There are many condemnations of homosexuality in the old testament. Here is one very specific quote:
Leviticus 18:22
'Do not have sex with a man as you would with a woman. It is an abomination."
2007-05-31 20:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by CCC 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus does say in Revelation, that the sexually immoral will not enter the kingdom of God. I think sexually immoral covers it. Jesus didn't talk about sex with animals but sexually immoral covers that one too.
Paul was visited personally by Jesus and had the Spirit just as the prophets did. The Bible says all scripture is God breathed. The Old Testament says that the word of God will not return to Him void.God bless!!
2007-05-31 20:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by BERT 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the Word, according to John 1:1. Therefore, all the stuff in the Old Testament about homosexuality is said by Him. God is against all sexual immorality, including adultery and fornication. He hates them just as much as being gay. So therefore, not many people who judge you, or whomever, are innocent themselves. We all need a savior. We all need to be set free from the things that God detests.
2007-05-31 20:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
One convoluted argument that I've heard is "that Jesus never spoke specifically against homosexuality". Well, Jesus never spoke specifically against murder either, but is there anyone who believes that murder is acceptable because Jesus never spoke specifically about it? I think most of us would say "no". Because Jesus didn't speak specifically about something does not absolve us of attempting to determine, from God's Word (the Bible), what God (and Jesus) would want us to do about it.
Leviticus 18:22:
"You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."
Leviticus 20:13
"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them."
In Romans 1:26-27, the Apostle Paul is very specific:
"Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."
2007-05-31 20:21:27 · answer #6 · answered by Heather 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Jesus never said anything about it, but it is mentioned in Old Testament that it is a sin. But some don't believe Old Testiment applies since Jesus changed some of the laws.
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2007-05-31 20:20:53 · answer #7 · answered by M00ND0CT0R 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jesus taught about Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction. (Luke 17:29) and judgment (Matthew 10:15)
2007-05-31 20:28:24 · answer #8 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, but He did speak about sexual immorality.
He also didn't say specifically that molesting children is wrong. Does that mean it's okay? He probably just didn't feel it was necessary. People at that time knew what sexual immorality was.
2007-05-31 20:22:47 · answer #9 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I was taught it is a sin, and embomination for a man to lay with another man. So take it for what its worth. Another thing, Christianity is a name of constantine, not the bible. God Bless you.....
2007-05-31 20:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by Born to be wild 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋