Question for those who believe in a literal translation of the Bible (in regards to homosexuality) . . . . . .

Question

Is it prejudiced for you to:

● regard homosexual behavior as sinful?
● bar open homosexuals from employment?
● support the death penalty for homosexual behavior?

Answer 1

What do you mean by being "prejudiced"?

I can make a right judgement on what is sinful in the eyes of God and what is not sinful in the eyes of God.

God says that if you lust for another who is not your spouse, then you are guilty of adultery.

So, plain and simple...I can rightly judge the actions of another who even lusts for another person who is not their spouse (whether male or female makes no difference) as a sinful action.

I can rightly say that their actions are sinful in the sight of God.

I am not the one who "judges" the person...that is, I am not the one that is going to sentence and send a person to hell for their sins! Only God does this...and He will. He alone, then, is Judge.

However, I can judge the actions of a person...and give them warning.

i.e. "Don't touch that stove...or you will be burned!!!"

The person touches the stove...and they get burned. I am not the one that burned them...and nor did I "judge" the person. I merely judged the act of touching the stove as a "bad" or "fooliosh" action...something that should be and should have been avoided, lest they suffer the consequences.

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1) Can I regard homosexual behavior as sinful?
Absolutely.
And so is heterosexual "sexual" behavior before marriage.
And so is heterosexual "lusting" for one that is not your spouse.

Am I "judging" the person...no, I judge the act. Am I pre-judging the act...? Yes. Based on what the Bible says, which is the sole determiner what (in the eyes of God) is sinful and what is not sinful.

2) Bar open homosexuals from employment?
Of course not...that is completely absurd.
If they can do the job and are fit to do the job at hand, so be it.
Though, if I were a porn director for heterosexual porn, then YES...I would bar open homosexuals from employment...if they were only willing to have sex with someone of the same sex. (Women excluded, for homosexual women often perform and please heterosexual audiences).
If their "open homosexuality" in some way interfered from them doing their job satisfactorily, than absolutely yes!
But if not, than absolutely not.

3) Support the death penalty for homosexual behavior?
Ridiculous question.

But again...I can warn something much more "ridiculous", though:
Homosexual behavior will, in fact, lead to something much more horrible than the death penalty...that is for sure!

Yet...so will lying, lusting, stealing, fornicating, and the multitude of other sins that all people commit daily...
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Yet, through repentance and faith in Christ...there is yet hope for us...whether a homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual, bsexual, or zsexual...

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Answer 2

Should I speak? I mean, with all the Harvard degree chaps underfoot here? Well, yes, I'll dare it: I lack interest in what your god loves or hates, insofar as I am concerned, he can mind his own bloody business. 'Sin' does not exist, no more than the god of a Bronze Age tribe of illiterate desert nomads exists. As the tired old cliches goes, chaps, it is not rocket science and this is the 21st century, not the First Century. There are no gods now, there were no gods 2 thousand years ago, there will be no gods 2000 years from today. That you 'regard homosexual behavior as sinful' is within your right, but your view on the matter is bankrupt and immoral and on the fast track to becoming disgarded in the USA. I am a straight man, a father and husband and a theatre and film artist, and some of the most gifted men and women I've met and worked with were gay men and lesbians. I am also an unbeliever, but if it were somehow necessary for me to choose between my gay and lesbian co-workers and your jealous, violent, angry, murderous, sexually depressed god, I think you can guess whose banner I would raise.

Answer 3

I don't believe in literal translation of the bible all the time, but I'll answer your question any ways.

1) Of course not, we're not judging the person, just the action. Homosexuals are still children of God, and should be treated as such.
2) Yes, this has nothing to do with employment.
3) That's ludicrous. The life of someone with homosexual tendencies has the the same dignity as any one else's.

Answer 4

Ancient Israel was both a Church and a Nation, so different rules applied to Ancient Israel. We are not to stone people to death these days. And Modern Israel is not a Church. I have a very good friend who is a homosexual male, and we get along very well, but I do not engage in personal behavior that I believe to be sinful. Everybody sins, and I am not prejudiced over one or another, favoring one over another.

State laws regarding public indecency should be decided upon by democratically elected ledgislatures.

No one should be bared from employment based on their private lifestyle or based on any other matter that is not related to the job requirments.

In a strictly Biblical Christian Church I believe the pastor has a right to excommunicate a confessed or factually evident homosexual based on Leviticus 13:20 (or is it 20:13 I don't recall, sorry), and that means that that person would have to leave the congregation and not return. But we are not a theocracy.

You also should keep in mind the Ancient Israeli setting, men used to hug and kiss each other, and we see even in the days of Jesus it was a very affectionate society among men. And I have noticed in Egypt in public you see men holding mens hands, but oddly it is against the law in Iran for a man to hold a woman's hand in public. It makes me very angry when I see a society that is not sexually free. But there are diverse lusts of mankind that God will judge on the last day. But we must not punish people because they are different from us. This is not Ancient Israel, Ancient Israel was a Church as well as a state, it frustrates me that people don't understand that. To answer your last question, the most valuable thing we have is a free society, and nobody is going to stone anybody to death because two men are holding hands in public.

I am a Christian and I want to go on record to say that I fully support the death peanalty for gaybashers who are physically abusive; but I also appreciate the Ancient Israeli laws, though if I were living in Ancient Israel I would be free to hug and kiss a man in public, which in fact was the norm and still is in the Middle East; though they are messed up in other ways, oppressing the beauty of women.

On Judgement day judgements will be relative depending on circumstances.

Answer 5

● regard homosexual behavior as sinful? Yes

● bar open homosexuals from employment? No
● support the death penalty for homosexual behavior? No

What does the first one have to do with the second two? The first one is simply stating what you believe to be true. It is meant to benefit others, and not defend what we believe to be an immoral behavior. The other two are taking action to marginalize, oppress and murder. NOT the same.

Answer 6

It is not sinful to regard homosexual behavior as sinful because God does.

It is sinful to bar open homosexuals from employment. God doesn't He allows all of us free will.

It is sinful to support the death penalty for homosexual behavior.

Any act of sexual activity unless between 1 man and 1 woman who are married, is fornication or adultery. God is the judge and He will judge the behavior of all of us. Unless we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and turn away from sin. When we accept Jesus in this manor, we are forgiven and do our best to sin no more by turning to Him for help.

Answer 7

Well, why would it be prejudiced to regard it as sinful if you are simply submitting to the authority of the God whom you serve?

No, homosexuals shouldn't be banned from employmen, unless we are also going to ban thieves, liars, adulterers, and pretty much everyone who has ever lived.

Same answer for your third question. Who ever said we should go around killing people for anything, let alone for being gay. Not all Christians totally support the death penalty.

Answer 8

a sin is when a person uses something for another purpose than for what it was intended.

a car designer makes a car for a particular purpose but if someone uses the car for another purpose other than its intent that brings about some sort of ruin or damage.. then the car designer would consider it a sin.

homosexuality, like promiscuity, pornography is by nature a misapplication of the physical social intent. society is against those aberrations.
if society isnt then news reporters and politicians are as has been seen in reported events concerning some in politics as well as ordinary people that have been found to be guilty of any of those sexual taboos.

the islam faith considers any above mentioned sexual activities to be sinful.
most religions do.

i dont own a company so i exclude myself from answering about baring homosexuals from employment.

i'm not sure but it might be that islam supports the death penalty for homosexual behavior.

but i personally dont think that such behavior between consenting adults in the privacy of one's own home warrants the death penalty...
although i believe there should be punishment - jail time and financial fines - for adults forcing children to engage in such activities.
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Answer 9

First one-no
Second and third- yes. Who would want to?

Support the death penalty for homosexual behavior? Guess you can see why so many are relieved we're not under the Law of the Old Testament,eh?

Answer 10

the Bible does not describe homosexuality as a “greater” sin than any other. All sin is offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a homosexual as it is to an adulterer, idol worshipper, murderer, thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Recommended Resource: Coming out of Homosexuality by Bob Davies and 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality by Mike Haley.