Is Love a sin?

Question

i really want u to think before u answer thise cause if love wasnt a sin then we wouldnt have this problem about two men or women wanted to marry the same sex or interracial dating/marrying

Answer 1

only making it is a sin ;)

EDIT
I Think that people who say that same sex marriage is a sin should be punished by law. That discrimination is so easily tolerated amazes me.

Answer 2

Well, the Bible does not say anywhere that two men or two women can not love each other.There is mention of lust.There is mention of laying down with a man as with a woman.But to negate that all you need do is lay down with a man as a man.There is mention of the actual word "homosexual" which is a word not invented until the 1800's and the original word in its place was meaning more along the lines of boy prostitute and had nothing to do with two men or two women.And, so for those of us who have taken serious religious studies, the answer to your question is no.But then, everything is a sin to these fundies.

Answer 3

Love is not a sin. That seems obvious. However, it does not logically follow that if love is not a sin then same sex marriage is morally right (or wrong for that matter). It is not as simple as that. There are other points to consider. Hugging is not a sin, but that does not mean it is morally right for me to go 'round hugging everyone i see including small children. I would probably be arrested.

Answer 4

How to Develop
Genuine Love.

http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2003/7/1/article_02.htm

Answer 5

1 John 4:8 -- The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Love is not a sin. But unnatural or immoral attraction is a sin. Homosexuality is just as much a sin as adultery; both are condemned by God. Just because they are legal doesn't make them justified in God's eyes.

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EDIT:
Romans 1:24-27 -- 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In 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.

Demopublican, there is no way you can twist, change, or sugarcoat what these scriptures say as anything but homosexual. They didn't just 'lay' together, they committed sinful acts with their same sex. Two people of the same sex being together intimitely is unnatural and against God's teachings. You should ask for a refund from your school of religious studies and find a better one. Next time, try a Christian school.

Answer 6

Love isn't a sin, it is God's essential commandment. However, love has nothing to do with sex! I love my child, but only a total sicko wants to have sex with a child (especially their own child). I love my father but I didn't want to have sex with him either. Sex is a product of lust not love and while love can enhance the experience, it isn't a requirement.

God's instructions related to same-sex relationships aren't designed to limit our ability to love someone, they are entirely related to the consequences of sex. I've never seen anything in the bible that prohibited interracial dating/marriage (perhaps you're aware of something I've missed???)...but the bible contains plenty of warnings about same-sex sexual activity (and even opposite sex sexual activity outside of marriage).

If a person wants to ignore God's warnings that's their decision, but to suggest that God's warnings are invalid is to ignore scientific and experiential evidence to the contrary! It is an established fact that sexual activity of any kind outside of a committed, monogamous, lifetime relationship (a marriage) can cause us all manner of problems (STDs, pyschological problems, heartbreak, and more). It is also a fact that homosexuality, in addition to carrying all the normal consequences of sexual activity, can lead to consequences that can harm people even if they are married (e.g., physical injury caused by using an exit as an entrance, depression and suicide, and more)!

Answer 7

I'm gay, and according to certain Christians, yeah, my love life is a sin. I've been with my boyfriend for almost 4 years, in a monogamous, committed relationship, and we love each other and harm absolutely nobody by loving each other, but we're supposed to believe it's a "sin" on equal footing in the eyes of God with an axe-murder.

Or it's "the lowest level of depravity" according to "ladydi" above. Imagine if people were saying this type of thing about your relationship, without knowing anything else about you at all. If you think this is what "Jesus" had in mind, di, this total condemnation and dehumanization of an entire class of people, I only pity you.

Now let me have those thumbs down!

Answer 8

Love and sex are not the same thing. Interracial dating and marrying is not a sin, but interfaith marriage is. Jesus flat out said one man one woman and that is the definitive answer for Christians.

Answer 9

Love is not a sin. Love is also not confined to the sanctity of marriage. The LORD tells us to love our neighbor. Not marry or have sex with your neighbor.

Unfortunately, in our fallen society, love has become almost synonymous with sex. Which is far from the truth. While you should only marry someONE you love and only have sex with the one you are married to. You should love everyone.

Answer 10

it depends laove for wwhat, i learned today that idolotry is a big sin, but it is also love for something.