What is the most sinful, lying, stealing, cheating, homosexuality, or drug-use?

Question

Trick question. All sins are equal. Homosexuality isn't a sin, just a mistranslation in the bible. (Which has been proven to be a mistranslation.)

Trick question. All sins are equal. Homosexuality isn't a sin, just a mistranslation in the bible. (Which has been proven to be a mistranslation.)

Ok, I do lie, cheat (not in a relationship), steal (not shoplifting.. their are other ways of stealing), and I have used drugs but nothing stronger than pot (only about 5 times and will do that no more!). I believe that those are all sins and I will try and avoid them. I just can't see how homosexuality is a sin. It is about love, not perversion. The word "homosexual" didn't even exist in biblical times... so how could the word be translated as homosexual? The real word they used meant sexual perversion, which is up to interpretation as to what that is.

Homeland, when the goverment arrest me for doing what I want in my own bedroom sexually, I'm moving to Canada. I'm a virgin, so I'm not quite on America's Most Wanted yet.

Answer 1

All are equally bad and all are equally forgivable.

To those who say Homosexuality shouldn't count because it is "natural to them" should also have no objection to theft, murder, rape etc because it comes naturally to thieves, killers, rapists etc.

Killing and eating their young comes naturally to some animals, so obviously it's also ok if we kill and eat our babies.

Some monkeys eat their own exrement and drink their own urine - so let's include those "natural" things as well.

I don't think any human judge would let a criminal off because "it came naturally to him" or he was "born with a violent temper". If he did he would be a very bad and unjust judge!


EDIT:

While it is true the Bible doesn't contain the word "Homosexual", BUT it's descriptions of the act it considers an abomination leaves us in no doubt what is being talked about...

For example Leviticus 18:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." In Hebrew, the first part of the verse is written: "V’et zachar lo tishkav mishk’vey eeshah toeyvah hee." which means "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind".

This Leaves very little to the imagination!

While much of Old Testament law was just for Israel or just for a particular point in time, or a temporary measure until all could be fulfilled with the coming of the promised Messiah,
The New Testament which does cover us today confirms that we should continue to keep the 10 Commandments and also specifically condemns the act of homosexuality:

Romans 1:26-27 “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.”

While the word "Homosexuality" is not used, the description leaves no doubt as to what is being described. (Get a Greek dictionary and translate the original Greek yourself and you will see that is an accurate translation.)

1 Corinthians 6:9 is even more explicit: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.”

The Greek word from which the King James Bible gets the word “effeminate” is malakos, which literally means something soft to the touch, but was used by the Greeks as a negative metaphor to refer to "a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man".

The “abusers of themselves with mankind” was immediately understood as being those men who engage in unnatural sexual relations with other men – it all but puts the word "homosexuals" up in neon lights! (That is also how the NASB, the NKJV, and the NIV all correctly translate that verse).

Also in the New Testament is verse 7 from the book of Jude, defining exactly why Sodom and Gomorrah were punished – Whoring and homosexuality. (It uses the Greek expression "strange flesh" meaning unnatural sex which could include bestiality as well as homosexual sex, although in the old Testament we learn that Sodom and Gomorrah's sin was men desiring sex with men)

The Bible consistently tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9).

Romans 1:26-27 teaches specifically that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying God. When a person continues in sin and disbelief, the Bible tells us that God “gives them over” to even more wicked and depraved sin in order to show them the futility and hopelessness of life apart from God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexual “offenders” will not inherit the kingdom of God.

God does not create a person with homosexual desires. The Bible tells us that a person becomes a homosexual because of sin (Romans 1:24-27), and ultimately because of their own choice. A person may be born with a greater susceptibility to homosexuality, just as people are born with a tendency to violence and other sins. That does not excuse the person choosing to sin by giving into their sinful desires. If a person is born with a greater susceptibility to anger / rage, does that make it right for then to give into those desires? Of course not! The same is true for homosexuality.

However, 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).

Answer 2

No matter what sin a man commits, homosexuality or lying, stealing, cheating or drug-use. Homosexuality is a sin, I answered similar questions. A sin is a sin. We will give account before God for every word we say. There is no man who can say : " I've made my heart pure. I'm clean and have no sin. " No one can deserve forgiveness of sins. Only by God's grace our sins can be forgiven. No one have the right to be proud before others. There are no difference between sins. For evil thoughts God can reject a man. How Christians whose sins are forgiven must relate to sinners ? Only with love and in no other way. We were sinners and must not be proud before sinners. We must not tolerate only blasphemy of God. In this case we can warn one or two times and turn away from blasphemer.

Answer 3

You would need to interpret my answer in the view that I think the bible means that the only 'bad' sin is the one you do not learn from and go onwards
Both old and new testament uses many words to try to make the sinner be without sin
yet yes many preachers, priests and bible interpreters themselves get a lot more kicks out of running around pointing fingers saying "SIN" "SIN" "SIN"

To me Spirit would prefer that you see your error and then evolve onwards

That said, there is much in Bible I dont accept as some see it

The injunction to "not lie with men as you lie with woman"
is seldom seen by modern man with the understanding that in those days women had no value or worth
A man could 'buy' her with a gift to the father and force her to lie with him against her will. This was completely respectable for she was considered soul-less and of no value without a man. Taking advantage of a woman on the street or back alley was a deadly insult against her father brothers or husband, but a woman without male ownership was considered fair game to all.
The injunction that is seen by so many as against homosexuality was to protect men against the same atrocities. The injunction was to point out that Males had an actual person living in that body that had to be respected as a life created by god and could not (or should not) be RAPED! Meaning against the males WILL.
Which as many now see it meant rape of women was condoned by those old testament injunctions

then to get to the new testament, there is much very controversial research pointing to that those who most protested the "perversions' were homosexuals endeavoring to protect *themselves* against rape! That consent again was a determining factor!

as far as stealing and cheating it is also the going against another human and the culture needed to impress the fact of the other persons rights and value as another living breathing human being

but drug use is against the very life that the drug user is
drug use deplenishes the brain. The brain is the actual tool with which you experience the life that god has placed within and without of you. Drug use robs you of yourself by diminishing the brain of that which your creator has given you as the tool to experience life.
The user thinks they are high but it is little deaths that they are experiencing, then as the brain builds replacement circuits to still process information into life they 'come back down'. But now they are damaged and seek more because they no longer have what they had.
AND further the drug use makes you even more unable to see your error and then evolve onwards
so if the only bad sin is the one you dont learn from
and such is what you mean by "most sinful" the sin against self is the most sinful: drug use indeed

Answer 4

Funny you should ask. I was reading up on it this morning.....

Put it this way, for homosexuality [sorry, for male homosexuality] the punishment used to be death. For adultary [both male and female] it was also death.

For some drug use [as long as it wasn't used in withcraft] then I don't even think that there was a penelty.

For stealing you just got the sentence as handed down by the judge. [probably pay it back or if you did it often then a few lashes]

Answer 5

Man cannot make judgements of others.

People don't dislike others for their sins, they dislike them for what they do. For example, some people don't like homosexuals, but at the same time they themselves lie steal and take drugs.

From what I have been told, you are judged on the day you die.

If I die before you, I'll ask God and I'll get back to you - through email.

Answer 6

None of the above. Treachery or betrayal is the worst. Just ask Dante.

Out of those you listed, though...
-Homosexuality is not a sin.
-Drug-use is not a sin (when the abuse gets out of hand...it turns into a shame).
-Stealing is situationally dependent and has to be rated accordingly. Consider from whom and why.
-Cheating...on what? A spouse? Yes. On an exam? Not high on the sin scale. On your taxes? Hmm..
-Lying. Well, I am not a fan of deceiving people. Yet, lying is a fundamental tool of communication....don't take that for granted. I feel this is also situationally dependent.

Answer 7

"Which has been proven to be a mistranslation."--How can you determine what someone was thinking, by the words that they wrote many many years ago. Don't be an idiot. I'm not taking sides, but all I'm saying is you can't prove anything like that. It's impossible. I'd say if you lie, steal or cheat to get ahead; That can be justified. But if you take it up the tail pipe and then use drugs to ease the pain; That can't be justified.

Answer 8

So far religion is concerned, in its eye all the sins carry equal weight while in a society it is the law that decides which one of the above sins is the most CRIMINAL.

Answer 9

They are all equal. You say homosexuality is a mistranslation. Where is your source? Many people believe that is the correct translation and others have mistranslated it to make homosexuality acceptable. Either way, they are all equal.

Answer 10

No. I inform lies to my purchasers whenever I pass to paintings, infront of my colleagues and with the expertise and approval of my boss. If you disapprove you then inform me tips on how to calm an eighty four 12 months ancient widow who's hysterical approximately getting dwelling due to the fact that she had a little one the previous day and her husband does not understand how to guard it. My reaction to her is that she is staying with us to recover, she may not be any well to the little one if she is going dwelling and collapses and that I've despatched a nurse to aid her husband.