Christians - what is your opinion about homosexuality?

[mrplunkey]

technically the 7 deadly sins are not in the bible...formally but I get what you're saying.

Annie, what about the picture of marriage between a man and a woman as Jesus and the Church? How does that apply for two men or women?

The seven deadly sins were taken out of context.

 

[misguided03]

Honestly unless you can read Greek and Hebrew the best info you ever get will be someone else interpretation which is biased on there beliefs and opinions.

 

[AFeedz]

The New Testament says certain actions are wrong.

On some issues, the New Testament goes even further and says even thinking certain issues are wrong (i.e. The Sermon on the Mount).

But you are intentionally using the intent issue to derail the real point of the passage -- using homosexual sex as an example of behavior distasteful to God.

Again... read the scriptures any way you want. But you are setting the bar very low for interpretation. For example, the New Testament marriages were entirely religious -- they weren't part of Roman law. I don't see anywhere that Christ instructs us that men can only exclusively have one wife either. So if I'm married and meet another woman in a bar, why can't I just declare her my wife under Christian law and then bang the hell out of her? Show me scripture that explicitly prevents me from having additional "spiritual" wives under New Testament law.

I'm not derailing the point of the scripture. By Christian belief, the words of the Bible can not be coincidental...and yet, the author made sure to include that the people taking part in these acts offensive to God, were in a lustful state brought on by their idolatry. If this passage claims that homosexual sex at all was distasteful to God, why include that this act was lustful?

And lets go ahead and discuss the passage after which Jesus says one should not divorce his wife (singular).

Matthew 19:9-12

9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” 10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

 

[misguided03]

I know you aren't talking about me here. I'm an atheist.

Atheist have moar faith than anyone lol. It takes alot of faith to believe in nothing.

 

[Strongbow]

You mutha fuckas make me sick, who the fuck are you unworthy bunch of cock suxers to interpret the Bible. You're all going to hell, how's that.

 

[wootoom]

what is a christian? i have no fucking clue about religion

 

[zwhit]

 

[misguided03]

You mutha fuckas make me sick, who the fuck are you unworthy bunch of cock suxers to interpret the Bible. You're all going to hell, how's that.

Sbeezy get em they are arguing the bible on a steroid chat forum I r not smart enof for this

 

[wootoom]

I cant believe people argue over shit like this.....live your life!!! who cares what other people think

 

[mrplunkey]

I'm not derailing the point of the scripture. By Christian belief, the words of the Bible can not be coincidental...and yet, the author made sure to include that the people taking part in these acts offensive to God, were in a lustful state brought on by their idolatry. If this passage claims that homosexual sex at all was distasteful to God, why include that this act was lustful?

And lets go ahead and discuss the passage after which Jesus says one should not divorce his wife (singular).

Matthew 19:9-12

Matthew 19:9-12

9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

Yet someone who does not qualify as an elder under the New Testament church because he has only had one wife ever can still qualify as a deacon, as long as he is committed to his current wife. And deacons are considered a higher station than an ordinary member in good standing of the New Testament church.

But if divorced/remarried people are adulterers, then the church obviously sanctions adultery. I guess all those Christian married men can commit adultery as they please. Matthew 19:9 is obviously Jesus' way of telling us that adultery is acceptable now.