Can someone show me in the New testament, where homosexuality is considered a sin?
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the funny thing is, the original text of the OLD testament didn't say anything about homosexuality being a sin either. the part that's commonly translated to say "a man should not lie with another man as he would lie with a woman, that is detestable" was originally mistranslated on PURPOSE when some homophobic church leaders got together to write the king james version...the original hebrew text translates to "a man should not lie with another man in a woman's bed, that is unclean". so basically there's no restriction on who can have sex with whom, just where they are allowed to do it.
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I believe you're right. I personally don't believe in the Bible because I don't believe the writings came straight from God himself. One place that speaks about homosexuality is the book of Leviticus, which is, in my opinion, a large compiling of BS. Another section that speaks out against homosexuality (supposedly) is the story of the Sodomites. However, I don't believe that story revolvs around rape and not homosexuality.\n\nI do know there's another one that blatantly says homosexuality is wrong, but because I don't believe the Bible is truth, I don't believe it's correct.\n\nIF homosexuality is a sin, then who is to say it's worse than any other sins?\n\nGod does love gay people, and that's it. Who's to say they know anything more about "Judgmenet Day" than anyone else? If someone's gay and someone else lies, which one gets the worse punishment? Nobody knows, and anyone who says they know are fooling themselves.
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The reason that Christians do not feel obligated to follow the old Levitical Law is because the apostle Paul said that we didn't have to (Such as in his letter to the Romans, for example.).  The same Paul condemned homosexuality in chapter one of the same letter.  \n\nIf you assume that Paul is right, and we gentiles are not bound by the Levitical law, then how can you turn around and argue that Paul was unduly influenced by the same Levitical law regarding human sexuality and dismiss him?  Your argument sounds logically inconsistent.\n\nIf you look at Acts chapter 15, it is clear that it was the apostle Paul who got the original apostles of the Christian church to agree that the only laws gentile Christians need obey are those that are moral in nature, and not those which served to set Israel apart as a nation.  \n\nSo the same Paul who said that Jesus did away with the need to follow Levitical law to please God is the same Paul that you would dismiss as being homophobic.  If you cut Paul out of the New Testament and dismiss him, then what is your rational for ignoring Leviticus?  The very idea that any of the old Law of Moses does not apply to Christians does not seem to come from anyone else but Paul himself.  Take away Paul, and it would seem that we are back to stoning people for sexual sins, including homosexuality, as Moses commanded.
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what i find more interesting, is that in the religion questions, everyone is hyper-focused on homosexuality.  like that is the only sin being committed right now.  and like i'm gonna be punished for things that you do.  i'm thinking of doing some research on this.  why has homosexuality become the major focus in religious circles?
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Nowhere in the Bible does it say that God hates gays and lesbians. There are a couple of passages that  plainly speak let uagainst homosexuality, however.\nThe famous story of Sodom and Gomorrah is told in Genesis 18 and 19. The cities were burned because of lustfulness of every type, including homosexuality. As you read you discover that the men of Sodom were so corrupt they wanted to have sex not with Lot's daughters, but with his guests, who happened to be two holy angels in the guise of men!\nThe men even tried to break the door down before the angels made them blind.\nRomans 1 speaks strongly against certain sins, including this one: "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature (themselves) more than the Creator.... 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."\nLest we think God is unfair, we read right at the start of Romans chapter 2 that Christians are not to judge sinners, since they were sinners too! You see, a Christian, in part, is a sinner who has repented of sin and been forgiven for it. ("Repentance" connotes "turning away from" sin.)\n\nRegarding abortion: Sometimes the Bible states things explicitly, sometimes it gives us a guiding principle. The main debate about whether abortion is murder has to do with whether the "fetus" is a person. Here is what Psalm 139 (one of my favorites) says: "For thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made...My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes have seen my UNFORMED substance; And in Thy book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them."\nThe whole Psalm is about how God sees and understands us whereever we are. The last verse quoted says that there is a plan for each person even before s/he is born. Wow!\nGod does not hate sinners. That is what Jesus came to show us. That is why He came to take the punishment for ALL our sins. The biblical view of people is not a hateful one. And God does not play favorites-see Romans 2:11.This is what He tells Christians: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. And do not pass judgment and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned." Luke 6:36-37\nIs it a hateful thing to let a small child know that fire will hurt him? Neither is it hateful to call sin "sin" if a person wants to know.\nI hope all this helps. Blessings. Buttercup\nThese topics are important and I'm happy to discuss them further with anyone through messaging here or on 360.
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I'd have to agree with you, except in the reverse order, Homophobes use Christianity as an excuse.  Many Christians aren't Homophobes and therefore don't need to quote (often misquote) the gay references in the bible.  Two very small references to Homosexuality in the old Testament are the only references that the bible makes, yet it makes references to many other things that Christians never attack and some of which most, if not all, Christians are guilty of committing.  The fact is Gays are an easy target.  They can point and say, "look at the sinner!" and draw the attention away from their own sins.
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I don't mean to offend the ASKER of the question but the people I hang out with don't believe that being in a homosexual lifestyle is moral or good. \n\nI happen to be a Christian and in the bible Leviticus it says that homosexuality is an abomination and a sin to God.\n\nHowever there is absolutely nothing in the Bible that says it is a sin to be handicapped.\n\nChristians believe that God is faithful to forgive our sins if we confess them and ask for forgiveness.  What is dangerous now (and I noticed one of the ANSWERERS to your question also noted this) is that it is getting to be more and more MORAL to be in a homosexual same sex lifestyle.\n\nSO you have the world saying its good and moral and the bible is in direct contradication to it.\n\nHowever I remember in the bible there was a handicapped person and they actually asked Jesus and I quote "Who sinned to make this man crippled?  His mother or father?"\n\nJesus said "Neither his mother or Father but to show Glory to God" and then Jesus healed him.\n\nSo I think I would "re-word" your question.  I think it would be good to ask it like this so as to be even more specific.\n\n"Why are homosexuals accepted into society more than handicapped folks when it is not a sin to be handicapped?"\n\nI see where you are coming from and it is a very good question though even the way you asked it.  But my friends and family don't even put Handicapped folks in the same group as folks choosing to have same sex sinful relations. \n\nNot even close.  There are still some folks out there honest enough to say the bible says homosexuality is evil. \n\nI am one of them.
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Lots of questions!!!  \nAccording to the BIBLE... it is not okay to say that God hates homosexuals.  because God does not hate them, He is against what they do...homosexuality. Actually they are going against God... here is the proof... Romans chapter 1.\n1 "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,\n2  (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)\n3  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;\n4  And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:\n5  By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:\n6  Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:\n7  To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n8 ¶  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.\n9  For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;\n10  Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.\n11  For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;\n12  That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.\n13  Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.\n14  I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.\n15  So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.\n16 ¶  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.\n17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.\n18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;\n19 ¶  Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.\n20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:\n21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.\n22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,\n23  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.\n24  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:\n25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.\n26  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:\n27  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 recompence of their error which was meet.\n28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;\n29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malig
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I'm not sure where it is "in God's word" that states homosexuality is a choice.  I laugh when people want to stand on the Bible as their grounds for spouting nonsense or uneducated "answers" which we are supposed to then accept as factual.  Some of the answers to your question thus far seem to fit into the "nonsense and uneducated" category.  I was born gay, and I've had to re-evaluate my own beliefs about God.  I had a sister to die suddenly, and I've had to re-visit and re-structure my relationship with God.  I lost a job because I'm gay (don't know how they found that out), and I then had to re-examine my trust in God.
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it's a sin, allright.\nbut in no aspect whatsoever that it is a greater sin.\nYou are right, judging people, liars, adulterers, thieves, gossippers, murderes, and so on are equal sinners as homosexuals (who practice the lifestyles).\n\nChurch who treates homosexuals badly are the misguided one.\nThey are basically the same like the pharisees during the  bible times.\n\nI believe if Jesus to walk the earth today, he would hang out in the midst of homosexuals (delivering them from bondage) -just like he walked in the past (among tax collectors, prostitutes, and so on).\n\nPerhaps, the reason why YOU are put in that kind of church is to testify Jesus' love by reminding them (the congregation and the pastors) the bible truth. That they should treated the homosexuals like human being.\nRemind them that they should hate the sins, not the sinners.
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The American Psychological Association page on homosexuality (link below) may be a good place to start.  There are more links at the bottom of the page.
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Actually, we are the scum of the earth, 1 Corinthians 4:13, thank you for the reminder!\n\nI don't hate gays at all.  However, having sex with someone of the same sex is a sin.  Having sex before marriage is also a sin.  \n\nI don't know what you mean by "revise the Bible to fit with modern understanding."  Actually, the opposite is true.  Since we have found more and more ancient Greek texts the Bible is actually closer to the original now than it was a few hundred years ago!
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He'd say that they don't know their Bible well enough.\n\nThe passages in Leviticus (18:22 & 20:13), understood IN CONTEXT, are not an admonishment against loving sexual relationships between people of the same sex but instead against sex as a form of domination and control. Besides, these passages are part of the Holiness Code which is not binding to modern day Christians (or anyone else for that matter).\n\nThe story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis chapters 18 & 19) was a warning against rape, inhospitality and xenophobia. The reason for Sodom's destruction is made clear in Ezekiel 16:48-50. According to Ezekiel, the sins of Sodom were pride, laziness, being inhospitable, neglecting the needs of the poor, greed, and idolatry (the worshipping of idols). Nothing about homosexuality is mentioned.\n\n1 Corinthians 6:9 was a mistranslation of the word malakee. It's used elsewhere in the Bible to mean someone who lacks discipline or one who is morally weak, and never is it used in reference to sexuality or gender.\n\n1 Timothy 1:10? Also a mistranslation. 1 Timothy was an admonishment against male prostitution, not committed, loving same sex relationships.\n\nThe words physin and paraphysin in Romans 1:26-27 have also been mistranslated. Contrary to popular belief, the word paraphysin does not mean "to go against the laws of nature", but rather implies action which is uncharacteristic for that particular person. An example of the word paraphysin is used in Romans 11:24, where God acts in an uncharacteristic (paraphysin) way to accept the Gentiles. When the scripture is understood correctly, it seems to imply that it would be unnatural for heterosexuals to live as homosexuals, and for homosexuals to live as heterosexuals.
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The Bible is against Homosexuality - it is spoken against more often than any other sexual deviation - probably because God is smart enough to know it would be the most common deviant sexual act.\nHomosexuality is mentioned in the same breath as thieves, drunks, swindlers, and slanderers. ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) and Homosexuals are no worse than any other sinner.\n1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV)\n9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders\n10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.\n\nI think EVERYONE would fall into one of those categories at some point, so it is plain to see that all of us are just as much in need of God's grace and forgiveness as another.\n\nThe great thing is that Jesus conquered Sin, and he Has the power to overcome the sin in our lives as well.\n\nFor LOTS of testimonies from people who have been set free from homosexuality by the power of Jesus (many of whom thought they were "genetically" homosexual) click on the link below.
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homosexuality has been around since before the bible was even a foot note society is accepting this more and more. Christians Jews everybody. it becoming one of those things that just doesn't matter if its in the bible or not live how you want and be happy and don't listen to these little pricks who think differently
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In the story of S & G, there is no mention of homosexuality.\n\nLot offered his two daughters and finally the maid.\n\nIf they were homos, they must have been women.\n\nBible thumpers read a lot more into their bibles than is actually there. And, coincidentally enough, their interpretations always fit what they already believed.\n\nTruly amazing how flexible "God's word" seems to be.
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just dont be gay it forbids it in the bible here are some verses:1) 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10 - Do you not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom. \n\n2) Romans 1:24-27 - Therefore God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to uncleanness, that their bodies might be dishonored among them, even those who exchanged the truth of God for the lie and venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the One who created, who is blessed forever. That is why God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error.\n\n\nand 1 Cor.6:9-10 these are some of the verses i remember. there are a lot more but i forgot them