Is Homosexuality a Sin?

Is Homosexuality a Sin?

There has been no shortage of controversy as gay people assume increased roles as parents and married couples in our society, but almost nowhere has this conflict been more intense than in the church. Many religious leaders have condemned homosexuality, calling it a sin or even an abomination, but for millions of gay people around the world, there is nothing inherently sinful about their sexual preferences.

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Rick Brentlinger

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This post raises some interesting questions.

An unidentified person from Exodus wrote:

"It has been argued that there was no Greek word for homosexual. In fact, the concept of homosexual and heterosexual is a recent development."

That being true, how does one conclude that the Bible condemns committed, faithful, non-cultic same sex partnerships since the concept of homosexual and heterosexual are recent developments?

An unidentified person from Exodus wrote:

"There was no need to specifically differentiate because sexual expression is exclusively defined in the Bible as that between a man and a woman."

Your statements are mutually exclusive. You cannot logically claim that our modern concept of heterosexual is a recent development and then argue that this "recent development" is exclusively defined in the Bible (2000 to 3400 years ago) as "between a man and a woman" (heterosexuality).

The dramatic love story of Jonathan and David is a vivid portrayal of committed, same sex love in the Bible.

http://www.gaychristian101.com/David-Loved-Jonathan.html

Concerning Jude 7, many anti-gay crusaders use Jude 7 as a proof text to condemn homosexuals. They falsely assert that Jude 7 is a reference to homosexuality.

The fact that God and Jude used the Greek word, heteros, from which we get our English word, heterosexual, and not the Greek word homoios, from which we get our English word, homosexual, indicates that the point at issue for Jude and for God, is not homosexuality.

http://www.gaychristian101.com/Against-Nature.html

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