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1 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Rom 1:27 | journey_me | 92984 | ||
Here I go again. Where can I find specifics dealing with homosexuality? Does the bible explicitly say homosexuality is wrong or does it implicitly say so? How can the episcopalian church elect an openly gay person as bishop, especially if he is actively gay? Or is simply not prcticing homosexuality? Is homesexuality not apart of the doctorine they teach? Please help. I am an advocate and I love to debate. Sometimes I get stuk because I can't find certain things. I need some textual evidence for this one. I remember reading something in Romans, but I can't find it. |
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2 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Rom 1:27 | Pastor Glenn | 92985 | ||
journey_me, One scripture is Rom 1:27. Also one recent thread is at ID 91345. |
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3 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Rom 1:27 | gbennett76 | 92988 | ||
The Torah is composed of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). It contains numerous laws which make up the Mosaic code. Rabbi Simlai wrote in the Talmud (Jewish traditional commentary about the Hebrew Scriptures) that God gave 613 commandments to Moses. One list finds 3 commandments in Genesis, 111 in Exodus, 247 in Leviticus, 52 in Numbers and 200 in Deuteronomy. These included 365 prohibitions -- a number equal to the nominal number of days in the year. Also included 248 positive commandments which Rabbi Simlai said corresponded "to the number of organs and limbs in the human body." Hundreds of these dealt with animal sacrifices and other topics that are not currently practiced. That leaves about 300 commandments that can be practiced today. The Holiness Code in the Torah permits: slavery (Leviticus 25:44) The code requires: a child to be killed if he/she curses their parent (Leviticus 20:9) all persons guilty of adultery to be killed (20:10) the daughter of a priest who engages in prostitution to be burned alive until dead (21:9) the bride of a priest to be a virgin (21:13) ritual killing of animals, using cattle, sheep and goats (22:19) observation of 7 feasts: Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Firstfruits, Feast of Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles (23) a person who takes the Lord's name in vain is to be killed (24:16) The code prohibits: heterosexual intercourse when a woman has her period (Leviticus 18:19), harvesting the corners of a field (19:9), eating fruit from a young tree (19:23), cross-breeding livestock (19:19), sowing a field with mixed seed (19:19), shaving or getting a hair cut (19:27), tattoos (19:28), even a mildly disabled person from becoming a priest (21:18), charging of interest on a loan (25:37), collecting firewood on Saturday to prevent your family from freezing, wearing of clothes made from a blend of textile materials; today this might be cotton and polyester, and eating of non-kosher foods (e.g. shrimp). Christians are free to wear tattoos, eat shrimp, pork or rare meat, wear polyester-cotton blends, seed their lawns with a grass mixture, and get their hair cut. But homosexuality is somehow taboo. We have been unable to find any logical explanation that would justify conservative Christians concentrating so much on these two laws against homosexuality while abandoning most of the rest. |
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4 | Why did Jesus preach repentance?: | Rom 1:27 | Pastor Glenn | 92992 | ||
gbennett76, Your outragious remark: "Christians are free to .... .... But homosexuality is somehow taboo. " Do you realize that you mention two separate groups, since a homosexual is no longer a "homosexual" after repenting from homosexuallity? We are not "Christians" until "after repenting" and accepting Jesus Christ. In your reasoning is it not "taboo" to cheat on your spouse? Why did Jesus preach repentance?: Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Luke 24 44 Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." 45And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. 46Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise[8] from the dead the third day, 47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Pastor Glenn |
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5 | Why did Jesus preach repentance?: | Rom 1:27 | Christian24 | 93052 | ||
For starters we as Christians never need to call someones questions outragious. Its a question, which means the person asking it needs an understanding. Repent is for corrections and a way to ask God to forgive you! To let God know that you are sorry for what you have done, and to let him know that you are trying to be like Jesus and walk right, and reframe from as much sin as possible. Jesus preached this because to repent is to help keep that closer relationship with God. I think as Christians we want reasons for why we need to do things. If God said repent, then i personally don't question it. Jesus repented thoughts of doing things wrong, and since I want to walk like him I will do the same also. Repent the thought and the action, asking for forgivness! I may not have answered your question, but sometimes we just need to do things, just because we know that they are right, and are there to help us and not harm us. |
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