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Subject: Why the spotlight on gays? |
Bible Note: Mark; Various concepts have caught the attention of Christians in different locals and at different times. In the 1920s, prohibition was the big thing. Christians crusaded to ban alcohol. In the 1850s, in England more than America, Christians crusaded to ban slavery. Homosexuality and abortion seem to be the Hot topics today. When I search through the Old Testament, oppression of the poor and the cry of people against oppressors seems to be the dominate theme. Homosexuality is clearly mentioned as sin, but no more than almost any other sin. My point about oppression is that sins that hurt other people seem to have greater importance. Intriguingly enough, the condemnation of Sodom and Gomorrah (and the Jerusalem acting like Sodom) in Isa 1:9-17 mentions oppression and bloodshed but not Homosexuality. This must have been the cry God heard and mentioned to Abraham. Douglas |