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Bible Question:
Unless and until you give your definition of "being a homosexual", further discussion of the subject is meaningless. ____________________ What does "being a homosexual" mean? Megiddo: You write: "I'm saying that it is possible for a homosexual to be a Christian, to praise her/her creator, and to carry out God's will while being a homosexual." I think what is at issue here is: what do you mean when you say "being a homosexual?" If being a homosexual means merely to have homosexual desires without acting on those desires, that is one thing. But if being a homosexual means performing homosexual acts, then the answer is: No, it is not possible for a homosexual to carry out God's will. It is not my intent here to bash or attack. I merely wish to understand what you mean when you say "being a homosexual." Unless and until you give your definition of "being a homosexual", further discussion of the subject is meaningless. Radioman2 |
Bible Answer: Do you define being a heterosexual by what you do in the sack? I for one don't. I define a heterosexual as a person who desired union with thier other half, that of the opposite sex- emotional, spiritual, and physical union. That is why I got married, for that union. Let's not get lost here, I apoligize...I am answering your question...now heterosexual acts would be interacting with the opposite sex in an explicitley sexual nature. Being a homosexual means that you seek unity with someone of the same gender. You wish for companionship, unity of the three kinds that I have with my wife- spiritual, emotional, and physical. Homosexual acts are actions of a sexual nature towards someone of the same sex. I believe that for the homosexual person that having "homosexual desires" is equivalent to wanting to be completed...the only differnce is that it is with someone of the same sex. The problem is that some people are convinced that homosexuality is just the acts and that homosexuals don not experience love within thier relationships....that it is just some kind of mutual-masterbation experience...or worse that the feelings they feel are not feelings at all...but just lust. Anytime...let's say that again, ANYTIME that lust is the prevailing experience..it is just wrong and the work of the evil one. So if you're convinced that the bible defines homosexuals as the embodiment of lust and that is why God loathes them (someone used the word hate earlier) then that's your interpretation. I'm not sure that we'll ever grasp on what grounds God defines it as a sin...but no mistake God does define it as a sin in the bible. The bible asks for repentence.......from ALL OF US. |