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    Struggling to come to terms with something I have read in the bible.

    So, I'm confused now. It was not a sin then but it is now. What has changed to make it sinful? I'm confused, what is the sin now that wasn't then? What is the morality issue then and now?
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Back. Romans 1:24-27 Concerning Dishonourable Passions. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to he degrading of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and...
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    Struggling to come to terms with something I have read in the bible.

    Homosexuality is descriptive of one's sexuality, not morals. Same about heterosexuality. The catalogue of vices and virtues are lists of good living. Good living is our spirit, how we conduct ourselves. In answer to your question let me first ask you to explore polygamy in the OT. Was...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    You need to show me that the Bible is clear on marriage, being between a man and a woman.
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    How is homosexuality a sin. Does it fit the description of what is immoral? Or does it fit the catalogue of vices? I don't see it being sinful. Polygamy was acceptable in the OT. There were no marriage laws established in Genesis or Mosaic Law. Nothing either in the NT. All references to...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    I'm Christian and I don't see homosexuality as a sin. Who's right?
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Bear with me as I quote from Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, pp. 549: " Do we need sacraments? You can't unite men in a religion unless they share visible symbols or sacraments keeping them together. Mankind's salvation requires sacraments. They suit man's nature: he comes to know the...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Thank you. What is mine is not necessarily yours. I do not wish to change what you believe to be truth. I continually get literalists to try and convert my ways to theirs. That simply condemns others if you don't believe as they do. I am simply stating that there is no absolute truth other...
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    Struggling to come to terms with something I have read in the bible.

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    Struggling to come to terms with something I have read in the bible.

    ". . . the traditional definition of virtues as good qualities of soul disposing us to live rightly, which we cannot misuse, and which God works in us without our help. This definition collects together the material subject to which virtue gives a form, . . ., the purpose it serves and its agent...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Go to this link that the above posts link to and let others know if the interpretation has any merit. If there is merit, then ask yourself this question: Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Follow my posts and you will have your answer. You have not shown me where you interpret marriage in the Bible.
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    The Song of Songs is seen to redeem this love story, restoring Eros and enhancing the creation of sexuality in Genesis 2, and emphasizing equality and mutuality between man and woman as lovers. The main voice of the Song is female. Thus Trible says, "Women, then, are the principal creators of...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Genesis 2-3: the Creation of Sexuality In unfolding her interpretation of Gen. 2-3, Trible dispels arkhonic (4) notions regarding the explicit and implicit meanings of the text. She describes the narrative as the development of Eros (love of life), in four episodes of a love story, that began...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    In Genesis 1-2:4a, the notion of sexual identity as "male and female," is so tied rhetorically to the metaphor of "image of God", that it does not serve to differentiate sexual stereotypes but identifies the relational character of the human beings. As the "image of God" it is humankind that...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS Genesis 1:27-31. A Creation Story So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Well, that is the question, isn't it? I can demonstrate that it is not in direct opposition to God's plan and there in lies the debate. So who has the truth? If you had to break down the Greek translation grammatically, I doubt that you would have any proof of being God's plan as you see it...
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    Struggling to come to terms with something I have read in the bible.

    Is it not evident that I read your posts? It is evident that you are a literalitst. Given that, your understanding is not clear for it lacks validity. But it is confusing when you say that, you are able to interpret the Bible. You don't interpret the Bible, you allow modern day translations...
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    Again, begging the question, Where does it state, in the Bible, that sex is a God given gift to man and a woman who has been consecrated in marriage. Where in the Bible does it say what constitutes a marriage? When is a marriage consecrated?
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    Is it wrong to advocate homosexuality as a sin?

    I know this thread is about but this post begs the question, What makes the act of same-sex forbidden?
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