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Homosexuality: Not natural and against reason

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As a Christian trying to decide how to deal with the issue of homosexuality, it is important for you to realize that the vast majority of adults who are so inclined can commit this sin with impunity. Homosexuals use their civic freedom to engage in sin just like other sinners in our country—women are protected by the first amendment to read explicit romance novels, men are permitted to watch R-rated movies which serve no other purpose but to enflame lust, and Mormon parents use their freedom of religious expression to raise their children as Mormons . That being the case, it is a mistake to think of the homosexual movement as a political lobby whose main goal is to get rid of the remaining anti-sodomy statutes in this country. The states that still have these statutes rarely enforce them, if ever. The goal of the homosexual movement is not so much legalization in the law books as legitimization in society. This legitimization takes two rather contradictory forms. On the one hand, homo

R.C. Sproul on Homosexuality

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Image via Wikipedia In today’s society we are told that homosexuality is a legitimate alternative lifestyle . Confusion still abounds, even in the church, about the nature of homosexuality. Do we have a biblical understanding of homosexuality? Are we called to love people who practice it?  What makes someone a homosexual? These may seem like strange questions, but R.C. Sproul looks to Scripture to help us understand some of the confusion surrounding the issue of homosexuality and provides us with simple biblical responses to them. Free Download from R.C. Sproul:   Homosexuality (Right click to download. Note: This lecture was originally given at the Ligonier Valley Study Center in Pennsylvania in the early days of the ministry.) "As the image-bearer of God , [man] is called upon to reflect and mirror the holiness of God. When we fail to honor the glory of God it's inevitable that the dignity of man suffers. Our dignity flows out of the fact that we are created in the