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Paul uses conventional Greek terminology to express a Jewish-Christian worldview that “nature” and what is “natural” must correspond to what God has created and legislated. It cannot simply be equated with culture.72 While Paul on this occasion uses physis to refer to the creation order, he is borrowing conventional language to express a ktisis (“creation”) idea or worldview. He uses the word exchanged (v. 26) to point to a violation of creation when people make idols and “change” the glory of God into an image made from the Creation.  Also, he may use the term aschēmosynē (“indecent acts”) in Romans 1:27 as a subtle pointer to schēma, which is used by Paul only in Philippians 2:7. In Philippians 2:7, it describes the earthly “form, appearance, or essence” of Christ, suggesting that Christ is the only perfect person, the pattern for all humanity. Those who engage in same-gender sexual intercourse do not emulate Christ as our pattern or image, but rather make an idol from the creati...

The annual march of decadence, nudity and blatant sin, now in its 45th year, marks 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales .  W hy was homosexuality a criminal offense ? What major event changed in society that made a criminal offense to something that is celebrated and if you disagree you are subject to a hate crime? It was deemed to be criminal - but one person said it wasn't because...here it is ....what happens "private sexual business" is nobody's business and should be a criminal offence.  In the 1960s, a Labour MP ,  Leo Abse , and a Conservative peer,  Lord Arran , put forward proposals to change the way in which criminal law treated homosexual men by means of the Sexual Offences Bill. This attempt to liberalise the law relating to male  homosexuality  can be placed in a context of the rising number of prosecutions of homosexual men. In his 1965 Sexual Offences Bill, Lord Arran drew heavily upon the findings...

The Revisionist Answer Homosexuality existed in many ancient cultures , including Egypt , Greece , and Rome . We can learn from these ancient cultures how to be tolerant of homosexuality alongside heterosexuality . These cultures should contribute to our culture as much as Jewish- Christian views. The Biblical Answer All ancient societies whose laws we have discovered restricted homosexual behavior , even though there usually was a level of acceptance. More to the point is the truism that any culture must be wary of tinkering with its foundational ethical underpinnings by embracing other societies’ standards. Other cultures have influenced modern Western culture , yet the morality of the West has flowed from a biblical ethic. Ancient cultures embraced slavery, recreational drugs and alcohol abuse, abortion, the killing of the young by exposure, idolatry, totalitarianism, repression of women, adultery, bestiality, incest, and a host of other sins and crimes that are historic...

If ancient peoples, including the Jews , did not know about people born with a homosexual orientation or couples who mutually commit to one another, should their uninformed negative judgments prevail in contemporary society ? The Revisionist Answer The existence of mutual, respectful, permanent homosexual or lesbian relationships where love prevails was unknown in the past. Ancient disapproval of homosexuality concerns homosexual rape, pederasty, or other aggressive forms that most homosexuals also condemn. It is inappropriate to carry over this situation to address the kind of homosexual living taking place today. The Biblical Answer Ancient writings show considerable knowledge of committed homosexual relationships. Probably these peoples knew of respect, mutuality, and love experienced in some homosexual relationships. Symposium of Plato and other sources discusses these matters in a very positive light. Surely, many Greeks and Romans probably lived this way. However,...