Fake arguments against the Bible and the same sex sin

Objection Stated

Paul is speaking solely of Jewish purity laws, where homosexuality was banned and hence this is irrelevant in a modern, enlightened society.


Biblical Response

It needs to be acknowledged from the outset, and this illustrates the constant inconsistency found among the revisionist interpreters, that this is an admission that the Hebrew Scriptures do indeed condemn homosexual deeds and desires. After all, if Paul’s condemnation of such sinfulness is drawn from Judaism, this is a tacit admission that Judaism opposed homosexuality. The bible addressed the basic contention of the allegedly limited application of God’s moral laws in a discussion of the Leviticus passages. 

It seems sufficient at this point to note how such an objection completely misses Paul’s context as well as his argument.

Paul surely did not embrace modern views of either God’s law or God’s revelation in the Jewish Scriptures. He would not have held to the concept that the revelation of God’s holy will in Scripture was somehow to be limited “only to the Jews” nor would he have seen God’s moral pronouncements to be relics of a “holiness code.” 

It is obvious that for Paul and the other apostles the repeated proclamation of God’s role as Creator of the world and of mankind, found throughout the Scriptures, meant that God’s revelation of His law was as universal as the truth that He is the Creator. All men are created in the image of God, and all men bear that unmistakable imprint of “creature” upon their soul. 

To limit the Levitical prohibitions against homosexuality to Israel alone, or to a particular period, or a particular geographical location, assumes a view of God and His law that Paul surely did not embrace.

Further, such an objection is without merit in this context, as it would force us to believe that Paul is not consistent in his own argumentation. Paul has spoken in broad, creation-wide terms from verse 18 onward. He has spoken in universal terms of man’s refusal to acknowledge God, his Creator, and the resultant actions of man attendant to the suppression of the truth that exists all around him, and from which there is no escape. 

Again, no limitation to merely Jewish “purity codes” is found up to this point. Then Paul speaks of God’s judicial giving over of men and women to the dominion of the sins they hold so dear, and the resulting “twistedness” of their relationship to God, the world around them, and to themselves. These words apply far beyond the boundaries of Jewish purity laws. They speak to the revelation of God’s will for mankind, not merely for Jews. The expanse and breadth of His words cannot be dismissed by such a cavalier explanation.


White, J. R., & Niell, J. D. (2002). The Same Sex Controversy: Defending and Clarifying the Bible’s Message about Homosexuality (pp. 131–133). Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers.