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Romans 1:26-27 and Homosexuality

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English: Gender symbols, sexual orientation: heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality. Česky: (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error," (Rom. 1:26-27, NASB ). Some argue that Romans 1:26-27 does not condemn homosexuality per se, but is instead condemning unnatural love.  In other words, the verses condemn the act of going against what a person's natural sexual orientation really is.  So, if it is natural for a person to be attracted to someone of the same sex, then it would be "unnatural" for that person to go against his/her homosexual orientation .  Is this argument sound?  No, it is not.  Let's...

Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, and a "man who lies with a man"

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English: Israel Map - Lev HaSharon Regional Council עברית: מפת ישראל - מועצה אזורית לב השרון (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Lev. 18:22 ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination ." ( NASB ) "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." ( ESV , NKJV ) Clearly, the Old Testament condemns homosexuality.  What else does it mean when it says "you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female"?  The term "lie with" here refers to sexual intercourse in the phrase "lie with a male as one lies with a female."  It is an abomination.  The word here is  תֹּועֵבָה   towʿebah ,  toʿebah. 117 occurrences; AV translates as "abomination" 113 times, "abominable thing" twice, and "abominable" twice. 1 a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable. 1a in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages). 1b in ethical sense (of wickedness etc. ). 1 ...

Homosexuality, Marriage Equality equals wrong sinful and offensive

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Liberals have a way of renaming things in order to make them acceptable. When former- President Clinton committed adultery he called it a “mistake.” Of course, it was sin. When Prime Minister Kevin Rudd calls homosexuality a worthy social issue that brings equality to all, it is still a sin. Everyone knows that the words “choice” and “fetus” have been used to justify murder. Recently, politically correct wordsmiths have coined the phrase “same-sex marriage.” From a biblical perspective, however, a proper name for this activity, is “legalized  homosexuality .” Regardless of the attempt of two same-sex partners to justify “ marrying ” by declaring in a ceremony that they will be faithful to one another, God will neither condone nor accept their acts — even if the state eventually does. Indeed, taking vows to remain in such a sinful relationship only aggravates the situation. Moreover, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ must never participate in nor promote the lega...

The Bible supports loving Homosexual relationships but not homosexual paedophilia?

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The error of Freedom2b.org and Metropolitan Community Church is their theology is not complete. They choose to ignore verses that condemn homosexuality, or apply the meaning of one verse namely, 1 Co 6:9 to all forms of homosexuality and then infer none of these verses apply to loving homosexual relationships. The Bible speaks clearly of false prophets and teachers, of ehich both organizations fulfill this criteria.  ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoitēs), ου (ou), ὁ (ho): n.masc.; ≡ Str 733—LN 88.280 male homosexual, one who takes the active male role in homosexual intercourse (1Co 6:9), specifically interpreted as male homosexual paedophilia (NAB footnote); possibly a more generic term in first Timothy; sodomites ( RSV , NRSV , NKJV ), perverts ( NIV , NEB, REB ), practicing homosexuals (NAB), homosexual ( NJB ), (1Ti 1:10+), note: translations possibly use certain specific terms to infer or allow certain theologies Swanson, J. (1997).Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Dom...

Homosexuality is not natural and contrary to creation

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English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Australian Labor and the Australian Greens have a way of renaming things in order to make them acceptable. It even happens in the USA. When former- President Clinton committed adultery he called it a “mistake.” Of course, it was sin. Everyone knows that the words “choice” and “fetus” have been used to justify murder. Politically correct wordsmiths have heavily promoted the phrase “same-sex marriage.” From a biblical perspective, however, a proper name for this activity, is “legalized homosexuality.” Regardless of the attempt of two same-sex partners to justify “marrying” by declaring in a ceremony that they will be faithful to one another, God will neither condone nor accept their acts—even if the state eventually does. Indeed, taking vows to remain in such a sinful relationship only aggravates the situation. Moreover, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ must never participate in nor promote the legalization of homosexual...

Can Churches sanction homosexual marriage?

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Adam and Eve (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "So  God  created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." — Genesis 1:27  ( NKJV ) "And the LORD God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.' Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to  Adam  to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: 'This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shal...