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I don't see anything about any Gods hating gays. Levictus compares men having sex with other men being as big of a sin as cursing your parents or having sex wit

by wmt 12y ago

I don't see anything about any Gods hating gays. Levictus compares men having sex with other men being as big of a sin as cursing your parents or having sex with a woman during her periods, and later in Sodom God decides to murder a town for their lack of charity. I guess you could reach and say that God hates sinners and homosexuals are committing a sin, but that's pretty silly at least in Christianity everyone is a sinner.

kyrra 12y ago
(This is from my understanding of this, which is pretty limited) I think this is an important point about Christianity and homosexuality. While the bible states homosexuality is a sin, it says a lot of things are sins. But it doesn't have some scale of REALLY BAD sins vs tiny sins. Sins are sins when it comes to Christianity. And the only way to salvation is through Jesus. A church that would reject members based on sinful behavior would have no members. Where I think it gets tricky is that being a good Christian means that you try to overcome your sins as best as you can (you will never be sin-free), so embracing a sin (such as homosexuality) isn't considered being a good Christian.
- parasubvert 12y ago
  The Catholic Church actually only considers homosexual sexual acts a sin. The root of this is a particular belief in natural order and law, ie. all sexual acts that aren't aimed at procreation are considered sins (somewhat different levels of gravity depending on the situation - but this is where the "every sperm is sacred" joke comes from) Being gay in itself is not a sin.
  - michaelsbradley 12y ago
    Your "aren't aimed at procreation" comment isn't quite correct. The objection, in the context of marriage, is to sexual acts which impair the transmission of life per se. See, for example, Humane Vitae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanae_Vitae#Highlights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanae_Vitae#Highlights
- michaelsbradley 12y ago
  Sacred Scripture does, in fact, have a scale of "really bad" sins. For more information, look into the seven deadly sins[1], sins that cry to heaven for vengeance and sins against the Holy Spirit[2]. There is also a passage in one of the epistles of the Apostle St. John: "If a man knows his brother to be guilty, yet not of such a sin as brings death with it, he should pray for him; and, at his request, life will be granted to the brother who is sinning, yet not fatally. There is a sin which kills; it is not over this that I bid him fall to prayer. Sin may be wrong-doing of any kind; not all sin is fatal." (1 John 5:16-17)[3] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins [2] http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/what-are-sins-that-cry-to-heaven-for-vengeance-and-sins-against-the-holy-spirit http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/what-are-sins-that-cr... [3] http://www.newadvent.org/bible/1jo005.htm http://www.newadvent.org/bible/1jo005.htm

by wmt 12y ago

kyrra 12y ago

(This is from my understanding of this, which is pretty limited) I think this is an important point about Christianity and homosexuality. While the bible states homosexuality is a sin, it says a lot of things are sins. But it doesn't have some scale of REALLY BAD sins vs tiny sins. Sins are sins when it comes to Christianity. And the only way to salvation is through Jesus. A church that would reject members based on sinful behavior would have no members. Where I think it gets tricky is that being a good Christian means that you try to overcome your sins as best as you can (you will never be sin-free), so embracing a sin (such as homosexuality) isn't considered being a good Christian.

parasubvert 12y ago
The Catholic Church actually only considers homosexual sexual acts a sin. The root of this is a particular belief in natural order and law, ie. all sexual acts that aren't aimed at procreation are considered sins (somewhat different levels of gravity depending on the situation - but this is where the "every sperm is sacred" joke comes from) Being gay in itself is not a sin.
- michaelsbradley 12y ago
  Your "aren't aimed at procreation" comment isn't quite correct. The objection, in the context of marriage, is to sexual acts which impair the transmission of life per se. See, for example, Humane Vitae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanae_Vitae#Highlights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanae_Vitae#Highlights
michaelsbradley 12y ago
Sacred Scripture does, in fact, have a scale of "really bad" sins. For more information, look into the seven deadly sins[1], sins that cry to heaven for vengeance and sins against the Holy Spirit[2]. There is also a passage in one of the epistles of the Apostle St. John: "If a man knows his brother to be guilty, yet not of such a sin as brings death with it, he should pray for him; and, at his request, life will be granted to the brother who is sinning, yet not fatally. There is a sin which kills; it is not over this that I bid him fall to prayer. Sin may be wrong-doing of any kind; not all sin is fatal." (1 John 5:16-17)[3] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins [2] http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/what-are-sins-that-cry-to-heaven-for-vengeance-and-sins-against-the-holy-spirit http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/what-are-sins-that-cr... [3] http://www.newadvent.org/bible/1jo005.htm http://www.newadvent.org/bible/1jo005.htm