Re: The Christian Religion and Homosexuality
What I MEANT is that if you think the bible says homosexuality is a sin, then you should ALSO think the bible says heterosexuality is a sin.
That's how ridiculous it is.
Sure, it would be illogical to apply one conclusion (boooo homosexuality) and not the other one (boooo heterosexuality) [as orgies happen in both types of relationships]... but it's also illogical to apply both conclusions at once [not possible to reproduce] as well as to infer one conclusion or the other from the immorality of orgies [compositional error].
Obviously heterosexuality (at least one particular form of it) is okay by God, or else reproduction would be impossible (at least back in Biblical times). Homosexuality, on the other hand, can be debated [I'd argue that it is immoral].
Genesis 2:24 speaks of man leaving his father and mother to become one flesh (united) with his wife. [since woman was made from man].
Ephesians 5:22-33 speaks of the duties of wives to their husbands and husbands to their wives, referencing Genesis 2:24 [in an Earthly sense] while tying it in to the "bigger Christian picture" [in a Heavenly sense].
Matthew 19:4-6 speaks of God making them 'male and female' in the beginning, references the Genesis 2:24 passage, and adds that they are no longer two (but one) and that no man ought to separate what God has joined together.
1 Corinthians 7:1-16 also gives some relationship advice, directing that advice to husbands and wives, while specifying that each man should have his own wife and each wife her own husband.
Colossians 3:18-19 gives some advice to husbands and wives as well.
Romans 1:26-27 speaks of the depravity of mankind, and one example of that was men giving themselves up to other men, and women to other women...
Now, while I do believe homosexual behavior to be immoral, and that the behavior should be condemned, I also believe that homosexuals themselves should be loved and not condemned, as fellow sinners have no grounds to condemn another sinner (as they too will be judged by the same standard of perfection, and they too will fall short of that standard).
