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That is my argument.
For years I have asked people to explain why homosexuality is a sin in the Bible. Why would God care. For years they have been unable to provide a decent argument.
They generally respond that it is a sin because God said so or it is "unnatural" a.k.a. not part of God's design, but that is insufficient for an argument. Understanding the rational for why something is a sin is just as much a part of Christian theology and knowing that it is a sin.
So I will make an argument for why homosexuality is a sin in the Bible.
It's a sin because homosexuality is an act of adultery. It is sexual activity that traditionally occurs outside of marriage. It generally occurs outside of a monogamous relationship and it serves no purpose towards creating a family.
But things have changed. We are no longer in ancient Rome. Now the moral thing to do is to allow same sex couples to marry and to encourage same sex couples to adopt and form families.
To oppose this idea is to commit the sin of legalism. To emphasize the letter of the law over the spirit of the law.
Some would argue that marriage is defined in the Bible as between one man and one woman. That is not the case. Nobody ever asked Jesus if same sex unions are outside of the marriage covenant. All anyone asked Jesus was whether men could divorce their wife for any reason, and Jesus responded to that question within the context of that question. Many have taken his response out of context and in their own opinion, have argued that it is an absolutist definition for marriage as between one man and one woman. What they have failed to do is explain the rational behind that absolutist definition.
I have never heard an argument as to how same sex marriage would be outside of the spirit of the law. All I have ever heard is that homosexuality is not obedience to the law.
For years I have asked people to explain why homosexuality is a sin in the Bible. Why would God care. For years they have been unable to provide a decent argument.
They generally respond that it is a sin because God said so or it is "unnatural" a.k.a. not part of God's design, but that is insufficient for an argument. Understanding the rational for why something is a sin is just as much a part of Christian theology and knowing that it is a sin.
So I will make an argument for why homosexuality is a sin in the Bible.
It's a sin because homosexuality is an act of adultery. It is sexual activity that traditionally occurs outside of marriage. It generally occurs outside of a monogamous relationship and it serves no purpose towards creating a family.
But things have changed. We are no longer in ancient Rome. Now the moral thing to do is to allow same sex couples to marry and to encourage same sex couples to adopt and form families.
To oppose this idea is to commit the sin of legalism. To emphasize the letter of the law over the spirit of the law.
Some would argue that marriage is defined in the Bible as between one man and one woman. That is not the case. Nobody ever asked Jesus if same sex unions are outside of the marriage covenant. All anyone asked Jesus was whether men could divorce their wife for any reason, and Jesus responded to that question within the context of that question. Many have taken his response out of context and in their own opinion, have argued that it is an absolutist definition for marriage as between one man and one woman. What they have failed to do is explain the rational behind that absolutist definition.
I have never heard an argument as to how same sex marriage would be outside of the spirit of the law. All I have ever heard is that homosexuality is not obedience to the law.