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<blockquote data-quote="GrayAngel" data-source="post: 60912742" data-attributes="member: 162431"><p>Actually, if what I've been learning recently is true, the Bible makes no statements on homosexuality. The issue was never addressed in the Bible, but modern translations give a false impression of what the original texts had to say.</p><p></p><p>Sexual orientation was not something discussed in Biblical times, but it's a recent phenomenon. Not that gay people haven't existed until now, but the acknowledgement of homosexual orientation is new. And when same-sex relations are called "abominable," the word used actually means "socially unacceptable" and is used also when referring to the act of a woman cutting her hair and several other things. Also, it was common at one point for a group of males to gang rape male outsiders in order to shame them, but it was not because they were sexually attracted to those men.</p><p></p><p>Right now, I'm leaning a little more on the fence, but I'm cautious to abandon my position at the risk of giving people permission to sin. But if the Bible doesn't acknowledge homosexuality, then the question I have to ask is why. God certainly was aware that homosexuality existed, so why didn't He say anything on the subject? Was it just because the issue hadn't come up yet?</p><p></p><p>Maybe. But what about what the Bible <em>does</em> say on topics like marriage? The Bible pretty clearly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. And the relationship between God and the church is compared to marriage, with God as the husband and the church as the bride. How does homosexuality fit in?</p><p></p><p>For me, since I can find no exception clause for marriage that allows for two of the same sex to be called married, then same-sex marriage does not exist. For the sake of the little sanctity that still exists in our modern understanding of marriage, I must reject it.</p><p></p><p>The Bible also frowns upon sexual relations outside of marriage. Does this mean that homosexual Christians should live a life of celibacy? Maybe so. I can't really say for certain. Fortunately for me, though, God blessed me with a heterosexual orientation, so I don't really have to worry about it too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrayAngel, post: 60912742, member: 162431"] Actually, if what I've been learning recently is true, the Bible makes no statements on homosexuality. The issue was never addressed in the Bible, but modern translations give a false impression of what the original texts had to say. Sexual orientation was not something discussed in Biblical times, but it's a recent phenomenon. Not that gay people haven't existed until now, but the acknowledgement of homosexual orientation is new. And when same-sex relations are called "abominable," the word used actually means "socially unacceptable" and is used also when referring to the act of a woman cutting her hair and several other things. Also, it was common at one point for a group of males to gang rape male outsiders in order to shame them, but it was not because they were sexually attracted to those men. Right now, I'm leaning a little more on the fence, but I'm cautious to abandon my position at the risk of giving people permission to sin. But if the Bible doesn't acknowledge homosexuality, then the question I have to ask is why. God certainly was aware that homosexuality existed, so why didn't He say anything on the subject? Was it just because the issue hadn't come up yet? Maybe. But what about what the Bible [I]does[/I] say on topics like marriage? The Bible pretty clearly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. And the relationship between God and the church is compared to marriage, with God as the husband and the church as the bride. How does homosexuality fit in? For me, since I can find no exception clause for marriage that allows for two of the same sex to be called married, then same-sex marriage does not exist. For the sake of the little sanctity that still exists in our modern understanding of marriage, I must reject it. The Bible also frowns upon sexual relations outside of marriage. Does this mean that homosexual Christians should live a life of celibacy? Maybe so. I can't really say for certain. Fortunately for me, though, God blessed me with a heterosexual orientation, so I don't really have to worry about it too much. [/QUOTE]
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