Originally posted by ckingif that, you guys are pathectic, be open minded, the bible is a fabrication of lies that was used to hel govern the people, make people believe this crap wa true and if they didn't follow it, you would go to hell, it makes alot more sense than the book itself
God didn't create Adam and Steve, but Adam and eve.
Originally posted by NellinatorSome people say yes, some people say no. Depends on your stance on translational inerrancy and whatnot.
For chithappens:Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.*This is apart of the OT law for Jewish priests. Jesus fulfilled and removed the law.
Romans 1:26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.*This is probably the strongest verse against homosexuality, however, many scholars believe it is actually a reference to men sleeping with boys, which was a Roman thing apparently. Note that there is no indication that homosexuals cannot reach heaven here.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.*The term effeminate is generally thought to refer to homosexuals. And does call them homosexuals in some translations. This is because the Greek word used for sodomy means homosexuals. However, it is to be noted what the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah actually were...
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.*Homosexuality can only be included in the other abominations and was not the prime sin of Sodom.
Originally posted by Preciousdagger
I wanted 2 know what yall thought about gay people. (An no I'm not gay I just have no problems)
Ahem, to quote Pope Benedict.
If you are a homosexual but are not having sex or a relationship with a man:
...although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.
On Gay Marriage:
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people
Gay adoption:
Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that their condition of dependency would be used to place them in an environment that is not conducive to their full human development
However, and here is where he agrees with Desmond Tutu:
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the Church's pastors wherever it occurs.
That should be what around 1 Billion people believe.