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Bible Verses about Homosexuality

02.27.04 (8:44 am) [edit]

Okay, right off, this is what I believe, and it's true, because it's straight from the Bible. You can tell me that the Bible's wrong, but I don't care. It's the base of everything I believe, and I'd greatly appreciate it if you didn't try to shoot it down. So if all you're going to do is say that everything that I'm writing is wrong and stupid, please don't reply, because I'll just delete it. I understand we have different beliefs, so you don't have to tell me (quite rudely, I might add).
Okay, I'm done now, so I'm going on to the verses.
[LINE]
[u][b]God finds homosexual behavior detestable:[/b][/u]
"Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin."
[b][i]Leviticus 18:22[/i][/b]

[u][b]God will judge those who practice homosexual behavior:[/b][/u]
"But God shows his anger from Heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves[b].[i]19[/i][/b]For the truth about God is known to them instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts[b].[i]20[/i][/b]From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and devine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.
[b][i]21[/i][/b]Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.[b][i]22[/i][/b]Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.[b][i]23[/i][/b]And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like more people, or birds, and animals and snakes.
[b][i]24[/i][/b]So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies.[b][i]25[/i][/b]Instead of believing what they knew to be true about God, they deliberately chost to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made, but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.
[b][i]26[/i][/b]That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.[b][i]27[/i][/b]And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shmeful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richely deserved.
[b][i]28[/i][/b]When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should neve be done.[b][i]29[/i][/b]Their lives became full of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.[b][i]30[/i][/b]They are back-stabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning, and are disobedient to their parents.[b][i]31[/i][/b]They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving.[b][i]32[/i][/b]They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."
[b][i]Romans 1:18-32[/i][/b]

[u][b]Homosexual behavior have no place among Christians:[/b][/u]
"Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in suxual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,[b][i]10[/i][ /b]thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God."
[b][i]1 Corinthians 6:9-10[/i][/b]

Oh, well

02.25.04 (8:42 am) [edit]

Well, okay, so it didn't work. I was just wondering what would happen, all I did was make someone mad at me, it was just a test, because it seems every time I have a topic like this one, no one will reply, but you see, I did get one reply, so it wasn't total failure, normally it's just me talking to myself. But it's all good, it's probably better this way, anyway, at least I don't have to argue all the time, now. That's a plus.

I do promise that I'm going to put those verses on here, then I'm done with homosexuality. It's really a horrid topic, I've come to hate it, the topic, I've always disliked the sin. I hate to say I hate the sin, because then people will go off on me, and forgive me Lord, but I'm not up for that right now....

Remember, I love you and God loves you, and there's nothing you can do about it!

homosexuality

02.24.04 (8:38 am) [edit]

muhahahahahahahahahahaha

I knew that would get you here!!!!! Something so controversial has got to get people coming!!! And commenting, saying I'm a complete moron for saying that it's wrong!!!! But I'm not saying anything about it! I'm just using it as a title to prove to myself that no one loves me enough to read my blog, they just like to come and berate me about my beliefs!! (see my comment on my last entry, which, interestingly has only one comment-mine....just like the one b4 it)

Actually, that's kind of depressing.... Thanks, all my friends out there, thanks a lot. U know I love u, though, it's all good, I understand no one wants to read a blog that has no foul language, or stories about crazy parties that involve drugs, alcohol and sex, that's fine, it makes me happy to know that no one wants to read this, I know I'm a good person.

Well, now that I'm good and sad now, knowing this stuff about my friends, I'm going, off to do stuff on the internet.... Don't know what, but I'm leaving this happy place.

Coming back soon, I promise

02.20.04 (8:54 am) [edit]

I'm coming back, I have the Bible verses about homosexuality, then I'm leaving this wonderful topic. If anyone has something they want me to talk about, leave a comment, and I'll see if my Bible's got it in there. It's got a thing in the back that has certain Bible verses for the topic, and I also have a book with Bible verses in it, but they don't have everything listed. And I don't have time to search the entire Bible myself. I've been reading it through - I hope to get done by the end of the year - I've got a magazine (the same one that started the whole homosexuality thing) that's doing it. I've done pretty good, every time I fall behind I catch up. It's really great, all those stories that we always hear, but rarely ever actually read straight from the source. I'm in Leviticus right now, and it's talking about all the sacrafices that the Jews had to go through to have forgivness. I'm so glad we don't do that now. Thank God He sent Jesus, because I could never do all this stuff.... I get so sick to my stomache sometimes. Of course, if Jesus hadn't come, I'd be doomed to Hell, anyway, because I'm a Gentile. I always thought that was weird, about how God only picked the Jews. But I believe that Gentiles could convert, couldn't they? All the men got circumcised (spelled wrong, I know) and his entire family became Jewish, didn't they.

Anyway, I didn't mean to come and ramble, I was just goig to let you know about me coming back. And I am, whenever I actually have time when I get home.

Statement

02.04.04 (10:29 pm) [edit]

Okay, I'm telling everyone right now that I'm not trying to change anyone, I'm just gathering stuff that I'm finding about different topics. Right now I'm on homosexuality, and I'm just talking about it. I'm not telling you to believe what I do, there's nothing I can do that will ever change your mind if you don't want to change it. I'm just writing stuff that I believe, and I want someone to read it. Maybe something will happen in your life. It could be just you coming to believe that I'm a narrow-minded freak that needs to get a life, or maybe you'll understand where I come from and stop judging me as being judging.

Did any of that make any sense? I've been defending my beliefs for awhile now, and it's 10:30, and I'm tired, so that could be so messed up it's unreadable. If so, I apologize.

More homosexual information....

02.04.04 (9:59 pm) [edit]

I'm sure you're sick of it, but I feel that this is a very important topic, and, well, now I want to learn a lot about it, I've become addicted to proving that homosexuality is wrong, is this bad???

This is from the same magazine as the article I published, it's a question that someone sent in:
[LINE]
[b]Dear Susie: [/b]
A guy friend of mine is gay. It wasn’t a choice for him; it’s just the way he is. Saying homosexuality is a sin is stupid, because it’s something you’re born with . . . like having brown hair, green eyes, dark skin or a gentle personality.
How is something given to you before you were even born — something that’s just part of you — a sin?

Confused
From our e-mail bag

[b]Dear Confused: [/b]
God does not create homosexuality; no one is born gay. Satan loves to deceive, twist and confuse . . . and he uses our brokenness and sinfulness to make us think we’re something we’re not. Again, no one is born gay. There’s not a shred of credible, scientific evidence supporting the “born gay” theory, but there are definite and complex reasons for homosexuality.

Simply put, I believe that it’s developed through broken relationships with parents and others, creating feelings that go to the core of the person and distort the way he or she views men and women. Repeat: Satan is the father of lies! He laughs when he convinces someone he or she is gay. Satan is trying as hard as he can to separate us from God’s perfect plan for our lives. And God’s plan for us is to be heterosexual men and women striving for holiness, love, humility and intimacy with Jesus. Yep, this is His will for our lives. And — guess what — it’s talked about all through the Bible, beginning in Genesis.

Thousands of men and women have come out of homosexuality, including some of our staff members here at Focus on the Family.
For many people, breaking free from same-sex attraction is a difficult process. But with the help of God, Christian counselors and fellow believers, anyone can make significant progress toward heterosexuality.

Talk with your friend, in a loving way, about why God designed heterosexual marriage. It wasn’t meant to punish or stop us from having fun. It’s God’s best! His perfect will! And acting outside of this framework is sin, which hurts Him and keeps us from living abundantly.

I won’t try to force you to believe homosexual activity is wrong. God’s Word has already made it clear. However, if you’re interested in reading more about a Christian perspective on this matter, here’s a fantastic Web site and ministry founded by some Christians who came out of homosexuality: MyTrueFreedom.net.
[LINE]
[b]Dear Susie:[/b]
You wrote an article called "Got Morals?" in last April’s Brio. I think it’s great that you’re a Christian, but everyone’s not like you! As for the homosexuality issue, I feel that love holds no boundaries. You can’t tell people who to love and who not to love. You say, "God calls the homosexual lifestyle a sin. Therefore, it’s wrong."

So, if God called the sky green and the grass blue, would you believe Him? All I ask is that you open your mind and explore new ideas. Don’t shun something simply because God says it’s wrong.

Frustrated
El Cajon, Calif.

[b]Dear Frustrated:[/b]
First off, you don’t know how grateful I am that "everyone’s not like me!" Thanks for the reminder. I’d hate to think the world is filled with billions of "Susie doubles" who drink way too much Coca-Cola and have a totally messy working space!

About the sky: It doesn’t matter what color we choose to call the sky. The sky’s not a moral issue! Homosexuality is.

You write, "Love holds no boundaries." I agree. BUT . . . when it comes to the act of having sex against God’s perfect plan (heterosexual sex outside of marriage or homosexual sex), God tells us it’s wrong. Why? Because He loves us and knows it will harm us in the long run.

The reason I don’t do something isn’t just because God says something is wrong. I’ve looked beyond the narrow-mindedness of popular opinion and noticed there are serious consequences associated with a lack of self-discipline and moral direction. And I’ve looked at God’s Word and noticed that He loves me so much, He has taken the time to let me know that certain behaviors are damaging and to avoid them.

You ask me to "open my mind and explore new ideas." There are no new ideas! Homosexuality isn’t new; premarital sex isn’t new; sacrificing babies on the altar of selfishness, fear or convenience isn’t new. These moral issues have been around forever.

Maybe the stand I’m taking against these issues is new to you. So I’m tossing the same challenge in your direction: Open your mind; explore new ideas.

The Gay Marriage Debate, Part III

02.04.04 (7:56 pm) [edit]

[i][b]But I thought homosexuals couldn't help it. This seems intolerant.[/b][/i]
Marriage hasn't been "imposed" upon culture by some religious institution or government power from which it needs to be "set free." It was established by God, is enforced by the nature that God bestowed upon mankind, and we tamper with it at our own peril.
Here's what's intolerent. A powerful group of individuals dressed in robes-judges-are attempting to say that thousands of years of human history can be overturned by their judgements as they seek to establish same-sex "marriage." By doing so, they have influenced far too many people within our society to accept their judgements. That's a very arrogant notion that will bring great harm to our culture.

[i][b]Isn't banning gay marriage just like banning iterracial marriage?[/b][/i]
Not at all! Being black or white, Hispanic or Asian isn't like being homosexual. No U.S. court has ever established that homosexuality is unchangeable, but race, nationality and gender are. People who oppose same-sex marriage aren't bigots. They simply believe marriage is between men and women for good reason.

[i][b]But how does someone's homosexual "marriage" threaten everyone else's familys?[/b][/i]
Gay activists aren't asking for just one homosexual marriage, even though they often personalize it by saying, "Don't interfere with my family, and I won't interfere with yours."
What the activists want is a new national policy saying that a mom and a dad are no better than two moms or dads. That policy would turn some very important principles upside down.
[b]Marriage[/b] would become merely an emotional relationship that's flexible enough to include any grouping of loving adults. If it's fair for two men or two women to marry, why not three or give or 17? The terms "husband" and "wife" would become words with no meaning.
[b]Parenthood[/b] would consist of any number of emotionally attached people who care for kids. The unique roles of mothers and fathers would be eliminated.
[b]Gender[/b] would become nothing. The same-sex proposition can't tolerate the idea that any real, deep and necessary differences exist between the sexes. It must rest on a "Mister Potato Head theory" of gender difference (same core, just interchangeable body parts). If real differences did exist, then men would need women, and women would need men.

[i][b]Why do you have to be so narrow in your definition of marriage?[/b][/i]
God narrowly defines marriage and for very good reason. Research over the last 100 years consistently shows us that marriage provides a treasure chest of good things for adults, children, and society.

[b]Bottom line:[/b] Marriage isn't simply a private affair. Every marriage is a public virtue in that it responsibly regulates human sexuality, brings the two parts of humanity together in a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship, and delivers mothers and fathers to children. Society benefits from the well-being of marriage; nearly every dollar spent by our government on social welfare is in reaction to a marriage breaking down or failing to form. Good things happen when we honor what marriage is. Bad things happen when we try to change it. Ultimately and inevitably, the future and the health of humanity rest upon the health and future of marriage.

(oh, yes, I'm finally done. But I'm going to start in on the Bible verses tomorrow.)

The Gay Marriage Debate, Part II

02.01.04 (8:15 pm) [edit]

[i][b]What's wrong with letting homosexuals marry?[/b][/i]
Up until the last fw years, no human society-not one-has ever tolerated "marriage" between members of the same sex as a norm for family life. While a few countries have now begun to be more accepting of this lifestyle, that doesn't make it right to do so. And that's what's at stake here: making "marriage" between two men or two women as normal as between one man and one woman. It's saying that neither arrangement is any better than the other.
The meaning of marriage isn't something that each new generation is free to redifine. Marriage is defined by God-and a wise society will protect marriage as it has always been understood. Marriage is the way our culture promotes monogamy, provides a way for males and females to build a life together and assures every child has a mother and a father.

[i][b]Don't homosexuals have the same legal rights to marry that heterosexuals do?[/b][/i]
All people have the same right to marry, as long as they abide by the law. You can't marry if you're already married, you can't marry a close relative, and adult can't marry a child, you can't marry your pet, and you can't marry someone of the same sex. Let's be clear: Everyone has access to marriage as long as he or she meets the requirements. This isn't about access to marriage. It's about redefining marriage to be something it's never been.

[i][b]But heterosexuals can marry according to their sexual orintation. Why shouldn't homosexuals be allowed to marry according to their orientation?[/b][/i]
No U.S. court has ever recognized, nor has any scientific study ever established, that homosexuality is rooted in nature and therefore is the same as heterosexuality. Scientists understand that homosexuality is rooted in a collection of biological, psychological, and social factors. We can't treat those as the same things.

(sry about any typos, it's really hard to type and watch this paper at the same time...especially without spellcheck)

There's 4 more, but I'm tired.