ArchivedIs Homosexuality a Sin? :: Re: A Challenge to Those Who CondemnRe: A Challenge to Those Who Condemn Again you are correct that mankind has interpreted the Bible to fit his own needs, prejudices, and agendas for millennia, however, this does not mean the Bible is inaccurate or the word of man not God. The inquisition was an effort by the Roman Catholic Church to control men, slavery as practiced in the West was the result of greed and perceived economic necessity, racism was and always will be bias and prejudice based on personal decisions, none of the above are condoned or even commanded by Scripture. You like many Christians and pro-gay defenders miss the truth of the Bible, which you demonstrated by the first 2 sentences in the second paragraph I quoted from your post. The Bible calls homosexuality a sin and an abomination; it does not call the person who practices that sin an abomination. Homosexuality is the sin; homosexuals are people who are attracted to their gender regardless of their sexual activity. We as Christian’s should hate the sin and love the sinner. This applies to all sins, not just the ones certain segments of the population view with disdain or as abominable. If I followed your logic to the ultimate end I should be promoting the abolition all laws that govern marriage, morality and moral behavior based on “love your neighbor”, since a man involved in incest, adultery, and other sins can “love” the object of his desires. This attitude would result in total anarchy and the fall of any society that practiced it. (Study the fall of the Roman Empire since many Roman citizens actually tried to put this lack of morality into daily practice.) Have you followed your own advice and studied how the Bible uses the Greek word “agapao”? Agapao is the Greek word for “love” that Christ used almost exclusively. In the Bible this is used most often for God’s love of mankind, not man’s love of man, which is most often the Greek word “phileo”. As to “vague references” to homosexuality being a sin, that is a matter of personal interpretation used by many to avoid the truth, which Peter tells us is wrong:
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