ho·mo·sex·u·al
ho·mo·sex·u·al (ho´m?-sek?sh?-?l, -mo-) adjective
Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
noun
A homosexual person; a gay man or a lesbian.
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ho·mo·sex·u·al·i·ty
ho·mo·sex·u·al·i·ty (ho´m?-sek´sh?-al?i-te, -mo-) noun
1.Sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
2.Sexual activity with another of the same sex.
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In the 1860's, Karl Maria Kertbeny coined "homosexual" in preference to "pederast," the derogatory term for men who had sex with each other that was in common use in the Germany of his time. According to Kertbeny, many homosexuals are more masculine than ordinary men and are often superior to run of the mill heterosexuals who tend, in his opinion, toward rape and mayhem because they are oversexed. Kertbeny hoped that his new word and his definition of it would help to eliminate Paragraph 175, Germany's oppressive anti-pederasty law, but the strategy didn't work. Instead, Richard von Krafft-Ebing and other doctors adopted it as a diagnosis for mental pathology.
All mankind is born with an orientation to sin. A man or women with same-sex attractions is labeled "homosexual" in our society, however having a gay orientation is not in and of itself sinful. The Bible does not call people with such an orientation "abominations"; the Bible calls same-gender sexual activity an abomination.
Leviticus 18:22
22 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. NAS
Any sin has consequences for the person who engages in unrepentant activity.
Leviticus 20:13
13 'If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. NAS
There are boys who gravitate toward pedophiles in order to fulfill their God-given emotional needs biological fathers do not fulfill. However, this is not a justification for adult men to use boys to fulfill their sexual desires since the boys are seeking love, affirmation, acceptance, etc. not sexual experiences.
The Christian’s who condemn all homosexuals out of hand by using Leviticus 18:22 are being a bit hypocritical since Leviticus 18:20 (with 18:26) and Leviticus 20:10 call adultery an abomination, which carries the death penalty.
Lev.18:20 'And you shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her.
Lev.18:26 'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you.
Lev. 20:10
10 'If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. NAS
Romans 1:24-32 is wrongly applied to the gay community since verses 24 & 25 applies to all mankind and verses 28 through 32 also applies to those who deny the sovereignty and authority of God not just active homosexuals.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and, although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. NAS
1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 list all sexual immorality, however, our society puts a greater onus on the gay community than is applied to ever straights. It seems to me that the 90% should be cleaning up their own community before they attack the 10% (if you accept gay activisms numbers, the actual percentage is between 3% and 5%).
There is a double standard in our society that stigmatizes man/boy abuse, which accounts for 1/3 of
reported child sexual abuse cases yet you do not hear as much condemnation of the 2/3 male/girl sexual abuse cases, this constitutes more hypocrisy in our society and the church. Are boys of greater value or importance than girls?
I have not read this book, however, I have seen speculation from “authorities” who are suggesting the whole man/boy sexual scene be reevaluated. The “authorities” are not gay or even gay supporters; they are men and women with Ph.D.’s in psychology the great god of the present age.
To stigmatize all gay men as pedophiles is ludicrous unless you label all straight men as pedophiles since child sexual abuse happens in both sexual orientations.