Questions tagged [homosexuality]
The practice of sexual relations with members of the same gender, or a sexual attraction to members of the same gender
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Why do some Christians believe it is moral to be a homosexual?
(Note: I know this may start a firestorm, so I will be careful here.)
I believe that the Bible states that homosexuality is immoral.
I also believe that it does NOT condemn homosexuals to hell (a ...
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What does the bible say about homosexuality?
I was recently listening to a podcast and the preacher said that he has looked through the entire bible and could not find anywhere where it says that homosexuality was a sin.
Where does the bible ...
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? [closed]
Today President Obama came out as the first U.S. president to support gay marriage. In his address, he even quoted scripture to support his change of view.
Love him or hate him, it seems clear that ...
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Is there any Biblical basis for hating homosexuals? [closed]
As I was raised: God is all-loving, and He wants us to be all-loving too.
But, as you may know, homosexuals—particularly in America—have been shown hatred, and even violence (1)(2)(3)(4) from some ...
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Does Catholic Church have any dogma about homosexuality?
Does Catholic Church have any dogma about homosexuality? I have not heard nor found any.
One is tempted to make the comparison with the "conditional nature of the private property rights" ...
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Do Christian groups which think homosexuality is a sin think you can be a practicing homosexual and also a Christian? [closed]
Many Christian groups condemn homosexuality as a sin, pointing to specific passages in the Bible and traditional Christian views on sexuality and marriage.
How do these groups handle the question of ...
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What is the Biblical argument that homosexual attraction is sinful by itself?
When talking about homosexuality discussions often seem to get a little fuzzy because the word "homosexuality" can take on a lot of different meanings. Here are a few:
The attraction
Acting on the ...
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What is the scriptural basis, if any, for the Catholic teaching that the homosexual tendency is of itself not a sin?
The Catholic Church teaches that the homosexual tendency is not a sin:
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a
sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered ...
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Question about the PCUSA treatment of Scriptures [duplicate]
I read an article the other day about the PCUSA church, and I will preface this question with the disclaimer that I have not done extensive research on the church, but it said that they hold the Bible ...
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How would Reformed Christians deal with homosexual marriage of individuals prior to their conversion to Christianity?
I've been pondering this for several weeks and I believe that the reformed church (really, the church in general) is woefully unprepared to answer the following question:
How would the church deal ...
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What is the case in favour of adelphopoiesis as a relationship akin to marriage?
I've seen a few things lampooning John Boswell's interpretation of adelphopoiesis as a quasi civil union between men. However, I've not seen much on his side other than it being used by Christian gay ...
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How can Christians reconcile the request to prohibit same-sex marriage and the lawfulness of homosexuality itself?
Assuming one believes that the bible is the word of god, believes that the bible says homossexuality is wrong (or commonly quoted, an abomination), and because of that gays should not marry, how come ...
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What is the biblical basis that people who are attracted to the same sex were not created by God that way?
cf. Does God create some people Heterosexual and others Homosexual? [closed]
It is quite common for people who identify themselves as homosexual to
say that God created them this way. Some way ...
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Do Paul and Jesus disagree on homosexuality? [closed]
Romans 1:26-27:
[26] For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, [27] and likewise the men also abandoned ...
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According to Catholic teaching, where does the disorder stem from?
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always
declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are ...
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Which U.S. bishops are unfaithful to Church teaching on homosexuality and LGBT ideology?
Which U.S. bishops are unfaithful to Church teaching on homosexuality and LGBT ideology?
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UMC dividing over gay marriage?
A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on April 19, 2019. United Methodist Church leaders are proposing the ...
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Inconsistency in Biblical interpreatation (Genesis & Judges) [closed]
The Sodom story in Genesis 19 is about the attempted gang-rape of two (apparent) men. This is usually taken as an indictment against homosexuality in general.
A very similar story appears in Judges ...
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Is Romans 1:26 a reference to female homosexuality? [closed]
Most commonly, Romans 1:26 is taken to be a reference to female homosexuality - the sole explicit reference in the entire Bible. However, there is an alternative theory: rather than prohibiting ...
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Homosexual marriages in the Catholic church
Based on Romans 13:1-2, if marriages between same sex partners are legal (in the state / country), would the church perform the rites/ritual? Furthermore, on what grounds could they NOT perform the ...
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