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I have a question, I am not a christian so I would like to know why homosexuals are shunned even though there is nothing mentioned about it in the 10 Commandments.
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I guess I have to put my 2 cents worth in here. I am a Bible believing Christian.
Lev 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Lev 18:23 And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Lev 20:13 And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deu 22:5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Pro 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Pro 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Rev 21:27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or <u>he that maketh an abomination</u> and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Why are they shunned by Christians? Because the Bible says it is abomination. It is included in the 10 commandments here:
Exo 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
As I have matured as a Christian, I have come to realize that it is not the gay people, but the SIN that is hated. If they are sinning (and we all do every day), then we need to repent. We need to change our ways, and get back in line with God, and develop the relationship with him. It is impossible to grow closer to God, and his ways, if we do not repent. Salvation is through Jesus Christ who died for our sins. If we do not ask for him to come into our lives, and intervene with God on our behalf, then we will be condemned to an eternity w/o God.
Why did God turn his back on Jesus, when he was on the cross. Answer - because Sin was poured out on him. When we sin, we can ask forgiveness and change our ways. If you believe that you were born to be gay- and do not change yourself, then you have no repentance.
Subsequently you have no repentance, you cannot get into heaven.
If two people want to live together in sin (either male-male or female-female) and this country wants to give them special rights as a couple, then so be it. Give unto Ceaser what is Ceaser's. But, if they want to call it marriage then I have a problem, because marriage is defined in the Bible. (I won't take the time to make the argument here, but this also can include male-female living in sin).
Gen 1:27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Gen 1:31 <u> And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.</u> And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen 2:18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Gen 2:22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, <u>and shall cleave unto his wife</u>: and they shall be one flesh.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; <u>and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. </u>
So, God made man and woman. He blessed "them". He put into a man the idea of leaving his family for a WIFE so they could be one flesh. He made a womans desire to be to thy husband.
Any thing going against this is wrong and SINFUL. No matter how man tries to justify it. He says in Pro 17:15 don't try to justify the wicked. Pray for the wicked. Try to help the wicked see that they are sinners, and need to repent. Help all you can, but do not justify what the wicked are doing, and call it OK.
So, no I cannot justify this. It is still wrong, no matter who thinks it is right. I guess it comes down to either the Bible and God are "Right" or man and is ideas are "right". I'll stand with God over public opinion every time.