To: dr luba
"When did Christ speak of homosexuality?"
He also didn't speak about rape or child molestation. No one in his audience would have the belief that homosexual behavior was acceptable.
Jesus talks about human sexuality in Matthew 19:
4"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' 5and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? 6So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
To: teawithmisswilliams
The whole citation:
Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate." "They said to him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss (her)?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery."
Jesus was talking about th inviolability of marriage. He wasn't discussing sexuality here per se. He wasn't condemning gays but those who would divorce.
And, of course, no good Christian would ever divorce, nor any Christian church condone such a practice.
415 posted on
12/06/2006 11:30:56 AM PST by
dr luba
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