Posted on 11/02/2013 7:24:32 AM PDT by James R. Aist
I believe that it is incumbent upon born-again Christians to become well-informed about homosexuality, even though this is not a topic that is either enjoyable or entertaining to deal with. To help you get an idea of how well-informed you are, or are not, about homosexuality, I have developed this quick and easy–to-use “Fact Checker”. It will not only show you your current level of knowledge of the facts and truth about homosexuality, but it will also point you to key resources that will correct any misperceptions that you may have picked up from the liberal media or well-meaning, albeit misinformed, friends, relatives or co-workers.
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Conveniently located on your blog.
Over 80% of homosexuals were sexually abused as children.
What else do you need to know when arguing against the “born gay” nonsense?
“The Bible does not condemn “same-sex attractions” as sin.”
If Christ said that to lust after a woman is to commit adultery with her in your heart was a sin, is there a point that a “same sex attraction” also becomes sin, even if the “act” never occurs? Is a simple opposite sex attraction also a sin, or at what point does that attraction become pure lust(and therefore sin)?
What you describe in that sentence is indeed sin. But that is not the same as opposite-sex attraction. Attraction is not the problem, opposite or same. It is what the individual does with that attraction.
I would say that merely being sexually attracted to members of the same sex is a temptation, not a sin. It leads to sin when one acts on the temptation through lust and/or physical acts.
Homo/bi/a-sexuality is a choice as we were created heterosexual.
God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.
Good point.
You’re welcome. I trust it was informative.
took it and find I agree with most—but not all of his answers. I remain convinced one cannot be born again Christian (born anew/born from above) and claim equally to be homosexual for one is dead to the world as signified in baptism and born anew —a new creation the old things are passed away.But it may all just be a question of semantics.
How about a fact checker on IF this sect called ‘born again’ is Biblical?
Yes, there is the point that you are going down the wrong path, and yes, IYRC, at communion you join in the prayer to confess that your thoughts and desires have been sinful. At least in the Catholic & Episcopalian Communion prayers, anyways.
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:28 (New American Standard Version, 1995)
No... Christ says that merely looking at a woman and experiencing desire is equivalent to committing adultery with her - if not de facto, then at least in "one's heart."
Thus, it is not necessary to commit any overt act - experiencing "lust" (sexual desire) is sufficient to speak of "sin."
Regards,
Many people are attributing today’s political climate vis-a-vis Christian bashing as being anti-Christian. That’s not the point nor the objective.
The eventual goal is to bring society to the moral tipping point and utterly destroy and replace religious based moral aptitude with government created moral turpitude.
Think about this: Increasing population, diminishing resources. What’s the eventual outcome? When does the inflection occur? Who will suffer? Who will prosper?
Try KJV
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Shows intent
That’s your interpretation.
The KJV is not the entire Bible as it was at the beginning. It has been added to and subtracted from by Luther, and then the KJ followed.
Jesus said (twice)that to be “born again” is not an option for salvation; it is an absolute requirement (John 3:1-8). Of course, we are free to have our own contrary opinions.
Have we remained completely free of sin since we were born again and justified? Or, are we being sanctified as we walk out our salvation with fear and trembling? Are we really any different in that regard from one whose sins include homosexuality?
“sect”?
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