@rajk999 saidHow do you know homosexuality is a sin? Can you determine such without reference to scripture?
Rajk999 knows that Jesus condemned homosexuality because Jesus condemned all sin. Jesus promoted righteousness and good works. Rajk999 is waiting for you to ask how does he know homosexuality is a sin.
@avalanchethecat saidOld Testament:
How do you know homosexuality is a sin? Can you determine such without reference to scripture?
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: (Leviticus 18:22-24 KJV)
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
(Leviticus 20:13-14 KJV)
New Testament
[i]Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Romans 1:22-32 KJV)
@rajk999 saidOh I didn't doubt for a moment that you could find an excuse for such a prejudice using the bible, but can you do so without recourse to scripture?
Old Testament:
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: (Leviticus 18:22-24 ...[text shortened]... thy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Romans 1:22-32 KJV)
@avalanchethecat saidGod determines what are sins and what are not. I dont do that. Not sure where the word prejudice came in.
Oh I didn't doubt for a moment that you could find an excuse for such a prejudice using the bible, but can you do so without recourse to scripture?
The only sins that will cause me to become prejudice against someone are sins like, cold-blooded murder, wilfully lying, gossipping to create enmity, greed and corruption, paedophilia, kidnapping for body parts .. that kind of thing.
The post that was quoted here has been removedThat's a fair point, and incredibly dehumanizing it was and continues to be, if that writer observed foxy Jewish guys getting it on with each other and meant to put a stop to it, while completely overlooking mutual interests among women, because women were just property or cattle in that culture and therefore invisible.