Sorin:
I will *attempt* to share my opinion on this question:
Not that I am defending it, nor am I gay. But I want to know, why is homosexuality wrong (in your opinion/fact etc...). I mean other then The Bible/God's Word saying it's wrong, and an abomination etc...
What I mean is, can you give me a reason without referring to God, why homosexuality is wrong?
I can think of a few, but I'll let you guys answer first.
Can I give you any answer "...without referring to God..."? Absolutely not! Before God gave me the Law I didn't know what was good or bad. So my answers have to refer to God.
"...why homosexuality is wrong?" - This is what I think now... Note, it could be changed in the future.
What is sex for period? Sure, many would declare that it is for procreation. That's part of it for sure, but not a big part of it. God clearly let's us know thru Paul's letters that it would be optimal for each of us never to get married and thus have sex.
Sex is an example like everything else we experience in this age, directly or indirectly. It is the physical way we come together and become one.
We are to become one within a marriage. Marriage is becoming one. And there is order to marriage, the husband is to be the head. (Yes, I know most don't. But that doesn't change anything.)
Marriage is an example, too. We, the church, will marry Christ Jesus. An earthly marriage that follows God's instructions is an example and prepares us for being Christ's bride.
Now where does that leave homosexuality? Well... Instead of a Husband and a Wife, we have either a Husband and Husband or a Wife and a Wife. Instead of one head we have 2 or none. Neither work. Neither is our example.
That's my thoughts on this in a nutshell. There is more, but that's the basics.
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On a side note... I've heard many people in my life time speak about the evils of homosexuality. That AIDS and other STDs are Gods punishments for this.
While I can't provide you with scripture to back this up... I doubt this. AIDs and STDs don't get spread by homosexual behavior any more or less than heterosexual behavior. They get spread by not having
monogamous sexual behavior, i.e. adultery and fornication.
You know... I find the focus on homosexual sin interesting. There's not much homosexual sin when compared to heterosexual sins. Yes, its still wrong. Still against God's example. But, isn't it interesting to see how much attention that is given to homosexuality and how very little is given to adultery, fornication, and lust. By the way, considering what I said about marriage and sex being an example. What are adultery and fornication examples of? It comes right back to the marriage of the church to Christ Jesus again.
Example after example after example... Good and Bad examples everywhere.
Sexual sins of all kinds have to be examples... After all, after this earthly life we will be like the Angels. They do not marry. And so they do not....
I'll stop for now,
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