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What does the Bible say about homosexuality?
By Sam Allberry (Thats not me BTW) :)

It is a surprise to many people to discover that there are only a handful of passages in the Bible that directly mention homosexuality. Yet despite its infrequent mention, where the subject does come up, the Bible has some very important things to say about it. We need to understand them if we’re to avoid the twin mistakes of homophobia and thinking God is indifferent about how we use our sexuality.
The first two passages that directly mention homosexuality come from the Old Testament, the other three are from the New Testament.
1. Genesis 19
Sodom has become so associated with homosexual conduct that its name was for many ears a byword for it. But is 'sodomy' really what Sodom is about?
The account describes the men of the city attempting to forcibly have sex with two angelic visitors to the city, who have appeared in the form of men. Later parts of the Old Testament accuse Sodom of a range of sins: oppression, adultery, lying, abetting criminals, arrogance, complacency and indifference to the poor. None of these even mentions homosexual conduct. This has led some people to wonder if we have read homosexuality into the Genesis narrative, when in fact the real issue was social oppression and injustice. But a close look at the text makes it clear that homosexuality was in fact involved.
Although the Hebrew word for “know” (yada) can just mean to “get to know” someone (rather than to “know” them sexually), it is clear from the crowd’s aggression (and Lot’s dreadful attempt at offering them his daughters as an alternative) that they are looking for much more than social acquaintance. Hence what happens next: the angels warn Lot that judgment is imminent (v.13).
In the New Testament, Jude adds an important insight:
...just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
What happened at Sodom is clearly meant to be something of a cautionary tale. Jude makes it clear that their ungodliness involved sexual immorality. They were punished for sexual sin along with the other sins of which they were guilty.
Jude also highlights the nature of their sexual desires: they pursued “unnatural desire” (literally, unnatural “flesh”). Some have suggested that this relates to the fact that the visitors to the city were angelic; Jude references angelic sin earlier in his letter. But these angels appeared as men, and the baying crowd outside Lot’s house showed no evidence of knowing they were angelic. Their desire was to have sex with the men staying with Lot. In other words, it was the homosexual nature of their desires, and not just the violent expression of them, that is highlighted in the New Testament.
2. Leviticus 18 & 20
Leviticus contains two well known statements about homosexual activity:
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:13)
“An abomination” is often used to describe idolatry, and some suggest these verses are not condemning homosexual behaviour in general, but only the cultic prostitution connected to pagan temples. It is also often claimed that the fact that these prohibitions appear in a book full of other laws which no Christians think they are expected to follow today suggests that they should not be taken as having abiding moral relevance. But to take the first objection, the language used is not that specific; it refers to lying with a man “as with a woman,” - that is, in very general terms. Secondly, the surrounding verses in each instance describe other forms of sexual sin (such as incest, adultery and bestiality), none of which is anything to do with pagan temples or idolatry, and which we would take as being applicable to Christians today. It is moral, rather than just pagan religious behaviour that’s in view. Furthermore, Leviticus 20:13 highlights both male parties equally, again suggesting general, consensual homosexual activity (as opposed to gay rape or a forced relationship).

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Wow! Word for word....you certainly paid attention in bible class @Sheffields Finest
 
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Think what you like fella.

I don't believe in Hell.

Nobody was hurt, nobody died, the world still kept turning. Yet somebody complained about it and the bloke was "sacked". That's PC.

I wouldn't expect somebody your age to understand ....

What does age have to do with it? PC seems to be a term coined by those opposed for whatever reason to treating others with decency. Would you sanction such a remark if you refereeing?
 
What does age have to do with it? PC seems to be a term coined by those opposed for whatever reason to treating others with decency. Would you sanction such a remark if you refereeing?

Your age has everything to do with why you believe what you've just written Alex.
I'm not going to get into it with you on a refereeing forum since the admins would just curtail it in the end anyway.

Suffice to say, the world wasn't always run by the litigative hysteria we have now. Everybody is "offended" (or thinks they should be) by something or other these days. There's money to be made and real power over others if you can claim or prove that you're "offended".

Political Correctness isn't treating others with decency. It's thought control based on what I've typed in my last paragraph.

For Israel Folau to have posted what he did, people to complain, and him to then remove it with an apology and everybody move on - that's treating people with decency. Don't confuse the two. ;) :)
 
Your age has everything to do with why you believe what you've just written Alex.
I'm not going to get into it with you on a refereeing forum since the admins would just curtail it in the end anyway.

Suffice to say, the world wasn't always run by the litigative hysteria we have now. Everybody is "offended" (or thinks they should be) by something or other these days. There's money to be made and real power over others if you can claim or prove that you're "offended".

Political Correctness isn't treating others with decency. It's thought control based on what I've typed in my last paragraph.

For Israel Folau to have posted what he did, people to complain, and him to then remove it with an apology and everybody move on - that's treating people with decency. Don't confuse the two. ;):)
He said what his religious belief was, more people have died in history for their opposition to someone else's beliefs than for any other cause. Basically who's fictitious god is more worthy... I'm an atheist, but i also agree with everyones right to express their own beliefs, of course within reason on a public forum, but it wasn't that long ago that our own FA banned women football for 50 years as they thought they weren't worthy....,I'd like to see them try that **** these days and think they'll get away with it!!! But that was their belief!!!
 
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