Because I was one of the many unfortunate people to get the flu, I spent many hours last week in front of the television boring myself to death. However, the more and more shows I watched, (from comedies, CSI shows, and documentaries) I realized how many of them made strong references to the Bible. One of the shows had a direct correlation to the Bible because the "murderer" was killing people for their sins, and the entire show dealt with different characters quoting the Bible and explaining why the murderer was killing only certain people: he was making a statement how even the people that appeared to be good citizens in the world were not living sin free.
However, the most interesting show I watched was a documentary on Politicians who would not come out of the closet because they were strong christians and did not want the republican party to turn their backs on them. After watching this show, I became much more curious about how homosexuals are actually portrayed in the Bible. It is bizarre to me how many christian dominations are very accepting of homosexuals, while others will outright condemn it. I have found sound passages that some politicians or people against homosexuals use to support their beleif that homosexuality is a sin.
The first passage is Genesis 19 with the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the demands for same gender sex. People exclaim that this section in the Bible condemned all homosexual behavior, including the raping of strangers for the purpose of humilation.
The next passage is Leviticus 18:22, which is translated to "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." This also condemns all homosexual behavior and condemns gay ritual sex, or makes having sex in a womans's bed.
The next passage is from Romans 1:26-27 which states, "For ths cause God gave them up unto vile addections: 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 themselves that recompence fo their error which was meet." This passage is a little different because it does not deal with homosexuality amongst men, but with women. It shows how sexually active homosexuals will go to hell, and once they are truly "saved" then the homosexuals will become heterosexuals.
Even though the Bible has direct instances where it seems to say that homosexuality is wrong, it also says that we must search for truth and that we are to "love one another." While people are against homosexuality because the bible says that it is against it, those same people are not following the bible because they are not loving one another.
I found an interesting website on what the Bible says, and does not say about homosexuality and it was very enlightening. That documentary about the polititions made me very upset, because these men would vote "NO" on most matters helping the homosexual community, but by doing that they were not helping themselves and holding a double standard, solely because they were afraid of losing votes. Here's the website:
http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-gay-christian
-sorry I have yet to figure out how to post links.
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