RE: Do I sound like the "devil" to you? My mother thinks I speak like the de...
July 3, 2016 at 6:28 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2016 at 6:31 pm by Lek.)
(July 3, 2016 at 5:33 pm)Nihilist Virus Wrote: That is a lie. Romans 1:27 says,I altered your posts to highlight the parts that say that the act is sinful. As far as the post concerning lust and adultery, here is the verse in context:
"In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other menn, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." (NIV)
"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." (KJV)
Also, Jesus said that if you lust for a woman in your heart then you're guilty of adultery (Matthew 5:28). The obvious implication is that if you lust for a man in your heart then you're guilty of homosexuality.
If your claim is that it is not sinful to have homosexual urges but rather that it is sinful to act on them, then you are a liar. My quest for finding an honest apologist continues.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
The discussion was concerning adultery. If you even lust over another's wife you are as guilty as if you committed the act. He wasn't discussing an attraction towards a man or a woman.
Quote:Irrelevant. We're talking about homosexuality.
Since christianity doesn't recognize same sex marriages, homosexual relations are sexual acts outside of marriage.
Quote:So you are saying that if you were raised Christian, and hit puberty as a Christian, then you should not get married? The only way a Christian should be married is if they were an unbeliever and then converted after already being married?
No. Once you get married then you should have sexual relations.
Quote:Elaborate on what you mean by "evil."
Here's my definition:
Evil: to willfully cause harm to another.
I think this is your definition:
Evil: to willfully disobey God.
Your definition is partially correct. If you willfully cause harm to another person you are committing evil. If you are willfully disobeying God you are also committing evil.
Quote:The fact that you are lumping homosexuality in with pedophilia means you are a bigot. But we've already established that you're a liar, so what the hell, why not be a bigot too?
The reason that I'm lumping homosexuality with pedophilia and alcoholism is to demonstrate that they are all understood to be innate within individuals. If they act out their desires they are performing acts which are considered evil to in christianity. I'm not saying that the act of sex between two adult homosexuals is as heinous or as harmful as pedophilia.
As an aside I love homosexuals and want the best for them, which is to follow Christ. My younger brother is gay and I also love him. We live on separate coasts, but my whole family visited him a couple weeks ago. I also love pedophiles and alcoholics. Homosexuals and alcoholics who know me and my sins also love me.