Sins

[Drich]

Well, if Jesus says that being gay is a choice then he is demonstrably factually incorrect, not something you'd expect from god himself. But he doesn't speak out on the issue, now does he?

Again, sport asked and already answered.

Your pretending Homosexuality is a sin apart from all other sexual sin therefore needs special mentioning. This is not the case. Homosexuality is a sexual sin like anyother sexual sin, which needs the same repentance and attonement.

...and just FYI Christ spoke on sexual sin several different time. always upholding What the law said or provided as the only way sex is premitted.

So then how do you know that homosexuality is a sin? What's your authority on that?

Oh, how I do love it when one of you come at me with old wornout/defeated arguements.

Again Homosexuality is a sexual/Lust based sin. God only provides one context in which Sex can be experienced and it not be a sin. That pcontext is in within the confines of a santified/God approved marriage.

The bible nor Christ provides an avenue in which God approves a homosexual marriage. Therefore ALL Homsexual sex is a sin..

Also, you dodged two other questions I asked. If I didn't make it clear that I'm expecting an answer, I'm doing that now.

What do you have to say about the issue of thought crime in the context of intrusive thoughts?

Your answer is found in Mat 5:

21 “You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, ‘You must not murder anyone.[d] Any person who commits murder will be judged.’ 22 But I tell you, don’t be angry with anyone. If you are angry with others, you will be judged. And if you insult someone, you will be judged by the high court. And if you call someone a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.

23 “So, what if you are offering your gift at the altar and remember that someone has something against you? 24 Leave your gift there and go make peace with that person. Then come and offer your gift.

25 “If anyone wants to take you to court, make friends with them quickly. Try to do that before you get to the court. If you don’t, they might hand you over to the judge. And the judge will hand you over to a guard, who will throw you into jail. 26 I assure you that you will not leave there until you have paid everything you owe.

Jesus Teaches About Sexual Sin

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You must not commit adultery.’[e] 28 But I tell you that if a man looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, he has already committed that sin with her in his mind. 29 If your right eye makes you sin, take it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. 30 If your right hand makes you sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

If thought is equivalent to action, why don't we see inmates with life sentences for thinking about murder?

Because it is to whom thoughts are equilivent to actions that would determine whether or not one is jailed for his thoughts.

As the passage above explain Thoughts=Actions is how we will be judged by God... Because we are judged by God this way does not mean man will judge each other this way.

Why is the the standard we are using? Again I point to Mat 5. This thread is about sin and the nature of it as it pertains to Christianity. Therefore it is by the rules set down by Christ in Mat 5 pertaining to "Thought Crime or rather thought sin" that dictate what is and what is not relevent in this conversation.
Not what or how man judges one another.

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Drich, it sounds like you and I never made a decision to straight, gay or bisexual. We were both born with an attraction to people with certain genitalia. You can't be force yourself to be gay and a gay man can't force himself to be attracted to women.

and the third option is?