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PART 2 (page 18 of 34)
Did Jesus Ever Say Anything About Homosexuality?
If homosexuality as we know it today is so evil and of such huge importance
in God’s New Testament message to us, why didn’t Jesus himself ever mention
it even one time during His stay here on earth with us? It is my understanding that God
sent his Son Jesus to earth to share with humankind His love, His very
nature, His wishes, hopes, dreams and concerns for His creation. And He
seemed to cover all the subjects that were important to Him while He was
here. He even made a whip and drove the money-changers out of the temple
which I believe is a good example of what Jesus did when the behavior of
humans really bothered Him. So then why did He not ever, not once, talk
about homosexuality if it is so evil?
Maybe the answer is that the
subject of two men or two women loving each other in a lifelong relationship
just wasn't a priority to Him since He considered it covered any time he talked
about love.
In his book,
Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality, John
Shelby Spong says that this "does suggest that those who consider this ‘the most
heinous sin’ must be terribly disturbed that our Lord appears either to have
ignored it completely or to have said so little on the subject that no part of
what he said was remembered or recorded." (1)
And furthermore, if homosexuality as we know it today is so evil and of such huge importance in God’s eyes why out of all the 31,173 verses in the Bible are there at most only 8 passages that even remotely deal with it. And yet the word love appears 319 times in the Old Testament and 232 times in the New Testament in the NIV Bible; so much for having our priorities in order.
Click Here to read more on this topic in an article entitled When religion loses its credibility, dogmatic sophistry is sure to follow by Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Click Here for What Parents of Gay and Lesbian Teens need to Know about Suicide - What Are The Warning Signs?
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Footnotes:
(1) Spong, John Shelby, [Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ, USA]
Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality, San Francisco: Harper
San Francisco, 1988, pages 135 - 136.
Church is so confusing for Zack. His new pastor preaches nothing but hate and condemnation of gays and lesbians, but no matter how carefully he reads his Bible, he can’t find where it says God hates him. Will things change when Zach's boyfriend Billy suggests that they all go to his church instead? Click Here or on the icon to read the story.
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What Jesus Did Say
By Their Fruit You Will Recognize Them
Recognizing
Gay and Lesbians as Quality Parents
Do God and Truth Mean The Same Thing?
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The Anti-Gay Religious
Right's Really Cruel and Idiotic Argument
Their Message to a Gay Person is: Be alone. Live alone.
Die alone.
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