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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm happy to try, with two points made before starting. 1) I am not a fundamentalist Christian and 2) I have read your question several times and still am not completely sure of what you are asking, so apologies if I am off-base or incomplete here.

I think what I'm reading is this: You want to know why Christians say that many Old Testament "bannings" are now irrelevant to society and thus can be ignored in modern context, but homosexuality is not one of them. OT teachings forbidding homosexuality are still considered sin, even in modern age. Is that right?

The Bible is consistent throughout the OT and the NT that homosexuality is sin, even though Jesus Himself never discusses the topic. There are numerous versus in the NT that describe homosexuality as shameful, sinful, immoral, a wrongdoing, etc. The major difference is that the NT offers hope through Jesus Christ for those who are caught up in the bonds of homosexuality, actively practicing or not.

What am I missing from your question?[/quote]

That's a great start, thank you. If I understood you correctly, the answer is that the OT can be dismissed, but the NT cannot. But it is very clear that the NT was also subject to social norms that we consider to be outrageous now. (Slavery again.) Given that Christians accept that times and acceptable behaviors have changed, why not that one?

I will mention that I've only ever heard anyone quote Leviticus on the subject. And what kind of a world would this be if we tried to follow all of THOSE rules!?

You understand why it feels like mean-spirited cherry-picking, right? 
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