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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 [b]Jesus Himself never discusses the topic. [/b]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]

Not the OP who asked the question but as a Christian, I focus mainly on the teachings of Jesus Christ himself. It is not that I disregard the other parts of the Bible but I find there is too much selectivity in terms of which verses and admonitions are given emphasis.

For example, Leviticus 20:13 states: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; [b]they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.[/b]" (ESV)

This is a verse that is sometimes quoted by fundamentalists to support their contention as to homosexuality being a sin. Yet these very same people will ignore the part about putting homosexuals to death - and thankfully so. But it still represents selectivity as to the parts that need to be obeyed.

And selectivity extends to other sins:[i] “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” Leviticus 20:10
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Yet even fundamentalists don't require such a punishment for adultery. In fact, many fundamentalist churches actually remarry divorced couples where one or both committed adultery.

So, to reiterate, selectivity is very much in vogue when it comes to which parts of the Bible are observed literally and which parts are interpreted more broadly.

Follow the teachings of Christ and you will see that much of those teachings remain as relevant today as they were in His time.

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