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Instead of being with the minister, you ought to be with God who is the final authority on the matter as laid down in the holy scriptures.

Heterosexual sex is not a tradition, it is the way in which God designed our bodies:  male for female. It is based on biological fact, not patriarchal opinion. 
 Slutty, promiscuous behavior is fornication, as is homosexuality.  It is sin.

Again:  if you cannot see that homosexuality is an abomination, that it is fornication, that it is immoral conduct, and is contrary to the purpose and design of our bodies, you are completely blind. There is no way you can infer from the bible that homosexuality is a good thing, that it is not sin.  You cannot make that case.  You cannot!  And I am not going to try and be nice and sugar-coat my words to spare your feelings, I am going to straight-up tell you what the bible says about it:  homosexuality is a sin. It is [u]unrighteous[/u] behavior. In the Old Testament, a person was to be stoned to death for engaging in it, the same as adultery, because it is destructive and sinful.  Eating shellfish or trimming your beard did not carry a death sentence.  There is a huge difference between the two.

Standing on [b]the weak claim "Jesus did not mention it"[/b] is silly.  You are grasping at straws to accommodate and approve of homosexuality so that you can be friends with the world and not be shunned by so-called friends who will call you intolerant, which in liberal circles is a mortal sin.

There is no nice way to say this:  you are wrong.  The bible plainly and clearly teaches everywhere it is mentioned that homosexuality is a sin.  You just cannot avoid this, no matter how hard you try. 
You are advocating for the Christian church to make sinful behavior normal, no different than if it were adultery or drunkenness.

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You’re defining “sin according to Jesus” and effectively claiming that you know what Jesus thought about various human activities, and nobody else besides you knows. Can’t you see how very wrong that is?

You clearly underscore your hypocrisy when you cite the 10 commandments and the Old Testament in general, given that you’re brazenly willing to ignore other much more crucial parts of the Old Testament that Jesus didn’t specifically (like shellfish) exempt:
- 6th Commandment banning adultery/divorce (how many in your parish are divorced, and thanks pp for pointing out evangelical support for our adulterous president). Note that you claimed this refers to “fornication” writ large, but I just googled several translations and they talk about adultery and coveting your neighbor’s wife, no mention of homosexuality. That was an oopsie on your part.
- mixing fabrics in Leviticus (you’ve been asked multiple times about this one, but have never responded coherently).

Your arguments that flow from your assumption about Jesus’ attitude to homosexuals make no sense whatsoever. This seems to be a failure of basic logic on your part. The fact that Jesus said “go and sin no more” is irrelevant if you don’t have a basis for claiming he viewed homosexuality as a sin. The fact that you feel compelled to tell us your views doesn’t make your views correct.

I can’t understand if you’re incredibly hypocritical, or just incapable of basic logic. [/quote]

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