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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Christian who doesn't believe that God has an issue with homosexuality.

But I'm a little confused by the logic that if God had an issue with something he'd have gotten rid of it.

I'm sure that God has an issue with the way we destroy our environment, or child abuse, or terrorism.  I'm sure he had an issue with the Holocaust.   So, it's hard for me to believe that "he lets it happen" is an indication that he's happy about something.[/quote]

So what do you make of the Bible verses that condemn sexual immorality and homosexual acts?[/quote]

I believe that the New Testament replaced the Old, and that the few verses in the New Testament that seem to condemn homosexuality are written by authors who are products of their time, and are difficult to translate.  On the other hand, in the Gospels we have many verses that come from Jesus himself and demonstrate radical love and acceptance for everyone.  When there are conflicts like this, I think we have to go with what Jesus himself said.[/quote]

Yeah, this is overly dismissive of Paul and his importance.  Paul is most likely THE reason you are a Christian today.  If he was a “product of his time,” then perhaps so was the rest of Christianity.  Maybe it is all just stories, no?  Do you simply ignore all the verses you disagree with?  Do you think this buffet-style Christianity is ultimately fulfilling?

And the New Testament is about accepting people, not behavior.  It is definitely not about “acceptance” as this general “I accept everything everyone does” sort of thing.  There are many actions Jesus himself forbid, including divorce itself unless there is adultery.  Now I believe that the modern church fixated on homosexual behavior while ignoring other clear issues of sexual immorality, which only furthers the sense of hypocrisy non-Christians sense.  But just throwing out Paul’s words as a product of his time is just as bad.[/quote]

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