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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is nothing to reconcile. It just is:

Leviticus 18:22: "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable."

Pretty straight forward. God does not approve. However, lets keep this on context: Unless you are Jesus Christ himself (or Joel Olsteen and his wife lol) we are all sinners the day we come out of the womb. This is not to dismiss or diminish homosexuality, but its just one of many things that Jesus's death has saved us from.

We are suppose to repent for our sins and not actively live an ungodly live style. The problem with sin is that it you could die directly as a result of it.  But even if you do live an ungodly lifestyle, as long as you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you will meet him at the gates of heaven. This goes for lairs, killers, homosexuals, transexuals, idlers, adulterers, rapists and the like.  So all this debate about the weight of sin, or anything else is really irrelevant from a big picture perspective.
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It's already been mentioned several times in this thread alone that the Old Testament is not definitive on God's word.  Jesus, who is God, has said in the New Testament that most of the bans from the old Testament are no longer bans.  So this condemnation of homosexuality is like the proscription of shellfish, blended fabrics, other sins outlined in the Old Testament.  In the New Testament, Paul, who may be a disciple, but is only a man, may condemn homosexuality, but Jesus does not.

Can you find text in the New Testament that show that Jesus has decried homosexuality?[/quote]

PP, what does Jesus mean when he refers to "sexual immorality", because He does state that this is a sin.  I suppose pedophilia shouldn't be considered a sin because Jesus didn't explicitly decry it?[/quote]

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