Why Homosexuality?Is It Of God?

[DaniJ87]

I dont know if you guys agree but in my opinion, what makes homosexuality a a sin are the homosexual actions/practices - physically manifested - but mere homosexual feelings/emotions CANNOT be considered a sin - its more of an "honest mistake." For instance, homosexuals normally are attracted to the same sex but such abnoraml feeling is something BEYOND their control and they never choose and wanted it in the 1st place. That itself cannot be considered sinful because at least, it is SELF-CONTROLLED. What sinful for me is are those homosexuals who have TANGIBLE (uncontrolled) homosexual acts and practices which ALTERS God's created image for humans (for men specifically) - eg cross dressing, gay/lesbian sexual relationships, transexual operations, etc.

What I mean is, homosexual people who MAINTAIN to their "homosexuality" controlled, limited and confined within the bounderies of the intangible realms (eg. feeling, thinking, etc) are AT LEAST TRYING to do the "lesser evil" - or the "least evil" possible and I think God at least credit such self-denial.

I understand what you are trying to say... but what about what Jesus said?

Matthew 5:28-

"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

See? Thoughts matter. This man may not have physically seduced and committed adultery with the woman- but God still considers the thoughts as sin.

When did God start crediting us for failing? "At least trying to.." does not work. You must "Do."

God can help people to overcome their weaknesses and temptations. Thinking, and heart attitude, is the first step towards acting- it is as much or more important than the externals.

Don't listen to the world when they tell you all about these chemical differences in homosexuals... and that they just "can't help themselves".... The world paints homosexuality as a ethnicity, or culture.... We say, that it is a sin- not any worse than any other sin- but a sin just the same.

As with all sins, (1 Cor. 10:13) "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

The parenthetical mention of "especially for men" does not have a place- Both men AND women can sin equally; it is just as great of an abomination for a woman to dress like a man, as it is for a man to dress like a woman. By this, I mean, not that women shouldn't wear pants, but that neither men nor women should wear the clothes that are culturally inappropriate for their gender. (in the middle east men wear robes... you could call these dresses- but they are not; they are the garb of a different culture.) If a woman decides that she wants to dress, act, think, and behave like a "man", it is just a sinful as if a man decides to dress, act, think, and behave like a "woman".

Do you understand what I mean?

I have had to deal with some of these people at college. I want to note on here, that the one thing that we should NOT do, as Christians, is hold up our arms and tell them "stay back. We don't want you here." Because the Bible has so much to say about the abominations of homosexuality, we tend to be quite unloving towards those who have succumbed to the temptations of this lifestyle.