Why are sexual sins so much worse?

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We have all seen evangelicals campaign against homosexuals, but then seemingly turn a blind eye to other sins or are more forgiving of other sins. People then deride their hypocrisy regarding holding some sins to be condemned above other sins.

However, today we see this in the secular world. Is anyone all that concerned if a Congressman gets pulled over for a DWI? What if they are shown not to pay their taxes? Is there a lynch mob out to take them down for such "sins"?

It seems to me that this is simply how human beings are wired.

What say you?
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

In terms of David, he paid a high price for what he did. He also double dipped, adultery and murder and lost his sons as a result. Having to watch his sons killed for trying to over throw him was far worse than killing him personally.

That aside, I'm not really referring to God's reaction to such sins as I am to people. Evangelicals are notorious for holding gay folk as bigger sinners than people who have other sin problems. Also note, in the Bible they were stoned.

Obviously, American citizens are far more outraged at hearing that a Congressman grabbed a young interns rump than they are about them lying about a health care bill that they pay a high price for later in terms of their finances or quality of health care.
 
You actually make a very good point and I do think that most of it stems from our "christian" heritage.

Sex crimes are "sexy", people love to hear about them and read about them. The most popular sections on most porn sites are the "non-consensual" stuff.

I do not think a day goes by that there is not a story on the FoxNews app about some young, usually hot, teacher getting it on with a male student. People are obsessed with this stuff as it was the last taboo.
 
We have all seen evangelicals campaign against homosexuals, but then seemingly turn a blind eye to other sins or are more forgiving of other sins. People then deride their hypocrisy regarding holding some sins to be condemned above other sins.

However, today we see this in the secular world. Is anyone all that concerned if a Congressman gets pulled over for a DWI? What if they are shown not to pay their taxes? Is there a lynch mob out to take them down for such "sins"?

It seems to me that this is simply how human beings are wired.

What say you?

An old guy banging teen girls is worse than other “sexual sins “. I don’t believe I’m alone in thinking that .
 
Because "sex sins" demonstrate a lack of self-control, about something most folk consider "special" and "private".

Add vulnerable little kids into the mix, and you've got a sure-fire recipe for political disaster.
 
The dirty little secret is that it's easy for a democrat to run for political office because the left admits that the democrat party does not take responsibility for their lapses in family or moral values. It follows that democrat candidates can never be accused of being social hypocrites. It's a slick political double standard that mostly ignorant voters take for granted.
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???
Wrong on so many levels.
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???
Wrong on so many levels.
Are sexual infidelities and sins greater than say, the sins committed by breaking 1 of the 10 commandments, bearing false witness, murdering, stealing, coveting a neighbor's goods etc?
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

King David got pregnant?
 
Are sexual infidelities and sins greater than say, the sins committed by breaking 1 of the 10 commandments, bearing false witness, murdering, stealing, coveting a neighbor's goods etc?
The punishment is the same.

It is you libs with the double standard.

Rape and adultery are capital offenses, same as murder.
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

David lost his child for his sins with Bathsheba and then arranging to have her husband killed.

Jesus did have mercy for the adulterer when he told her to sin no more but he was preaching to the self righteous hypocrites who were about to stone her.
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

David lost his child for his sins with Bathsheba and then arranging to have her husband killed.

Jesus did have mercy for the adulterer when he told her to sin no more but he was preaching to the self righteous hypocrites who were about to stone her.
Yes, David was punished on earth for his sins, as with most people who commit them...and their punishment on Earth is for the purpose of bringing repentance and bringing them closer to God. Was King David brought closer to God?
Was the Adulteress brought closer to God, by His/God's forgiveness of sins?
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???
Wrong on so many levels.
Are sexual infidelities and sins greater than say, the sins committed by breaking 1 of the 10 commandments, bearing false witness, murdering, stealing, coveting a neighbor's goods etc?
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

David lost his child for his sins with Bathsheba and then arranging to have her husband killed.

Jesus did have mercy for the adulterer when he told her to sin no more but he was preaching to the self righteous hypocrites who were about to stone her.
Yes, David was punished on earth for his sins, as with most people who commit them...and their punishment on Earth is for the purpose of bringing repentance and bringing them closer to God. Was King David brought closer to God?
Was the Adulteress brought closer to God, by His forgiveness of sins?

King David was. I'm not sure about the adulteress.
 
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???
Wrong on so many levels.
Are sexual infidelities and sins greater than say, the sins committed by breaking 1 of the 10 commandments, bearing false witness, murdering, stealing, coveting a neighbor's goods etc?
Gosh....we really shouldn't rank sexual sins above other sins.... in the Bible, God seems to be more forgiving for sexual sins, in so many cases...

Didn't King David have an affair with the married Bathsheba and get pregnant... and David arranged to have her husband killed?

Didn't God speak nice words about Rahab, the prostitute who helped Joshua's Israelite have a safe place and then make it in to the city....?

Didn't Jesus show great compassion towards the Adulteress that was being stoned by preventing her from being killed?

So, I am not so certain the God of the Bible smites all sexual sinners.....???

David lost his child for his sins with Bathsheba and then arranging to have her husband killed.

Jesus did have mercy for the adulterer when he told her to sin no more but he was preaching to the self righteous hypocrites who were about to stone her.
Yes, David was punished on earth for his sins, as with most people who commit them...and their punishment on Earth is for the purpose of bringing repentance and bringing them closer to God. Was King David brought closer to God?
Was the Adulteress brought closer to God, by His forgiveness of sins?

King David was. I'm not sure about the adulteress.
I think she was...because her debt to Him for keeping her from being killed was so GREAT, and all he asked of her was to "sin no more"....to me, her love for Him, had to be the greatest in the world at that moment...He gave her "life" instead of "death", by His forgiveness....and might I add, He's done the same for all of us...
 
We have all seen evangelicals campaign against homosexuals, but then seemingly turn a blind eye to other sins or are more forgiving of other sins. People then deride their hypocrisy regarding holding some sins to be condemned above other sins.

However, today we see this in the secular world. Is anyone all that concerned if a Congressman gets pulled over for a DWI? What if they are shown not to pay their taxes? Is there a lynch mob out to take them down for such "sins"?

It seems to me that this is simply how human beings are wired.

What say you?
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