Why is homosexuality condemned in the Bible?

[Blackrook]

We know that homosexuality is condemned in the Bible, but why?

Some Christians say it is because God's plan was for man and woman to join in the sacrament of matrimony, and be fruitful and multiply.

So, homosexuality, by that logic, is not condemned because of what it is, it is condemned because it diverts a person from doing what they are commanded to do, which is be fruitful and multiply.

But then, there's a question.

Why does the Catholic faith command certain persons to remain celibate and/or chaste in order to serve God?

Would not a life of celibacy and/or chastity be just as sinful as a life spent in the homosexual lifestyle?

And on a broader note, are all men and woman who never marry living a sinful life?

I think we need a serious discussion, so let's not have the usual malarky.

 

[Confounding]

Because it was written by backwards people from the iron age.

 

[Blackrook]

Because it was written by backwards people from the iron age.

I asked that we not have the usual malarky.

 

[Confounding]

Because it was written by backwards people from the iron age.

I asked that we not have the usual malarky.

My bad. I only read the title. I'll show myself out.

 

[fncceo]

Why are cheeseburgers condemned in the Bible?

 

[longknife]

Because Adam and Eve were told to have lots and lots of kids. You can't do that in homo relationships.

 

[Blackrook]

Because Adam and Eve were told to have lots and lots of kids. You can't do that in homo relationships.

Yes, I said that's the usual Christian argument, please read the OP.

But what about people who chose to be single their entire lives?

What about the Catholic Church's requirement that priests be celibate?

If we are ordered by God to "be fruitful and multiply" why isn't it sinful to live a single life or a celibate life?

 

[JoeB131]

We know that homosexuality is condemned in the Bible, but why?

Some Christians say it is because God's plan was for man and woman to join in the sacrament of matrimony, and be fruitful and multiply.

So, homosexuality, by that logic, is not condemned because of what it is, it is condemned because it diverts a person from doing what they are commanded to do, which is be fruitful and multiply.

But then, there's a question.

Why does the Catholic faith command certain persons to remain celibate and/or chaste in order to serve God?

Would not a life of celibacy and/or chastity be just as sinful as a life spent in the homosexual lifestyle?

And on a broader note, are all men and woman who never marry living a sinful life?

I think we need a serious discussion, so let's not have the usual malarky.

Okay... let's take two separate issues. The first one is homosexuality. It's just another sign that the Old Testament was written by primitive people. Done. Mic Drop. It also endorsed slavery, slaughtering your children for disobedience, slaughtering women for adultery (even if they were raped), and a bunch of other sociopathic behaviors. It has no place in our modern world.

On the other hand, Celibacy is a bit more complicated. The reason why the Church insisted on that in the middle ages was because they wanted to keep property in the Church. Last thing they wanted was Fr. Bob's kid to decide, he just wanted to farm that land, not farm it for the church to make money off of.

Of course, the intersection was that the Catholic Church encouraged gay people to join the Holy Orders and Pray Away the Gay. We all saw how well that turned out with all the molested altar boys.

 

[JoeB131]

Because Adam and Eve were told to have lots and lots of kids. You can't do that in homo relationships.

So how did Adam and Eve have a bunch of kids who weren't totally inbred at the grandchild level, because all they'd have to fuck would be their siblings at that point.

 

[ESay]

Homosexuality was considered as an act which was on the opposite side of the course of things established by God. Therefore, someone disobeyed the God's will engaging in it.

 

[Meriweather]

Why does the Catholic faith command certain persons to remain celibate and/or chaste in order to serve God?

Would not a life of celibacy and/or chastity be just as sinful as a life spent in the homosexual lifestyle?

And on a broader note, are all men and woman who never marry living a sinful life?

Matthew 19:12 may be worth pondering:

Some are incapable of marriage (eunuchs) because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others (castration); some, because they have renounced marriage (made themselves eunuchs) for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

 

[52ndStreet]

Homosexuality is condemned in the Bible because it is an act that goes against what God ordered us to do here on Earth as his creation. Homosexuality is of Satan.The Homosexual Demon first manifested itself in Satan.That was one of the reasons he was cast out of heaven. This Homosexual Demon, and or spirit still manifests itself here on Earth and in the heavens. That's one of the reasons we still have homosexuals in the modern age.

 

[22lcidw]

Because Adam and Eve were told to have lots and lots of kids. You can't do that in homo relationships.

Yes, I said that's the usual Christian argument, please read the OP.

But what about people who chose to be single their entire lives?

What about the Catholic Church's requirement that priests be celibate?

If we are ordered by God to "be fruitful and multiply" why isn't it sinful to live a single life or a celibate life?

The priest would spend their time with the word of God instead of family pressures involved. Marriage is accepting responsibility for actions. Even so there are flaws as we know. Being single and messing around sexually is an issue. Being single and being celibate with the strength to do so means something more.

 

[bodecea]

We know that homosexuality is condemned in the Bible, but why?

Some Christians say it is because God's plan was for man and woman to join in the sacrament of matrimony, and be fruitful and multiply.

So, homosexuality, by that logic, is not condemned because of what it is, it is condemned because it diverts a person from doing what they are commanded to do, which is be fruitful and multiply.

But then, there's a question.

Why does the Catholic faith command certain persons to remain celibate and/or chaste in order to serve God?

Would not a life of celibacy and/or chastity be just as sinful as a life spent in the homosexual lifestyle?

And on a broader note, are all men and woman who never marry living a sinful life?

I think we need a serious discussion, so let's not have the usual malarky.

Lots of things condemned in the bible....like wearing clothes of multi-fabrics. Like divorce. Oops.

 

[bodecea]

Because Adam and Eve were told to have lots and lots of kids. You can't do that in homo relationships.

So how did Adam and Eve have a bunch of kids who weren't totally inbred at the grandchild level, because all they'd have to fuck would be their siblings at that point.

Might explain a few problems we have as humans.........

 

[K9Buck]

Why are cheeseburgers condemned in the Bible?

Jewish conspiracy.

 

[justinacolmena]

We know that homosexuality is condemned in the Bible, but why?

If a man lies with another man as with a woman, insofar as the matter comes before a court of law … think about it. You don't want to live in that kind of district.

Would not a life of celibacy and/or chastity be just as sinful as a life spent in the homosexual lifestyle?

Or whether a man spills his seed on the ground like Onan or in another man's butt like the Sodomites, and he's arguing about right and wrong?

Or if he should maybe have his own wife according to Paul's teaching … come to think about it, St. Paul himself never got married, either, did he?

And what about all that prison talk about his bowels & shit & his “son” Onesimus the slave in prison in his Epistle to Philemon?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

We know that homosexuality is condemned in the Bible, but why?

Pfft, softball question.

Because the bible was written by ignorant, terrified people who knew next to nothing about anything.

 

[mikegriffith1]

The Bible condemns homosexuality because God knew that homosexuality is a temptation of the flesh and a sad, sick lifestyle. Our PC-peddling media refuses to talk about all the evidence that shows this. Just a couple of years ago, the CDC was attacked for including the statistic that gay men accounted for a hugely disproportionate percentage of new STD cases. Talk about an "inconvenient truth." But, to its credit, the CDC has not stopped including stats on homosexual (what it calls MSM) rates of STDs. For example:

MSM accounted for 68.2% of reported P&S syphilis cases among women or men with information about sex of sex partners in 2017. Among men exclusively, MSM accounted for 79.6% of reported cases with information on sex of sex partners. (STDs in Men Who Have Sex with Men - 2017 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance)​

Gay men account for maybe 7% of the population, at the most, yet they accounted for over 2/3 of syphilis cases in 2017. You would think that, just as a matter of public health, our media would be talking about these facts in order to warn people. But, nope, because, gee, someone might get the crazy idea that perhaps gay sex is dangerous and even unnatural.

 

[Taz]

The Bible condemns homosexuality because God knew that homosexuality is a temptation of the flesh and a sad, sick lifestyle. Our PC-peddling media refuses to talk about all the evidence that shows this. Just a couple of years ago, the CDC was attacked for including the statistic that gay men accounted for a hugely disproportionate percentage of new STD cases. Talk about an "inconvenient truth." But, to its credit, the CDC has not stopped including stats on homosexual (what it calls MSM) rates of STDs. For example:

MSM accounted for 68.2% of reported P&S syphilis cases among women or men with information about sex of sex partners in 2017. Among men exclusively, MSM accounted for 79.6% of reported cases with information on sex of sex partners. (STDs in Men Who Have Sex with Men - 2017 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance)​

Gay men account for maybe 7% of the population, at the most, yet they accounted for over 2/3 of syphilis cases in 2017. You would think that, just as a matter of public health, our media would be talking about these facts in order to warn people. But, nope, because, gee, someone might get the crazy idea that perhaps gay sex is dangerous and even unnatural.

God created homosexuality and toss Adam out of his house for having hetero sex, instead of staying in homo heaven with god. It's all there in the bible.