Can I have a verse where Jesus advocated gay hating? I can provide plenty of verses that state the exact opposite.
How about a verse where Jesus even addresses gays or the act of being gay?
Jesus not Hating on things doesn't make them Suddenly OK...
He didn't Hate on Dog *******, did he?...
Must be OK then, Correct?...
Do you Think ANY Point you've Attempted to make was a good one so far?...
peace...
Damn, son. You are an idiot.
Dog *******?
FYI, there were many homosexuals in the day of Jesus. He stated to love thy neighbor.
It is ok to be an atheist if you want to and have no religous or Christian beliefs. Not claiming all atheists hate gays or anything but Christians do not compare others to dog fuckers.
Love thy neighbor. Being Christlike is an action, not a feeling.
I guess I am going to have to repeat this over and over and over to every idiot who pushes this notion about Jesus approving of homosexuality.
BTW, loving thy neighbor was taught in the parable about the Good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan, rescued a man who was beaten by theives, he didn't go to bed with him.
How DISGUSTING to suggest otherwise!
BBTW, There were gays living in Jesus time. If they had been openly gay in Jerusalem, they would have been stoned to death.
I have delt with people like this before. Most are homosexuals who claim to be "Christians."
They claim that Jesus himself never mentioned homosexualty, thus it is not a sin.
Quite erroneous for several reasons.
For one, Jesus didn't HAVE to mention homosexuality.
Jesus preached to JEWS during his lifetime. His sermons, his debates, and the religious questioning from Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, Lawyers (etc) were all from and for JEWS (the only exception may be the Herodians, since Herod himself was an Idumean)
Thus, the subject of homosexuality never came up, BECAUSE IT WAS A SETTLED MATTER. No one questioned Jesus on homosexuality, because no one had to. Everyone knew the answer to that issue.
Leviticus 18 made it very clear homosexuality was not only a sin, BUT an abomination. Jesus confirmed the validity of the law to his Jewish audience, which includes Leviticus 18.
Quote:
Matthew 5:18 King James Version
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Can you imagine Jesus up and telling Jews that he was for gay marriage? He would have been stoned to death on the spot!
Get real people! You know what I'm saying is true!
Thus, the question of homosexuality is NEVER broached until the first Chapter of Romans.
Why you may ask! Why is homosexuality never mentioned (in the NT) until the first Chapter of Romans? The answer is to that is very easy to understand.
While Jesus' audience were Jews, who were debating points of the law, Paul (who wrote Romans) was bringing Christianity to PAGANS.
Although, there was NO QUESTION that homosexuality was verboten in Jewish Law, homosexuality was quite common in many pagan socities like Greece and Rome. (Indeed, people engaged in these pagan practices in the OT were called the "sodomites.")
Thus, right off the bat, Paul makes it clear to new Christian converts from the pagan cultures (that comprised the Roman Empire) that these sexual practices were a sin.
Thus, the erroneous notion that, since Jesus didn't mention homosexuality, homosexuality isn't a sin, is just a another way the PC crowd tries to rationalize their way around the Bible.
It's not based on fact, it's based on ignorance and lies.
It's as simple as that.