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Originally posted by librasoul22
The only difference between heterosexuality and homosexuality is the actual act of fornication, right?
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You bring up an excellent point. Would this church have been expelled if it had baptized an openly gay virgin? Probably not. When most people talk about the abomination of homosexuality, they refer to the lifestyle, or the desire, and not the act. When someone yells an insult and tells a gay man that he is going to burn in hell, that person is assuming that the gay man in question is sexually active. And, there is absolutely no basis for that.
Too often, Christians are quick to condemn others for sins based on their assumed sins. Who is to say that a person may have a desire to sin, but gotten on their knees and prayed to God for the strength to resist temptation? We commend alcoholics, thieves, and gamblers for not giving in to their sinful desires but condemn a gay person to hell for even looking at a member of the same sex.
The scripture that I have read that condemns homosexuality is Leviticus 18:22. This verse condemns the act of homosexuality and not the desire. This entire chapter details many sexual relationship that are forbidden. Interestingly enough, no mention of sex between two women is mentioned. Would this organization of churches have taken the same stance if it had been a lesbian couple to be baptized