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| | '''Homosexuality''' is a sexual attraction or activity between members of the same sex. It is condemned by the [[Bible]] as explained below. | | '''Homosexuality''' is a sexual attraction or activity between members of the same sex. It is condemned by the [[Bible]] as explained below. |
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| − | == Biblical Views on Homosexuality == | + | == Biblical Prohibition on Homosexuality == |
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| − | Homosexuality is referred to four times in the Bible; it is not a topic mentioned by Jesus in the four gospels, and the only reference in the New Testament is in the letters of Paul. | + | Homosexuality is condemned in both Old and New Testaments. |
| | + | It is mentioned directly four times in the Bible. |
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| | <small>All references in Amplified Version</small> | | <small>All references in Amplified Version</small> |
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| | * 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality | | * 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality |
| | * Romans 1:26-27 - <sup>26</sup> For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, <sup>27</sup> and the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution. | | * Romans 1:26-27 - <sup>26</sup> For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, <sup>27</sup> and the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution. |
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| | == Homosexuality and Reports of People Leaving Homosexuality == | | == Homosexuality and Reports of People Leaving Homosexuality == |
| | Many people have reported leaving homosexuality and becoming heterosexual through their Christian faith. <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=19650</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/ex-gay.html</ref><ref>http://exodus.to/stories</ref><ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articles/165/CFI/cfreport/index.htm</ref> | | Many people have reported leaving homosexuality and becoming heterosexual through their Christian faith. <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=19650</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/ex-gay.html</ref><ref>http://exodus.to/stories</ref><ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articles/165/CFI/cfreport/index.htm</ref> |