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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.
== Biblical Views on Homosexuality ==
== Biblical Prohibition on Homosexuality ==
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.
<small>All references in Amplified Version</small>
<small>All references in Amplified Version</small>
* 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.
== 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>