Committing homosexual acts may lead to God killing you.

Your initial paragraph gives other instances where people were punished because of other reasons than homosexual intimacy. I know, gay intimacy is not the only sin worthy of death. But it is the topic of this debate, that's why I'm not bringing up other cases. Your second paragraph states that God does what He wants. Yes, and what He wants is goodness and justice. If God can do what He wants, He can strike down those who commit sin. That is the whole point of my argument, which you fail to grasp. We all deserve death indeed. God grants mercy still, but in some instances, He doesn't. In these instances, God offered mercy plenty of times. God's mercy never ends unless you feel you can't be forgiven (sin against the Holy Ghost). This is why God strikes down those who sin, because they don't want forgiveness (Sodomites). I don't question what God does, I approve of His will. I am simply pointing out God has a choice to grant mercy or justice. Not his nature? In Exodus, His final plague was killing all the first born of Egyptians (and animals [exempt if your door had blood of a lamb]). The Lord made Pharaoh obstinate to showcase His power and godliness. The death of the firstborn could've been prevented if God had not made him obstinate, but God had to show His power. That sounds wrong, but like you said, you are we to question God's ways? God says He will not destroy ALL living creatures, as in a mass genocide. But from time to time He will take out those who displease him and do not want forgiveness. "God is not in the business of sending plagues;"... Yes He is. He sent ten in Exodus. It's arguable that terrible tragedies like Hurricane Katrina and the World Wars were God's way of sending a message. I'm not saying they were for sure, but it's not to be ruled out. I agree God loves all people. But by committing grave sin while aware of it, you are basically saying "I don't love you, God." God asks for love in return. This is not a difficult task. But if not, you are sent to perish in Hell, possibly going there a bit early thanks to God's omnipotence. It is true He wants all to be saved. But if a sinner in return does not want to be saved and commits sin such as homosexual sex, God can serve justice. He has patience (When Abraham was pushing God not to destroy Sodom because of the few good people there), but his patience is not everlasting (He destroyed Sodom, after all). If his patience was everlasting, no one would go to Hell. Your culture and time argument is very nice: I agree with you. There's no need for people to murder those you commit sins (God, on the other hand, possess the power and sometimes exorcises it.). However, when you argue that Gentiles and Jews have different laws, I kinda lose my agreement. Just because we differ in religions, we should both not curse at our parents, work on the holy day, or have homosexual sex. But I agree with you on some of the laws: such as no eating pork, the offerings for sin, peace, cereal, etc. I don't think those are necessary in today's world. But the three I stated are. "So you would have to argue that all those that commit homosexual acts have a conscience that accuses them. Can you 100% say that in every case and every culture and in every scenario, the conscience will always accuse them?" We do know that every person created by God can be saved. Even if they have never heard of God, they can still go to heaven. With that in mind, yes, people who are ignorant of what sin is (homosexual acts) should know what they are doing is wrong. It goes against the natural law. To put it blatantly, they should know that a penis + penis = nothing. On the other hand, penis + vagina = baby (mere biological terms). That is super obvious to any culture out there, and thus they should feel that pleasuring themselves with the wrong sex organs is wrong. So I realize this contradicts my argument a little that God will show mercy on all who are ignorant. Ignorance as an excuse only gets you so far. There comes a time when you know when something is just not right, it's called a conscience, everyone has one, and it tells you homosexual sex is morally wrong. So, I've contradicted myself a bit... luckily, it does not go against my entire thesis, in which God can punish homosexual sinners with death. Even if they know nothing of Jesus's teaching, they should know it is wrong in their minds, and therefore, they are not ignorant. Still, it's there are just a few cases in which ignorance of the sin in homosexual acts can be a crutch. But mostly, people should know it is wrong in their hearts. Just as they know what is right, they should know what is wrong. On laws such as "Don't work on Sunday (Saturday for Jews)", I could see ignorance playing a part there. Some cultures don't even use the 7 day week.) But honestly, everyone person in the world knows that homosexual sex is just not right. The parts don't fit. God has never refuted/repealed His law. He has built upon it. Homosexual sex will always be a sin. The punishment inflicted by humans may be different , but it is a sin (with God though, He can do what He wants, and what He wants is good and just.). I feel that we are arguing to separate Gods here: me, the father, you the son (I assume you are Christian, at this point). The center of Christianity is the Trinity, so God and the Son are one. God seems to be the more justice persona, thanks to the Old Testament, and Jesus seems to be the more merciful persona, thanks to the NT. But they are one. Jesus and God are one, meaning that Jesus, although He speaks out against violence and judgment, is fully capable of justice Himself. Jesus commands that it is not up to us to hate or judge whether people deserve to die. It is up to Him. That is what I'm arguing for. If God wants, He can kill homosexual offenders for their sinfulness and unrepentance. We are all sinners, but we are not equal in our sin. I know we are not supposed to judge people, but to prove my point, I'm resorting to it. You and I did not kill 6 million Jews, as did Hitler. His sinfulness is far larger. I think that is a safe judgment to make, even if I'm not supposed to. In the case of homosexual sex, this is a grave sin, as it is against the natural law of sexuality that God gave us. Deserving of death? Up to God. You might argue that other sins are graver such as murder, stealing, rape. Tell me, are these practices not accompanied by the possibility of death? God is more involved in the fate of people than you know. Your third option (by stating there are three options, you acknowledge that one God's options is lethal judgment. Therefore you are agreeing with my argument and contradicting yourself by saying "One reason a sinner will not face fatal judgment..." [paragraph 11].), grace, kinda falls in to the category of forgiveness. Grace to be forgiven. So there are really only two: forgiveness or punishment. The Mary Side Note: If you are Protestant, it is debatable whether Mary was perfect. However, if you are Catholic, the Immaculate Conception is official Church Dogma [1]. This means it is undisputable, anything less is heresy [2]. Scriptural evidence is a good way to prove these truths, but miracles can also be used (The Saint Bernadette vision of Our Lady of Lourdes in France confirms this dogma, which happened in1854. [3]) Enoch and Elijah were born with original sin. [4] "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13). I want you to address this in round 3. You ignored it in round 2. It is God's exact words, condemning those who commit homosexual acts to death. It could not be clearer in my favor. Sources: 1.https://www.ewtn.com... 2.https://en.wikipedia.org... 3.http://www.medjugorjeusa.org... 4.http://www.reformationtheology.com...