The Bible clearly states that homosexuality is a sin

Ladies and Gentlemen of the audience I apologize for bringing up new evidence in the final round that cannot be rebutted, but I only do so because my opponent brought up entirely new evidence. Therefore the only information I bring to the table will be done to rebut my opponent's newest contentions. ===> Negation of Contention 1 <=== Next my opponent, who clearly is running out of information to support his absurd claim that Sodam and Gomorah was destroyed because of homosexuality has chosen to move to the new testament where Jude, a person who isn't even an apostle, makes judgement on Sodom and Gomorah, an event which happened thousands of years before his time. The Jude who wrote this letter was not an apostle. In the opening address of verse 1 he did not identify himself as an apostle. In fact, in Jude 17 he distinguished himself from the apostles and clearly did not include himself among their number. The writer, then, was not the apostle who was known as ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½‚ï¿½ï¿½"Jude son of Jamesï¿½ï¿½ï¿½‚ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ (cf. Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13) Furthermore, in the New International Version it is written: "7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. " Which can easily mean incest, adultery, lust, rape, etc. It is in no way indicative of homosexuality nor even implies homosexuality. My opponent again is taking scripture out of context to suit his own needs and purposes. ===> Negation of Contention 2 <=== "My opponent argues that Paul is not a reliable source in the Bible for determining sin, then I would ask why is he in the Bible? " So does my opponent attempt to tell me that Saul, Moses, Jacob, Abraham, Judas, etc. Are all sources worthy of determining sin since they are in the Bible? This contention clearly does not hold water. "then nothing he says should be considered worthy of living by. " Things that he says that are worth living by is his preaching that Jesus Christ is Lord, and his preaching which was a repeat of Jesus's two greatest commandments which are all that you need follow: Matthew 22:36-40 (New International Version) 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? " 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. '[a] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. '[b] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. " All of Paul's commandments that reflect Jesus's two laws are worth living by. However his personal views on marriage and homosexuality are just that, personal and not divine command because they are not from Jesus or God. "As an apostle he was responsible for bringing God's word to those who did not know it" Exactly, he was responsible for bringing the word of God, which he brought. Corinthians is simply a letter to the church of Corinth, not gospel. "I do agree with you that my syllogism was weak" My opponent has dropped his syllogism in Round two. "Also, claiming that Corinthians 6:9 is merely Paul's own beliefs about the matter is completely baseless, and an assumption based off of unrelated scriptures. " How on earth is it baseless? Paul wrote the scripture. I have clearly shown how in the SAME LETTER which is NOT at all UNRELATED, he differentiates between commandments from HIMSELF and commandments from GOD when he writes "Not I but the lord" and "I say". My opponent is attempting to tear down my argument however he uses no logic or reasoning but simply claims that my argument is baseless in hopes that it will become baseless if he claims it to be as such. My argument is backed by RELEVANT scripture and simply LOGICAL deduction which is not at all an interpretation that hinges upon the meanings of greek words. "I could not agree with you more that the Law has passed away" My opponent again defeats his own contention of Sodom and Gomorrah, and also dismisses his absurd syllogism in Round 2. "I would argue that the laws of the Old Testament were not ALL to tell what was a sin. " Ahh, but you have agreed that sin is a disobedience of God's command. Furthermore you insist that others are divinely inspired and that their words are literally God's words (such as your claim that Paul's commands are God's commands and thus are sin to disobey) Sin is either determined by God and God alone, or sin is determined by every person in the Bible's commands. As you agree that that some of these not so ("I agree with you that eating pig is not a sin. "), then you agree that only the direct words of God dictate sin. You then also (and you do) have agreed that old testament law was fulfilled and is no longer applicable. Thus you agree that only the commandments of Jesus determine sin. It cannot be half and half for you to simply choose what scripture is and isn't sin. "However the Ten Commandments ARE still sins if they are broken. " Good question, why are the ten commandments sin? Simple they disobey Jesus's commandment of loving God and loving your neighbors. If you love our neighbors(everyone) you don't steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, covet, or dishonor your parents If you love God, you don't worship other Gods, make any other idols, misuse the name of God, and keep the sabbath holy. My opponent then proceeds to copy and paste vague scripture that again is not the word of God nor is inspired by God. Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creatorï¿½ï¿½ï¿½‚ï¿½"who is forever praised. Amen. Clearly does not denote homosexuality, but lust, adultery, and worshiping other gods and making idols. 1 Timothy 1: 9 -10 9We also know that law[a] is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurersï¿½ï¿½ï¿½‚ï¿½"and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine Never does it say homosexuality. To Conclude: Jesus himself says that every law is based upon loving the Lord our God with all our minds, hearts, and soul, and loving each other as we love ourself. Homosexuality very clearly violates neither of these, and my opponent has based his entire argument on interpreting bible verses to his own benefit which have all been logically been defeated by me. My opponent has essentially all but dropped his first contention on Sodom and Gomorrah, abandoned his incredibly weak syllogism that every word in the Bible is Jesus's and has failed to prove how the word of Paul equates the word of God when I have shown very clearly that it does not. Furthermore my opponent's affirmation is that the Bible CLEARLY states that homosexuality is a sin. God not once states this. Which then disproves my opponent's affirmation. My opponent's entire argument utilizes an incorrect interpretation of a slew of scripture verses in order to prove an affirmation which has clearly been defeated. "my opponent has failed to show any example where the Bible approves of homosexuality" I don't have to show where it approves of homosexuality, as the debate isn't The Bible clearly approves of homosexuality, because it is The Bible clearly states homosexuality is a sin. All of my arguments disproving affirmation have gone on unrefuted. Instead of bothering to refute them, my opponent has merely copy-and pasted any scripture that could be misinterpreted to suit his needs in order to extend his argument.