From: corvette@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Jeff Cox)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Homsexuality and the Bible #2
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:34:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1307
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana

I have been reading the articles in the previous posting about this subject.  
There is something that I would like to add to this discussion. I think that
many people are missing what is going on here. I am also curious as to what
many people consider a christian to be. It seems that the question here is 
wether or not homsexuality is "right or wrong". What I have to say about this
is that if you are a christian then I ask you to recall this verse:

  "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall
   not inherit the kingdom of God? Do no be decieved;
   neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
   nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves,
   nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
   nor swindlers, shall not inherit the kingdom
   of God." 1 cor. 6 9-10

This verse tells us as christians that homsexuality is wrong. You cannot
go to heaven and be homosexual. I want you to notice that I say this in the
present tense. For if Jesus Christ is your lord and savior then your sins
are forgiven. I am not here to say that anyone is inhuman, that anyone is
worse than another, that I hate you because you are homosexual, that you are
an evil person because you are homosexual. In fact I have said nothing, I have
simply typed in the word of God. A homosexual is not inhuman as some try to
say. A homosexual is very much human, as am I, and deserves the same love that
every human being deserves. The same respect, the same everything that every
human deserves. It is not being human that you enter into heaven, though. It 
is only through the Son that we can enter into heaven. This may sound very
arrogant and narrow minded to say, but it is not I who say it but he who is
the king of heaven that does. Homosexuality is wrong in the eyes of God, but
do not think that it is more wrong than any other sin. It appears that it is
harder to understand than others, but no more wrong. Now, some will refute 
the bible as completly true or not. Some will say that this is mistaken
and that is not. I tell you that it is not possible for the Bible to be 
wrong. If you are a christian than you should know that God is alive
and walking the earth. It is only through little faith that one could
assume that God would let his word altered to mean more or less than what
it is. For reading the Bible is diff. for reading all other books. When one
reads the bible God speaks to us. God makes sure what is to be known is known
I hope that all who read this understands that I am only stating what is said
in the Bible. Homosexuality is wrong in the eyes of God. It is a sin that wil
keep you from heaven, as all sins will. Unless you follow Jesus and make him
your lord heaven is not in your future. You might say that there is now way
one can really expect one who is homosexual t be able to become "staight".
I say of course I don't expect you to be able to become "straight
Every christian knows that when you ask Jesus to be your lord and savior
that is it is not you who make the changes it is God. Another thing
to remember is that one must do more than acknowledge that God exists, for
the devil knows that God exits and he is not in heaven. One must make 
Jesus your lord.

-Vette