Medical experts HAVE spoken: It is not a disorder.
And if homosexuality is found in NATURE (animals have exhibited homosexual behavior), therefore gawa yan ni God kaya hindi siya kasalanan. It is theorized that homosexuality is nature's way of controlling a large population of species.
As for the passages that say homosexuality is a sin:
1. Leviticus - Yes, Leviticus explicitly condemns male homosexual acts. But Leviticus also condemns working on a Sabbath, eating pork, mixing two different fabrics, shaving, etc. So unless you follow all the other rules in Leviticus, you're a bigot if you cite that one passage and disregard the others.
2. Jesus - The number of times Jesus explicitly condemned homosexuality = 0. In fact, depending on how you interpret it, there is a story in the Bible that implies that Jesus may in fact be okay with homosexuality. That's the story of how he healed the Roman soldier's young "slave". In the original text, they use the term PAIS, which can mean slave but it can also mean teenage boy lover. Why would a Roman soldier go out of his way to have Jesus heal a mere "slave"? Maybe because he loves this boy more than a friend?
3. St. Paul - St. Paul seems to condemn homosexuality a lot. But he's also pretty sexist and dislikes all non-procreative marital sexuality. He wasn't even part of Jesus' original disciples and was in direct with Jesus anyway so it's kind of crazy a lot of mainstream Christianity's comes from his teachings/interpretations of Jesus' message. But whatever. Anyway, that aside, many Biblical scholars believe that what St. Paul was condemning was homosexual PROSTITUTION, not a committed relationship between a homosexual couple.
Oh and early Christians practiced gay marriage.
1. Condemning male sexual acts with men.
Lev. 18:22 Leviticus 18:22New International Version (NIV)
22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
Working on Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:3New International Version (NIV)
The Sabbath
3 “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
This means you choose a sabbath day. Dati kasi, walang gregorian calendar, so whatever 7th day you choose, that will be your sabbath day. Example, your work starts with Wednesday, 6 days a week. So your sabbath day would be Tuesday if that is your rest day.
Matthew 12 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
3 He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Eating pork.
Leviticus 11-17New International Version (NIV)
Clean and Unclean Food
11 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: 3 You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.
4 “‘There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. 5 The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
The law was meant for the Israelites.
Mixing different fabrics.
Leviticus 19:19New International Version (NIV)
19 “‘Keep my decrees.
“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.
“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.
“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
This I cannot answer on my own. However, after a few research with the help of pareng google, this is what I got:
To set the israelites apart from other people because they are starting to be independent.
http://thecripplegate.com/shellfish-mixed-fabrics-and-homosexuality-picking-and-choosing/2 different fabrics have different shrinking tolerances. Wala pang synthetic fabrics that time so one might shrink faster than the other:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091230065526AARY107It is a decree for the Israelites:
Leviticus 19:1-2New International Version (NIV)
Various Laws
19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Shaving.
Leviticus 19:27New International Version (NIV)
27 “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
http://www.nehemiaswall.com/shaving-beards-sidelocksEvery ancient person knew that one cut one’s skin or shaved one’s head as an act of mourning, and it was these acts of mourning that are being prohibited in Lev 19. While the mourning connotation of cutting flesh and shaving may not be obvious to the modern reader, we have seen that the Torah itself, as well as the later prophets, take it as a given that cutting one’s flesh and shaving one’s head are characteristic acts of mourning along with crying and wearing sackcloth.
Again, a law for the Israelites under Leviticus 19.
2. Jesus healing the slave or Pais.
Matthew 8:5-13New International Version (NIV)
The Faith of the Centurion
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
I see nothing wrong with healing a slave or a Pais.
3. Romans 1:25-27New International Version (NIV)
25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
It is not just prostitution but the sexual act itself.
Understanding the bible:
http://www.gotquestions.org/understand-the-Bible.html
