re homosexuality issues in christianity in article may athos rutgers edu whitsebd nextwork rose hulman edu writes any one who thinks that homosexuality and christianity are compatible should check out romans i corinthians i timothy jude ii peter gen lev to name a few of the verses that pertain to homosexuality but wouldn t that go for any sin my father told me when he was growing up catholics were not allowed to associate with anyone who was divorced there are a few verses prohibitting divorce somehow divorce became acceptable even in catholicism anullments certainly it is no longer a sin to associate with a divorced person the point is that each person has their own temptations to deal with paul repeatedly talks about the thorn in his side some think it refers to lust others pride but who knows whatever the thorn was apparently it was not compatible with christianity yet does that make his epistles any less the bible warns us against judging greed anxiety impure thoughts bearing grudges etc etc i suppose we should seek out all the so called christians who have entertained impure thoughts and oust them all those who have given in to greed get em outta here jesus pointed out that he was the physician for the sinners any attempts to make homosexuals feel unwelcome because of our discomfort with homosexuality is incompatible with christianity is our hatred so deep that rather than see someone try to become closer to jesus we need to keep them away does jesus need us to screen out those guilty of a particular sin do we really mistrust jesus when he says he can forgive any sin think about it among the people jesus encountered were sinners and the pharisees the sinners he embraced and forgave the pharisees hypocritcal unmerciful self righteous pointed out others sins and did not seek and thus did not gain forgiveness of their own sins what i take from this and other verses is that if we do not admit our sins those sins will not be forgiven and since those guilty of even one sin are guilty of the whole law those not repenting the judging of others are guilty as guilty as if they committed the same sin they judged others of the poor in spirit meek humble merciful pure of heart peacemakers those who thirst for justice those who suffer for his sake are blessed joe moore
