Recommended Article on Christianity and Homosexuality

By Editor |

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Below is a link to an excellent article on Christianity and homosexuality.  It points out that the New Testament condemns homosexuality in only one place, but it also condemns many other things that no one takes seriously, such as divorce, which it condemns in many passages (and which Christ himself condemned).  It was the Apostle Paul who condemned homosexuality in the New Testament, and he did so because he considered it "unnatural".  Yet in another passage, Paul also condemned long hair on men because it was unnatural -- yet how often do you see preachers railing against men's hair styles?  It would seem that Paul was simply giving vent to his own prejudices.  The article also points out that during most of its existence, the church considered marriage morally inferior to celibacy (contrary to today's "family values", which holds marriage above all other relationships).  Also, the church -- including American evangelicals -- opposed the idea that life began at conception until the 1970's, when they changed their mind on the matter.  Indeed, before the 1970's many evangelicals believed that anti-abortion laws should be relaxed.

In short, the article makes it clear that modern conservative Christians are using tradition and the Bible to justify their own prejudices, but they ignore tradition and the Bible when the Bible doesn't support their prejudices.  The modern evangelical movement, with its hatred of homosexuals and abortion, really has nothing to do with Christianity.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/21/my-take-bible-condemns-a-lot-so-why-focus-on-homosexuality/