Nom de Plume
Bluelighter
Homosexuality (or, specifically, homosexual or same-sex sexual behavior) is obviously a sin in every Abrahamic religion. One doesn't have to be an experienced biblical scholar with academic tenure to find evidence of this patent fact—discursively perusing the pages of any Bible (how fancy matters little; even a facsimile of Gidgeon's Bible purloined from the bottom drawer of a bedside table after banging a cheap hooker in the sordid room of a dilapidated Motel 6 will suffice) is sufficient enough to educe evidence in support of this fact.
The Abrahamic religions are very clear on what they think constitutes inappropriate or sinful sexual behavior. If one doesn't concur, they shouldn't ignore or redact (i.e., censure) the religion's precepts or tenets, nor should one try to filter or re-interpret those precepts or tenets through the diaphanous seive manufactured from their accepted and acceptable contemporary social mores and philosophy. Don't shape the whole world around your personal ideology. Why force a belief to fit one's palate, when abandoning that belief is an easier, less egregious, and more laudable alternative?
That is to say, don't be a salad bar Christian (http://ivarfjeld.com/2010/11/26/the-salad-bar-theology-inside-our-churches/). Instead, defect from the religion if your opinions are not compatible with it.
The Abrahamic religions are very clear on what they think constitutes inappropriate or sinful sexual behavior. If one doesn't concur, they shouldn't ignore or redact (i.e., censure) the religion's precepts or tenets, nor should one try to filter or re-interpret those precepts or tenets through the diaphanous seive manufactured from their accepted and acceptable contemporary social mores and philosophy. Don't shape the whole world around your personal ideology. Why force a belief to fit one's palate, when abandoning that belief is an easier, less egregious, and more laudable alternative?
That is to say, don't be a salad bar Christian (http://ivarfjeld.com/2010/11/26/the-salad-bar-theology-inside-our-churches/). Instead, defect from the religion if your opinions are not compatible with it.