Is Divorce Equivalent to Homosexuality?

Christian Post ^ | 09/26/2014 | Russell D. Moore

[Waywardson]

God Hates Divorce AND Homosexuality. But, they are NOT the same. God will take back a wayward wife and forgive a repentant adulterer like David. He will, however, give over a homosexual. He will destroy entire cities for that deed.

Not at all equal. One is bad, very bad, but many escape and find salvation. The other nearly impossible to escape once it has you and even God will just give up if you embrace it.

[Genoa]

Some may disagree, but many conservative scholars maintain that there are certain scriptural grounds for divorce and remarriage. There are no scriptural grounds for sodomy.

[DarkSavant]

This is to our shame, and the divorce culture is the number-one indicator of this capitulation.

Gutsy thing to say. The words of Christ didn't leave any wiggle room, but some congregations chose to ignore it anyway.

Not a sin at the same level sin as Homosexual acts, but crushing to society as a whole.

[knarf]

That’s the ticket ... let’s just play with our language until we get right wrong and evil good, eh ?

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Is Divorce Equivalent to Homosexuality?

NO!

[GraceG]

Also depends on the reasons for the divorace...

If the other party is not wanting to save the marrige and is doing everything to sabotage it despite the heroic efforts of the other party... Then One party is more “guilty” than the other...

[GraceG]

I have a quick question for you, just wondering about this.

If you have two people of the same sex living together in a relationship but without any sodomite type sex. Is that a sin as bad as a Same sex couple who engyuage in sexual acts with each other?

Is the “Emotional Relationship” between two men/women that is the sin or the specific act of Physical Sex Sodomization that is the issue?

[MrB]

They are not the same.
God hates divorce, but homosexuality is an abomination.

Both, however, have the same effect - the destruction of the family as God intended it.

[dangerdoc]

Obviously not.

He let his chosen people divorce.

[mbarker12474]

The church’s acceptance of no-fault divorce with little if any push back is worse, arguably, than the church’s acceptance of homosexual marriage. The reason is the plain reality that there are many more people getting many more divorces than their are homosexuals wanting to get married.

Divorce crushes marriages, families, and children. Marriage is the ONLY supportable location for human sexual activity.

The difference between the church’s acceptance of divorce from that of the church’s acceptance of homosexuality (and homosexual marriage) is that Satan pushed divorce into the church quietly. With homosexuality, Satan has banged on the door of the church and demanded loudly to be let inside.

All sorts of sin goes on in the church, as the church is filled with humans. To a certain extent, this is to be expected, if not fully tolerable. But the arrival of the sin of homosexuality in the church may be unique in all of church history, as the effort has been so open and blatant.

[DarkSavant]

If you have two people of the same sex living together in a relationship but without any sodomite type sex. Is that a sin as bad as a Same sex couple who engage in sexual acts with each other?

I would argue that if two people of the same sex are not engaging in sexual acts they are not sinning, regardless of how intense their emotional bond is. King David once exclaimed how he felt closer to one of his male friends than he ever did to any woman.

2 Samuel 1:Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.
24 “Daughters of Israel,
weep for Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet and finery,
who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25 “How the mighty have fallen in battle!
Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;
you were very dear to me.
Your love for me was wonderful,
more wonderful than that of women.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The difference is in the heart of the sinner. One may divorce and remarry for various biblical reasons including abandonment and adultery and emotional/physical abuse and be forgiven. But one cannot be forgiven if one intends to live as a sexually active homosexual without changing anything. It’s like a thief who asks for forgiveness but has no intention to stop stealing.

[LearsFool]

In most cases, the church recognizes that they should acknowledge their past sin and resolve to be faithful from now on to one another. Why is this the case? It's because their marriages may have been sinfully entered into, but they are, in fact, marriages.

That's a different doctrine from what is found in the Scriptures. In fact, the author should realize this, since he referred earlier to John the Baptist's condemnation of Herod's adulterous marriage.

"For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her. For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife." - Mark 6:17-18

Do they repent of this adultery by doing the same sinful action again, abandoning and divorcing one another?

John didn't say, "It wasn't lawful for you to marry her...But since you're married, it's all good. You certainly don't want to sin again by divorcing her."

John didn't say that to Herod. No, that's MAN'S surrender to the evil of divorce and adultery. GOD, through John, said, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

[afsnco]

Christ said lusting in our hearts for a married woman (wife) is the same as adultery:

Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

So Christ said lusting is the same as the real thing. It’s still sin, even if not physically acted upon.

Two people of the same sex living together and who are purely platonic friends with no lust involved, wouldn’t be a problem, of course.

[bgill]

We just got a phone call about same sex marriage. Told them we were against it but refused to do the survey.

[knarf]

but for the hardness of your hearts

[plain talk]

I guess one could ask ... is divorce the same thing as being angry with someone?

[Vigilanteman]

Get back at me the first time you find a divorced person bragging about doing it with 100 or more partners.

[dangerdoc]

He doesn’t like it, but it is an obvious difference.