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I look at homosexuality as no better or worse than any other sin. For instance, if I knew of someone who was a serial shoplifter, I wouldn’t shout them down and denounce them in the street, but on the other side of the coin I wouldn’t excuse their behavior by saying, “Well that’s just how God made them....” or “The church better stop preaching that stealing is a sin, because we don’t want to scare away shoplifters and their families who might get offended.”

I look at homosexuality as no better or worse than any other sin.

All sin condemns, but there is indeed a difference in seriousness that God himself says that He recognizes. Sexual sin is at the extreme end of the seriousness spectrum. It led to destruction by fire of an entire geographical region, when other sins didn't call for this judgement.

If He recognizes these differences, then we ought to as well.

I look at homosexuality as no better or worse than any other sin. For instance, if I knew of someone who was a serial shoplifter, I wouldn't shout them down and denounce them in the street, but on the other side of the coin I wouldn't excuse their behavior by saying, “Well that’s just how God made them....” or “The church better stop preaching that stealing is a sin, because we don’t want to scare away shoplifters and their families who might get offended.”

At least "Thou shall not steal" made the top ten list. Can't say the same about "Thou shall not commit homosexuality." I'm not saying that homosexuality isn't a sin, rather, many of us seem obsessed with a sin that God didn't seem to think is important enough to include in the top ten like the stuff about killing, stealing, committing adultery, false idols, and keeping the Sabbath Holy, etc.

It is worse than others.

It is because it’s not only a perversion of sex outside of marriage, it’s worse because it rejects the natural order God instituted between men and women.

It is also worse because the people committing this sin believe they ARE NOT sinning to the point they are callign those who say it’s sin, EVIL and try to FORCE THEM to not only tolerate it, but be approving of it. To the point they try to get government to enforce thsi on those saying it’s sin.

What other sin out there is celebrated as much? Not adultery. There’s no Adultery Pride day, no Adultery Month, no flag for adulterers, there’s no Fornicator Pride week anywhere. There’s no Bring your Thief to work day. There’s no Abusive Spouse of the Year award. There’s no “I have the most babies from the most different dads” contest out there.

We don’t celebrate sin. Except homosexuality. THAT makes it different and worse. It’s worse because society tolerates and promotes it and persecutes people who are opposed to it if they speak the truth about it.

THAT’s why.

Agreed. Everything I need to know about how Jesus would have treated a homosexual is in John 8. The problem with homosexuals is that they don’t accept that they are living a “life of sin.” In other words, they are not willing to serve God, they want a God that suits them.

only difference is that I’m not seeing groups of sinners band together and force their “lifestyle” on everyone.

At least not to the degree of gays. Not aware of an extremely powerful lobby for shoplifters, strong arm robbers (oh wait maybe the NAACP), rapists, etc.