"So then why do we judge homosexuals with so much more hostility than divorcees and adulterers? I don't see where the Bible draws a distinction on the sin scale."
Homosexual *acts* are the only sin referred to in the Bible as "abomination." That's where.
I'm not so sure.
IIRC, remarrying a woman after divorcing her once was an abomination also.
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD:Also, eating lobster is condemned in the Bible because seafood was an abomination:
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:Of course, I've heard several pastors say that women wearing jeans are an abomination, quoting the Scriptures:
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.If you read your Bible, you will find out that the word abomination had a larger application than you implied. After reading the Bible cover to cover the first time, I got the impression that worshipping idols was the greatest abomination described in the Scriptures, since God's chosen people were punished with captivity mainly due to this abomination.
But, as I recall, Jeremiah said that the worst sin of Soddom and Gomorrah was
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PRIDE
And I don't know anyone who's been totally free of that one.
Homosexual *acts* are the only sin referred to in the Bible as "abomination."
Not so.
Not by a long shot ...Biblical Abominations ...
... eating the flesh of a peace offering on the third day or after. The remainder of the peace offering is to be burnt to ashes on the third day. Leviticus 7:17-19
... eating unfinned and/or unscaled seafood. Leviticus 11:10-12
... eating the eagle, osprey, vulture, pig, ... and any other animals declared unclean. Leviticus 11:13-47
... homsexual acts. Leviticus 18:22, 20:13
... idolatry. Deuteronomy 7:25-26, 13:13-15, 17:3-5
... child sacrifice. Deuteronomy 12:30-32
... offering blemished animals for sacrifice. Deuteronomy 17:1-3
... occultic activity. Deut. 18:11-13
... cross-dressing. Deut. 22:4-6
... religious prostitution. Deut. 23:17-18
... remarrying one which you have divorced and which has married another. Deut. 23:3-5
... using false weights/balances to cheat those with whom you do business. Deut. 25:13-16, Proverbs 20:10, 20:23, Prov. 11:1, Prov. 20:23
... the making of an idol. Deut. 27:15
... the idols of the Canaanites. I Kings 11:4-8, II Kings 23:13
... a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart which devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift to run to mischief, a false witness which speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. 6:16
... the froward (stubbornly contrary and disobedient). Prov. 3:32, 11:20
... lying lips. Prov 12:22
... the sacrifice of the wicked. Prov. 15:8, 21:27
... the way of the wicked. Prov. 15:9
... the thoughts of the wicked. Prov. 15:26
... everyone that is proud in heart. Prov. 16:5
... for the king to commit wickedness. Prov. 16:12
... he that justifieth the wicked, ... and he that condemneth the just. Prov. 17:15
... the prayer of them that won't hear God's law. Prov. 28:9