[Sunsong]

I am reinterating the behavior described in the Scriptures as an abomination.

I ask again, since eating shrimp is considered an abomination in the Old Testament - do you also work to stop the practice of eating shrimp? Do you work to stop people from touching pig skin? Do you work hard to expose and shame those who are prideful? I am asking if you are consistent or if it is just this one particular "abomination" that you focus on?

Someone has done some research on some of the other "abominations" listed:

…Sexual sins of any kind are considered "abominations" to the Lord. See Leviticus 18: 18 - 30, paying particular attention to verses 27 - 30, which refer to "all these abominations" -- after various kinds of sexual activities apart from marriage have been mentioned. A similar list is repeated in Leviticus 20, concluding that God's people ought not to do these things "after the manner of the nations which I cast out before you." We find that the levitical laws also forbade remarriages of divorced couples, calling such an act an "abomination." Leviticus 24: 1 - 4. When we consider that Christ amplified these laws to include the lustful thought, who is without sin to cast the first stone?

Dishonest business practices are named as an "abomination" in Deuteronomy 25: 13 - 16, Proverbs 11: 1 and Proverbs 20: 10. It seems that scrupulously honest business practices are required of any professing to be the Lord's people. Do our practices pass the careful scrutiny of the Omniscient One?

Oppressive treatment of others and a haughty attitude are considered as "abomination" in Proverbs 2: 31 - 32, and a "froward heart" is again mentioned in Proverbs 11:20. I wonder if some of the actions of conservative Christians towards gay people might not fall into these categories of "abominations."

A list of six "abominations" are also given in Proverbs 6: 16 - 19:

These six things doth the LORD hate:
yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Who can claim innocence from all these "abominations"? Are all the sure dispensers of judgments on gay people free from a "proud look" or "false witness"? (Who can be sure that words repeated are absolutely true?) Or sowing discord in God's congregation?...

gladventist

[dcnd9]

None of us are claiming we don't sin but we try not to intentionally engage in sin [like engaging in same sex] and then flaunt it as normal.We acknowledge it and repent of it [in other words try not to repeat it].

[MHGinTN]

Your feeble attempt at homosexual apologetics is almost laughable, almost. You behave as an agitprop for the homosexual agenda. You accuse and judge and smear and formulate childish parallels. You also conveniently ignore the things posted to you in favor of playing with your straw man constructs. Thanks anyway, I don't play word games with superficial, immature apologists for degeneracy. Perhaps you can find someone else to try and aggravate and pull them into your apologetics for identifying people by their sexual proclivities. Feed your twisted 'up is down and wrong is right' obsession with someone else.

[dcnd9]

"Woe to those who call good evil and evil good, who put darkness for light and light for darkness" (Isaiah 5:20).

[Petronski]

"Gay and Lesbian Adventists"


ROFLMAO

Tend to your own church, troll.

[VRWCmember]

We find that the levitical laws also forbade remarriages of divorced couples, calling such an act an "abomination." Leviticus 24: 1 - 4.

Your source data is a bit questionable:

Leviticus 24: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

I'm not sure what use of pure olive oil for the lamps and pure candlesticks have to do with divorce and remarriage.

[MEGoody]

Yep, we all have the tendency toward sin. The word of God instructs us as brothers and sisters to confront each other when we see the other sinning. We aren't to just shrug our shoulders and accept sinful behavior - we are to be battling against it, especially in the church.

By the way, if the person confronted refuses to repent, they are to be put out of the church.

[little jeremiah]

Every word you say proves all my points. Thank you.

Eating rules and sexual morality rules have nothing to do with each other; but the Leviticus talking points you parrot are on the Internet under "Homosexual Promotion For Dummies".

BTW, I don't eat shellfish either.