[dangus]

Sodom tells of the story of homosexuals demanding to rape visitors. You really think the deadly sin was in their sexual orientation? They were RAPISTS, Harley! Homosexual tendencies are a concupiscence; a temptation towards grave evil, one that makes the sufferer a terrible choice for the priesthood. But “sin” describes an action, not a temptation.

[HarleyD]

They were RAPISTS, Harley!

Well, technically they were sodomites not rapists. They didn't wish to rape Lot's daughters. They wanted to sodomized the angels.

Homosexual tendencies are a concupiscence; a temptation towards grave evil, one that makes the sufferer a terrible choice for the priesthood. But “sin” describes an action, not a temptation.

Hmmm...this would be a good discussion and I don't wish to hyjack the intent of this post. I don't subscribe to the notion that sin is simply an action. Please consider the following verses:

Jas 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

Mat 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

The way I read James the order of death would be the following 1) we lust, 2) we're tempted, 3) our lust continues and conceives, 4) we sin, 5) we die. According to our Lord Jesus, if I place this correctly within James statement, we have committed adultery at #1 when we first lust. This would be sin. We don't have to physically commit adultery to commit the act of adultery.

I can already hear people saying, "But our Lord was tempted." The difference between our Lord and us, who was tempted in every way yet without sin, is that He was not fallen. Being perfect, He could not lust (#1) before being tempted. Like Adam, He had to be offered the fruit and then lust after it. Our Lord could lust after (#3) He was tempted. He just never did.