Not sure how I am seen to be an apologist for homosexuality. I was just trying to make the point that all sin is equal in God's eyes yet followers of Jesus seem to be stuck on that one.
I think you have to first get the person to admit that homosexuality is a sin. I beleive it is and if a person does not admit that I could not listen to anything they have to say concerning following Jesus. I have found that many gay clergy don't think being gay is a sin and wrong in the eyes of God. I hope that clears up any misconception and does not create new ones.
"all sin is equal in God's eyes yet followers of Jesus seem to be stuck on that one."
1. Do you claim to see through God's eyes? Apparently you do.
2. The idiocy that Jesus' followers are obsessed with homosexuality is a classic talking point of "gay" promoters. Just FYI.
As you point out, worry can reach the point of sin, and sin is sin.
Of course, this thread is a discussion of a disease that has laid waste to whole regions. That disease is not spread by worry.
The church has been at the forefront in caring for people who have the disease, your church is probably involved and if it isn't, it won't be hard to find one that is.
And the church is in the forefront of reminding people that their individual behavior matters, not only when you face judgement but in this life as well. A man who is not faithful to his wife sins before God, and damages his marriage, but in areas where the disease is common he also risks killing his entire family. If you love people you have to tell them that.
This is the problem. The majority of homosexuals do not and will not agree that homosexuality is wrong or against nature. They ask the Church to accept them as priests. The Church believes that homosexuals are not born that way; that they can be turned away from homosexuality. Homosexuals say that because priests must take a vow of chastity, they can continue to be homosexuals as long as they maintain that vow.