Dear Cynical Bear, that is not my intent. I'm on your side,and on the side of the traditional, historic understanding of Scripture. It's obvious that most people who have adhered to "Sola Scriptura" over the last 5 centuries are also AGAINST the Gay Agenda. Anyone can see that.
My point is that "Sola Scriptura" alone doesn't refute the Gay Agenda in a disposative way as long as "Gay Christian" theologians can bring forth their own "Scripture scholarship" which sets aside the traditional, historic understnading of the Church, as explained in Post # 65, and at truly boggling length at the many "Gay Christian" websites (Link).
You can tell them, "Your 'gay interpretations' are not what the Church has traditionally thought to be the meaning of Scripture".
And they will say, "So what? We don't care what you traditionally thought. We think the Church was in error for all those centuries. WE are the ones who are going by Sola Scriptura."
Here's what I want to know. At that point, what do YOU say?
To that I would say that I would repeat what I said in my last post. Catholics rely on their “church” or their “magisterium, Mormons and Muslims rely on their “prophets”. But if we rely on scripture alone we find the real answers. All that deny the sufficiency of scripture alone with guidance by the Holy Spirit ignore portions of scripture. I give an example below.
Leviticus 18:22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless ...
1 Corinthians 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
Now here is a verse that homosexuals and those that try to justify their lifestyle use as “proof” that Sodom and Gomorrah were not destroyed for sodomy but for other sins.
Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
I have highlighted the words they use to justify their belief that Sodom and Gamorrah were destroyed for those sins but not for homosexuality. They never include the following verses in the same chapter.
Ezekeil 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. 16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. 16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
God never called pride, gluttony, or idleness abominations. He did call homosexuality and abomination.
So you see. I have found that EVERY time someone has disagreed with Sola Scriptura on any subject they have ignored another portion of scripture to justify their interpretation.