"He Is Sailing" on Homosexuality and the Bible

[This was a comment on homosexuality over at HeIsSailing's blog where he is a contributor. The site is titled "Deconversion and this entry by He-Is-Sailing is called Another Look at Homosexuality and Christianity. Oddly, though, it seems as if the contributors are actively seeking the meaning behind the Word.

Hi HIS
This was a very good post on homosexuality in the Bible. It’s very important that those who teach on this do their homework as you did.

I gave the Bible lesson on Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen-19) a few years ago. The reason why the sin was so prevalent in these towns that only 4 people were saved was not homosexuality. They were destroyed because the people had become totally corrupt and perverse. There was no respect for other people, not even their own children. The men of the town showed in their demand to have sex with the angels that they didn’t care about other people beyond the pleasure they could get from them. From the Scripture you can sense the saturation of sexual obsession among the townspeople. There simply was no regard for the person hood of another.

Gen 19 teaches us how sexual obsession is a sickness of the soul - its a great lesson for today. That obsession could be hetero or homosexual. The fact that Lot’s two daughters were virgins was the one ray of righteousness that Lot had been able to hold onto.

One point I do not endorse is the leap that many homosexuals make that homosexuality is God-ordained. Like you, I never thought of condemning homosexuals (I’d lose a number of friends for one) but I never thought of homosexuality as an integral part of the homosexual’s soul just as being a man who is attracted to women does not define me.

Why should homosexuality define the homosexual, to where their theology and faith is subservient to it? This pervasive response from homosexuals, that their sexuality must be blessed in order for them to accept Christ, presents itself, by its own definition, as a point of separation from God. In that sense, even the homosexual would have to admit that their homosexuality is sin. Anything that we put between ourselves and God, cutting us off from Him, is sin.

Sex is not part of how we define ourselves if we are Christians. I rejoice in God alone. God is better than any sex could ever be.

I applaud your research. The two commands of Jesus, “Love God/ Love your neighbor” are what we should always focus on, as you said. It seems to me that you are not an agnostic, but someone who desires a more honest walk with God. Take care.