Christian Attitudes To Homosexuality
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- Created on: 13-10-13 18:52
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- Christian Attitudes To Homosexuality
- Some Christians are completely against it.
- They believe that it is unnatural and wrong.
- There are passages in the Bible that seem to support this.
- The Bible contains direct references, which seem to say that it is wrong.
- There are passages in the Bible that seem to support this.
- Today, Many people still believe this is true, but the Church no longer teaches this. It teaches that it is not the ideal.
- The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual sex is a sin.
- They believe that it is unnatural and wrong.
- Some Christians are completely in favour.
- They believe it is perfectly natural, and god made all people the way they are.
- They believe God loves everybody-just the way they are.
- The belong to, or support a group which encourages acceptance of Gay or Lesbian people in the church.
- They may believe the Bible was written in a different time, a different society.
- They believe that the bible contains teachings that do not apply today.
- Such as stoning people to death, or slavery.
- They are simply details of what it was like then, not literal rules for today.
- They believe that the bible contains teachings that do not apply today.
- They believe it is perfectly natural, and god made all people the way they are.
- Some Christians are 'in the middle' about homosexuality.
- They accept homosexual tendencies and desires but think homosexual sex is wrong.
- They think homosexual relationships are sometimes acceptable when they are faithful and monogamous.
- Some Christians interpret the passages in the bible differently.
- They think it means some homosexual relationships are wrong. (****, adultery, or the people are not in love.)
- Some Christians interpret the passages in the bible differently.
- Some Christians are completely against it.
- They accept homosexual tendencies and desires but think homosexual sex is wrong.
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