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Originally posted by klinton:
I never said that the bible doesn't frown on homosexuality, I said none of Jesus words in all of the gospels even address it.
That is, again, a blatant and indisputable lie.

As I said, Jesus and God the Father are two manifestations of the same person, appearing in two forms. ("I and the Father are one...").
(JOHN 10, verse 30)
http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=JOHN+10&language=english&version=NIV

...and also JOHN 1, verse 1:

http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=JOHN+1&language=english&version=NIV

Jesus came to add to The Law (the Old Testament) not to abolish it. (MATTHEW 5, verses 17-19)
http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=MATT+5&language=english&version=NIV

You constantly bring up potential abstractions and technicalities, and ignore the major thrust of the Bible.

Because Jesus didn't say it directly is a diversionary tactic, that circumvents around the fact that every word of the Bible is inspired by God. And that God the Father speaks with the same voice as Jesus.

Homosexuality again and again is described in the Bible as the ultimate downturn of a society, the point at which God abandons a society to its own self-destruction, where a culture becomes so hardened to God that they are beyond redemption, and God leaves them to their fate.
While there is a chance of repentance, God keeps protection over a person for their repentance.

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Originally posted by klinton:

Yes I know that the bible contains passages that out and out condemn homosexuality...right alongside ones that advocate slavery and the execution of petulant children, as well as the ownership of one's wife. These are all statndards that you don't seem to live by, so why single out homosexuality?
Because homosexuality, unlike any of these other things, has an ideology that attempts to warp scripture, and to thus pervert the Bible and Christianity from its true meaning.

As I've already said (with scripture to back it up, at the top of Page 4 of this topic).

Slavery is not an issue in modern society. And in any case, the Bible does NOT endorse it. It was, again, opportunistically misinterpeted by those who advocated slavery. But the message of the Bible is the equality and brotherhood of all men in the eyes of God. All are equal before God. Equally sinful, equally loved, equally desired to be redeemed.

I think you misinterpret the issue about "owning" your wife. Men and women are linked in marriage and have responsibility to each other. Women are to submit to the needs of their husband, and husbands to those of their wife, in respect for each other's needs.