The word of God is forever settled in heaven. Yes, I believe the Bible to be absolute truth. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
If a pedophile "desires" (aka, 'has unatural feelings') young children, yet KNOWS it is wrong and thus does not act on it, would you allow that individual to be around your children?
Of course not. But what does that have to do with anything? You're talking about rape vs. consensual behavior between adults.
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The word of God is forever settled in heaven. Yes, I believe the Bible to be absolute truth. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
Blessings, Rhoni
There ya go! You believe. That wasn't hard, was it?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Is it a sin to be a homosexual, even if one does not act on one's attractions?
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Originally Posted by OnTheFritz
No.
No?
What do you base that opinon on?
If a man is sexually attracted to other men [in his heart] but just doesnt act on it, you think God is ok with that?
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
If a pedophile "desires" (aka, 'has unatural feelings') young children, yet KNOWS it is wrong and thus does not act on it, would you allow that individual to be around your children?
Thank you.
But even beyond that, a man who has such pedophilic desires is sinning in his heart whether or not he acts out his impulses.
....Just as a man who looks at a woman to lust after her has commited adultery just by harboring the thought in his heart. (Matt 5:28)
...Similarly, a man who is sexually attracted to other men is also sinning just by having such homosexual desires.
The Bible lays out that principle very clearly.
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
If a pedophile "desires" (aka, 'has unatural feelings') young children, yet KNOWS it is wrong and thus does not act on it, would you allow that individual to be around your children?
No, because that is a weakness and putting him around children would be "leading him into temptation". However, is he sinning by merely having those feelings (even as he tries to fight them and change)? Again, I would encourage him.
There was a guy who came into the library the other day. And then he came up to me and said "hello" and then I said to myself "Here is a gay guy" and then I looked down and the guy had breasts. Life is getting stranger every day.
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No, because that is a weakness and putting him around children would be "leading him into temptation". However, is he sinning by merely having those feelings (even as he tries to fight them and change)? Again, I would encourage him.
If a man has problems lusting after women who are not his wife, is he sinning whenever he has such lustful thoughts and feelings?
I think from scripture, the answer is plainly yes.
Why would it be different for homosexuals who have such feelings toward people of their own gender... whether they act on those feelings or not?
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
There was a guy who came into the library the other day. And then he came up to me and said "hello" and then I said to myself "Here is a gay guy" and then I looked down and the guy had breasts. Life is getting stranger every day.
and then I said to myself "Here is a gay guy" and then I looked down and the guy had breasts. Life is getting stranger every day.
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