Homosexuality Or Legalism--Which Is Worse?

Originally Posted by Amos

I posted that I thought it was quite a stretch to prefer homosexuality over legalism.

This was RW's response, and my rebuttal.

Originally Posted by RandyWayne


The spirit of homosexuality denies the power and ored of God and creation itself. In that dimension, it is more akin to the Saducees, who were completely unspiritual. Jesus had NO time for them. The Pharisees He did at least deal with, and salvaged some of them.

You will find nowhere in the Gospels where He spent any time working on a Saducee.

Homosexuality is a far bigger problem to deal with than legalism. At least with a legalist, you have a person who values the Word of God and can be taught.

Generally speaking, homosexuals totally deny the authority of God or His Word.

If this is a common conception--that homosexuality is preferable to legalism--then the movement is in worse shape than I thought.

That is a sick and totally twisted perception.

I share your concerns Amos. Romans 1 is a harsh condemnation against those who "turned the truth of God into a lie, worshipped the creature more than the creator, and left the natural use" of the opposite sex. They even went so far as to remove every thought of God from their minds.

I can also see the hideous, soul-crushing effects of legalism as well. Jesus seemed to address the issue of legalism on a fairly regular basis. It was a huge issue in His day. The Pharisees were using legalism as a tool to keep people away from right relationship with God. In this way legalism was perversion of another stripe.

There are similarities and I, for one, would not want to be in a position to defend either sin. Both sins lead to separation from God. The only real difference I see is that homosexuality is a personal choice that primarily affects the consenting parties while legalism can affect entire groups of innocent individuals whose only desire is to attain close proximity to Jesus.