yes well, sorta it says that man and woman should be together, otherwise why would God give Adam, Eve to fullfill his life if he thought that another Adam would do the trick it would have been easier bc Adam was made from dust and Eve was made from one of Adams ribs, He would have gone through a lot less trouble to give him another man. about the ten commandments, i really dont know but he also dosent say anything about not cussing but, thats wrong to. I've been told to let the Bible stand on it's own, it can handle it, but i do agree that it is hard to come to a conclusion when there is no clear statment. dont worry im not homaphobic, but i do belive that marriage and dating etc. are for one man and one woman. i really hope that i dont affend anyone, i just wanted to "state my claim" i hope this helps

They are the 10 commandments not the 150 commandments. Just take a look in the Mosaic Law as well as other parts of the scriptures for the whole picture.

The Ten Commandments are the general guide for what God expects of us. He then gave us more detailed instructions. With respect to homosexuality, I think that God has been quite clear about His feelings towards it. However, that has been discussed elsewhere (http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/11046). In the verses I cite in my answer to that question, God makes it pretty clear that He does not accept homosexual behavior. As such, homosexual marriage is also not acceptable to Him. Therefore, homosexuality falls under the general heading of "Thou shalt not commit adultery."

Homosexuality is not a sin...if it was don't you think Jesus (the most powerful and holy person ever) would have mentioned it? homosexuality is not a sin, or a choice.

Homosexuality is not a sin..It is part of the normal spectrum of human sexuality.

Well first, one of the Ten Commandments says not to commit adultery, which is sex outside of marriage. And second, there are many MANY more teachings in the Bible besides the Ten Commandments. If you're concerned about what the Bible says about homosexuality then consider Leviticus 18:22 which states, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female". It sounds like a commandment to me.

Hi, I am surprised that no one mentioned Pauls Holy Spirits inspired letter to the Romans. In the first chapter of Romans starting at verse 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Another thing to mention is a Sodom and Gomorrah. God rained fire on these cities precisely because of their perversion......

No. God didn't say homosexuality is wrong. Humans did. Humans wrote all scriptures from all religions. There is no god, so you can stop stressing about what god said. God said nothing. No god. Now go forth, be fruitful and party.

Hey finally a few semi-clear thinker out there. O.k., try to refute this... The first chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans contains what most readers consider the Bible's clearest condemnation of same-sex relations. Recent scholarship reads the same text and finds just the opposite. Who is right? Paul, Romans and Homosexuality To most readers, the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans contains the Bible's clearest condemnation of same-sex relations--both male and female. Recent scholarship, though, reads the same text and finds just the opposite--that homosexuality is innate and therefore normal, moral, and biblical. Reconstructing Romans In Romans, Paul seems to use homosexuality as indicative of man's deep seated rebellion against God and God's proper condemnation of man. New interpretations cast a different light on the passage. Paul, the religious Jew, is looking across the Mediterranean at life in the capital of Graeco-Roman culture. Homosexuality in itself is not the focus of condemnation. Rather, Paul's opprobrium falls upon paganism's refusal to acknowledge the true God. It's also possible Paul did not understand the physiological basis of genuine homosexuality. John Boswell, professor of history at Yale, is among those who differ with the classical interpretation. In Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality he writes: The persons Paul condemns are manifestly not homosexual: what he derogates are homosexual acts committed by apparently heterosexual persons....It is not clear that Paul distinguished in his thoughts or writings between gay persons (in the sense of permanent sexual preference) and heterosexuals who simply engaged in periodic homosexual behavior. It is in fact unlikely that many Jews of his day recognized such a distinction, but it is quite apparent that--whether or not he was aware of their existence--Paul did not discuss gay persons but only homosexual acts committed by heterosexual persons.[1] [emphasis in the original] Paul is speaking to those who violate their natural sexual orientation, Boswell contends, those who go against their own natural desire: "'Nature' in Romans 1:26, then, should be understood as the personal nature of the pagans in question."[2] [emphasis in the original] Since a homosexual's natural desire is for the same sex, this verse doesn't apply to him. He has not chosen to set aside heterosexuality for homosexuality; the orientation he was born with is homosexual. Demanding that he forsake his "sin" and become heterosexual is actually the kind of violation of one's nature Paul condemns here. Romans 1:18-27 Both views can't be correct. Only a close look at the text itself will give us the answer. The details of this passage show why these new interpretations are impossible:[3] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore, God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. Let me start by making two observations. First, this is about God being mad: "For the wrath of God [orge] is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men...." Second, there is a specific progression that leads to this "orgy" of anger. Men "suppress the truth in unrighteousness" (v. 18). They exchanged "the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator" (v. 25). Next, "God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity..." (v. 24). They "exchanged the natural [sexual] function for that which is unnatural (v. 26). Therefore, the wrath of God rightly falls on them (v. 18); they are without excuse (v. 20). This text is a crystal clear condemnation of homosexuality by the Apostle Paul in the middle of his most brilliant discourse on general revelation. Paul is not speaking to a localized aberration of pedophilia or temple prostitution that's part of life in the capital of Graeco-Roman culture. He is talking about a universal condition of man. Regarding the same-sex behavior itself, here are the specific words Paul uses: a lust of the heart, an impurity and dishonoring to the body (v. 24); a degrading passion that's unnatural (v. 29); an indecent act and an error (v. 27); not proper and the product of a depraved mind (v. 28). There's only one way the clear sense of this passage can be missed: if someone is in total revolt against God. According to Paul, homosexual behavior is evidence of active, persistent rebellion against one's Creator. Verse 32 shows it's rooted in direct, willful, aggressive sedition against God--true of all so-called Christians who are defending their own homosexuality. God's response is explicit: "They are without excuse" (v. 20). Born Gay? What if one's "natural" desire is for the same sex, though. What if his homosexuality is part of his physical constitution? There are four different reasons this is a bad argument. The first three are compelling; the fourth is unassailable. First, this rejoinder assumes there is such a thing as innate homosexuality. The scientific data is far from conclusive, though. Contrary to the hasty claims of the press, there is no definitive evidence that homosexuality is determined by physiological factors (see "Just Doing What Comes Naturally," Clear Thinking, Spring, 1997). There's a second problem. If all who have a desire for the same sex do so "naturally," then to whom does this verse apply? If everybody is only following their natural sexual desires, then which particular individuals fall under this ban, those who are not aroused by their own gender, but have sex anyway? Generally, for men at least, if there is no arousal, there is no sex. And if there is arousal, according to Boswell et al, then the passion must be natural. Third, this interpretation introduces a whole new concept--constitutional homosexuality--that is entirely foreign to the text. Boswell himself admits that it was "in fact unlikely that many Jews of [Paul's] day recognized such a distinction," and that possibly even Paul himself was in the dark. If Paul did not understand genuine homosexuality, though, then how can one say he excepted constitutional homosexuals when he wrote that they "exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural"? This argument self-destructs. Further, if Paul spoke only to those violating their personal sexual orientation, then wouldn't he also warn that some men burned unnaturally towards women, and some women towards men? Wouldn't Paul warn against both types of violation--heterosexuals committing indecent acts with members of the same sex, and homosexuals committing indecent acts with members of the opposite sex? What in the text allows us to distinguish between constitutional homosexuals and others? Only one word: "natural." A close look at this word and what it modifies, though, leads to the most devastating critique of all. Natural Desire or Natural Function? Paul was not unclear about what he meant by "natural." Homosexuals do not abandon natural desires; they abandon natural functions: "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another..." (1:26-27) The Greek word kreesis, translated "function" in this text, is used only these two times in the New Testament, but is found frequently in other literature of the time. According to the standard Greek language reference A Greek/English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature,[4] the word means "use, relations, function, especially of sexual intercourse." Paul is not talking about natural desires here, but natural functions. He is not talking about what one wants sexually, but how one is built to operate sexually. The body is built to function in a specific way. Men were not built to function sexually with men, but with women. This conclusion becomes unmistakable when one notes what men abandon in verse 27, according to Paul. The modern argument depends on the text teaching that men abandoned their own natural desire for woman and burned toward one another. Men whose natural desire was for other men would then be exempted from Paul's condemnation. Paul says nothing of the kind, though. Paul says men forsake not their own natural desire (their constitutional make-up), but rather the "natural function of the woman.." They abandoned the female, who was built by God to be man's sexual compliment. The error has nothing to do with anything in the male's own constitution that he's denying. It is in the rejection of the proper sexual companion God has made for him--a woman: "The men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts...." (v. 27) Natural desires go with natural functions. The passion that exchanges the natural function of sex between a man and a woman for the unnatural function of sex between a man and a man is what Paul calls a degrading passion. Jesus clarified the natural, normal relationship: "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female and said 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and the two shall become one flesh [sexual intercourse].'?" (Matthew 19:4-5) Homosexual desire is unnatural because it causes a man to abandon the natural sexual compliment God has ordained for him: a woman. That was Paul's view. If it was Paul's view recorded in the inspired text, then it is God's view. And if it is God's view, it should be ours if we call ourselves Christian.

Harro Mique wrote: Did God really say homosexuality is wrong?...I went to a Catholic school and I can’t recall anything being said about homosexuality, we read the bible alot… I hope to answer your question by citing some surviving ancient holy scriptures. YES, Homosexuality is addressed in the Ten Commandments and is forbidden in both the Old and New Testament. To fully understand this, you must know what is meant to be an adulterer; or to covet; or to honor thy father and thy mother; or to live all the commandments of God. The Bible is a collection of many ancient books, the second book of Moses is called Exodus, and in this book the Lord reveals the Ten Commandments (see the transcribed text below). Moses also wrote a third book called Leviticus and he addressed homosexuality as an abomination. Ancient Prophets didn’t use modern words like Gay or Lesbian, instead the Bible addresses sexual immorality issues using words like; Chastity, Lust, Unclean, Iniquity, Fornication, as well as others. Homosexuality is specifically addressed in some of these surviving scriptures; Leviticus 18:22 & 20:13, Romans 1: 18-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Jude 1: 7, 1 Timothy 1: 9-10 (see the transcribed text below). The very last words of St. John were in Chapter 21: 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did and say, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. TEN COMMANDMENTS: Exodus Chapter 18; verse 20 And thou shalt teach them the people ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do to live the commandments of God. Exodus 31: 18 And he God gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Deuteronomy 4: 13 And he God declared unto you his covenant, which he God commanded you to perform, even these Ten Commandments; and he God wrote them upon two tables of stone. Exodus 20:1-20 1 AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. HOMOSEXUALITY: LEVITICUS Chapter18: 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination. ”homosexuality” Chapter 20: 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ”homosexuality” ROMANS Chapter 1: 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature ”homosexuality”: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. ”homosexuality” 1 CORINTHIANS Chapter 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, (nor abusers of themselves with mankind,) “homosexuality” 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 TIMOTHY Chapter 1: 9 Knowing this, that the law of God is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind ”homosexuality”, for menstealers or kidnappers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. JUDE Chapter 1: 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them acting in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh ”homosexuality”, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. I’d like to share this with you; My son spent the years of 2006-2007 giving humanity service to the natives in the deep jungles of Northern Guatemala, while there he noticed there wasn’t any talk or participation of homosexuality activity in these remote areas. It wasn’t until he went into the modern capitol cities that it then became apparent this was happening in Central America. Now we could speculate for hours as to why this phenomenon has happened…. Could it be that we have been slowly desensitized into thinking that high moral standards are old-fashioned and not relevant or important in today’s society? Could it be that first we tolerate, then accept, and eventually embrace the vice that surrounds us? Could it be that we have been deceived by false role models and persuasive media messages that cause us to forget our divine identity? My son came to the conclusion that our modern world and especially here in the states, has in just a short time, taught us to be tolerant and accepting to the normalcy of homosexual activities. This is the very reason God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, because society has giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh. Today we still remember and recognize the word sodomy, as a vile and offensive act of anal intercourse, oral intercourse, as well as bestiality. If this is so, and God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha then what’s in store for America? As was in the days of old, men and women are still committing the sins of the flesh. This is because the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father. There is no friendship more valuable than your own clear conscience, your own moral cleanliness; and what a glorious feeling it is to know that you can stand before God in your appointed time and place clean and with the confidence that you are worthy to do so. This is good news, God judgeth, and his judgments are just. He sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ to sacrifice his life for our sins, and through this atoning blood of Christ, we can be forgiven for our sins by repentance and obedience to the principles of the gospel. George Reeps NOTE: Citations were copied from the Holy Bible; King James Version, first published in 1611. http://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html

Not really. Created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity. The Catholic Church believes there is nothing sinful about being homosexual. But homosexuals like all unmarried people are called to celibacy. The Church specifically says that homosexuals "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided." Here is the text of the document, On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons (1986): http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_df86ho.htm For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2357-2359: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art6.shtml#2357 There are many wrong things that are not included in the Ten Commandments like slavery, rape, and torture. With love in Christ.

The people that wrote the Holy Scripture are against homosexuality.....not god. If a god truly exists then I very much doubt it has anything in common with religion as it is today or ever has been.

Homosexuality was condemned in the law that God gave the Israelites. The 10 commandments were a part of that law. Leviticus 18:22 “‘And you must not lie down with a male the same as you lie down with a woman. It is a detestable thing. The law was done away with when Jesus died, but God's view of homosexuality was the same. This was reiterated for us in the Christian Greek Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) 9 What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom.