CAN GAYS AND LESBIANS
BE TRUE CHRISTIANS?
BE TRUE CHRISTIANS?
- Some persons say that the Bible condemns
homosexuality and that a gay man or a
lesbian can't be a true Christian.
- THE FACTS –
 | The Bible accepts same-sex attraction | |
| and orientation. |
| The Bible does not condemn any form | |
| of sex between men except for men penetrating men. |
| Nevertheless men penetrating men is | |
| okay if no one is harmed. |
| The Bible does not condemn sex | |
| between women. |
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- Full Summary
This site shows that:
There is no actual reference in the Bible to
homosexuality, gay men or lesbians.
Any use of homosexuality or sodomites in a Bible
version is a translation error. Consequently there is
no criticism or condemnation in the Bible of
homosexuality as a sexual orientation or of gay men
or lesbians as types of people. More details
The Bible accepts same-sex attraction and
orientation.
The Bible accepts men being deeply in love with
men and women being deeply attracted to women.
Jonathan was totally in love with David, and Ruth
was determined to stay with Naomi for the rest of
their lives. As far as we know, these relationships
were not sexual. More details
The Bible nowhere says that all sex outside
marriage is wrong.
The Bible simply says that certain kinds of sex, e.g.
incest and adultery and prostitution, are wrong.
More details
The Bible doesn’t prohibit sex between
women.
The Bible has one criticism of sex between women
(lesbian, straight or bisexual) but does not say don’t
do it. The criticism seems to be based on how
women’s sex roles were seen in the Roman and
Jewish cultures at the time (women should be
passive, not active, in sex) and so does not apply
today. More details
The Bible prohibits men penetrating men.
The Bible does not criticize or condemn any form of
sex between men (including oral sex, deep kissing,
fondling and mutual masturbation) except for men
penetrating men (anal intercourse). As in other
societies of Biblical times, the greater condemnation
is of the man being penetrated. This condemnation
seems to be mainly based on the man acting like a
woman (instead of like a man) in sexual intercourse.
More details
The Bible approves of people owning other
people as slaves.
Despite the Bible’s approval, we don’t say that
people can own other people as slaves. One
therefore can’t say that something is approved
(slavery) or condemned (men penetrating men) just
because the Bible says so. We need something
more; and this is provided by the Biblical “no-harm”
test. More details
The “no-harm” test.
Men penetrating men passes the “no-harm” test if
each man acts with caring love and does not harm
himself, the other man or any third party (e.g., a
partner), physically, emotionally, mentally or
relationally, directly or indirectly. More details