Gay and Christian | gay, lesbian, Bible

CAN GAYS AND LESBIANS
BE TRUE CHRISTIANS?

Some persons say that the Bible

condemns

homosexuality

and that

gay

or a

lesbian can't be

true

Christi

an.

THE FACTS

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		The Bible a ccepts same-sex attraction
		and orientation.

		The Bible does not condemn any form
		of sex between men except for m e n penetrating men.

		Nevertheless men penetrating men is
		okay if no one is harmed.

		The Bible does not condemn sex
		between women.

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,
without any expression of disapproval by God or the
biblical author. Jonathan was totally in love with
David. As far as we know, this relationship was 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 of Biblical times (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

For Questions and Answers on topics of this
site, click on Q & A in the left-hand panel.

This site is for everyone. It should especially
help those people who feel a conflict between
their sexuality and their Christian beliefs.

Using this site:

You can easily see the main points of this site on the
detailed Full Summary above.

Also you can click on any topic in the left-hand
panel. If the page that appears only gives a
Summary of the topic, you can get more information
by clicking on More Details on that page.

Christian Bible believers

The arguments used in this site are based on the
Bible, which is treated as being accurate.

Christians who believe that they are to live strictly
according to God’s word in the Bible should be able to
accept most of the above conclusions.

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