Question about New Testament

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> In the news coverage of the Episcopalians voting for an out gay man 
> to be a bishop, there were soundbites of people who disapproved 
> saying that this is different than the ordination of women because 
> homosexuality is explicitly forbidden by the Bible. That got me 
> curious. I am not fluent in Bible and even less so in New Testament, 
> but I've gotten the impression that there are people in this Y!group 
> who are quite fluent in New Testament, so my question is, can you 
> tell me what the New Testament says that is explicit about 
> homosexuality?

bboy_mn:

To my knowledge, although I will leave confirmation for more
knowledgable minds, homosexuality isn't mentioned in the new
testiment. In fact, as far as I know there are only a couple of very
brief references to it anywhere in the Bible.

To put that in perspective, I would remind you that in the laws of
Moses there are at least a couple of chapters that go on and on page
after page about adultery; plus individual references scattered
throughout the Bible. Adultery, by the way, is punishable by Death,
but most Christians against homosexuality conviniently ignore that
little bit of the Bible.

On another note, the Bible never says homosexuality is a sin; it says
gay sex is a sin, but let's not forget that it also says that all sex
outside of marriage and for purposes other than procreation is a sin
(subject to interpretation), and by the belief of many, it, the Bible,
implies that sex with yourself (if you know what I mean) is a sin.

So, in my view, homosexuality is no big deal when you consider that
there are 10 times more hetrosexual sinners out there that the church
conviniently leaves out of the discussion.

On an additional side note: research, which I've read, into the sexual
habits of hetrosexuals indicates that there are more (in actual
numbers not percentages) hetrosexual engaging in sodomy in it's
various forms than there are homosexuals. If sin is really the issue,
then why don't they focus on where the real sin is? Why? Because it's
much easier to hate someone who is different than you, than it is to
hate someone who is just like you. And let's not forget that hate
itself is a sin.

Here is all you need to know to live a good life, both morally good
and spiritually good...

Do no harm.
Do some good.

Six words say it all.

bboy_mn