Are Gays Taking Us to Hell?

I recently read an article where the author was adamantly protesting the notion that God's judgment is coming toward us much more quickly and severely because of the sin of homosexuality, than because of all the other sins. The author specifically went through the ten commandments to show the prevalence of many other sins in our culture.

The author never clearly declared himself a Christian or a homosexual. The intensity of his arguments certainly suggest that he is homosexual, or at least someone very close to him is. I could not say if he is a Christian, more likely he is just a religious person.

Debating others is not my strong point. I am too slow of a thinker and am more likely to say the wrong thing in an actual debate. However I am grateful when I see discernment in my life that allows me to spot weak arguments. No matter how adamantly someone can argue their point, if their foundation is crumbling, they will eventually crash and burn.

Let me show you a few of his challenges and what I see wrong with them.

1. The 'religious right zealots' are aggressively attacking homosexual people with judgment of their sin, while the breakers of the ten commandments get none of this.

It is never valid to use the abundance of other types of sin from other people to defend a different sin amongst a different group of people. Each person will be held accountable for their sin, whether others are winning the fight against sin or not. In addition, their is an active minority attempting to force their homosexual agenda into our society as a norm. Their aggressiveness merits aggressive resistance from others. There is no such group promoting the other sins (no group needed).

2. With all the sins being committed throughout our country, it is absurd to think that God will more intensely judge against homosexual sin.

Nothing can be said to lessen the significance of one person's sin compared to that of another. However, I cannot ignore the fact God has at times judged homosexuality very severely (Sodom and Gomorah is first to mind, also see Romans 1). God has not changed. The sin of homosexuality could be the shortcut to severe judgment.

3. If in fact this author thinks he is a Christian (I am not sure), then you might ask if he has read his Bible?

He apparently has read some of the Bible, however he has some huge filters in place that shred the word of God and replace it with his thoughts.

4. When discussing the references to homosexuality in the Old Testament, the author dismisses those first 39 books in this manner:

"There are some other references spread throughout the Old testament, but let us remember that this is all part of Mosaic Law. For the uninformed out there, Mosaic Law was the law given to rule the ancient Hebrews. " His position is clearly that the Old Testament is merely an interesting historical text that was for the Hebrew people, therefore we can ignore it.

He then has another statement to diss the OT: "the reason Christians do not worry about Mosaic Law anymore is that common thought dictates that a) it was more of a societal code for the ancient Hebrews and b) Jesus created a new greater Law for humanity.

This is the first of his two major foundational problems. God's Word, both OT and NT, is one entire book given to us by God. The 66 books of the Cannon are all God's word - carefully recorded and carefully preserved by God's sovereignty. Certainly there is a need for biblical understanding to avoid misrepresenting the OT. But it is still the word of God, and it reveals a whole lot about our Supreme and Invisible Heavenly Father. We need all of the Bible so we can continue to know Him better. Also, if one reads the words of Jesus in the New Testament, it is obvious that he honors it and does not replace it.

5. Having dumped the OT, the author now turns to the New Testament. He seems to like the Gospels, the reason in his own words, "Does Jesus Christ - THE Lord and Savior - ever say one stinking word about homosexuality? NO."

The apostle Paul gave some pretty clear instruction about homosexual sin. The author gets around these by stating that Paul was a fallible mortal like all of us. His words simply do not carry the weight of Jesus or Moses.

If you were to ask me how it is that the author can claim to understand Scripture and at the same time endorse homosexual sin, I would say that he is way out of line with the scripture he claims to know. The root cause is that he does not understand what Scripture is, including that it is inspired by God and that God's word was not written by human men, but their pen was guided by God Almighty.

How important is it to understand the meaning of Scripture? Without that, this man is able to dismiss much of the OT testament as only applying to that time in history. Then he is able to dismiss the writings of Paul, because he was a fallible mortal like us. Paul knew his failings, but limitations only kept him dependent on the Lord as he lived to obey. The Bible is a whole, one unit - we cannot pick and choose.

So even if my debating skills are week, at least it seems that I can analyze an article and spot huge sections of the foundation missing.

God Bless You,
Dennis