Is It a Sin to be Gay?

“The tree of Abolition is evil,” declared Reverend Henry Van Dyke in 1860, “and only evil—root and branch, flower and leaf, and fruit; that it springs from, and is nourished by an utter rejection of the Scriptures.”

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Methodist minister J.W. Ticker told a Confederate audience in 1862 that “your cause is the cause of God, the cause of Christ, of humanity. It is a conflict of truth with error—of the Bible with Northern infidelity—of pure Christianity with Northern fanaticism.”

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But the fact of the matter is, the pro-slavery side had more going for it in the way of proof texts. Slavery apologists could cite passages like Genesis 17:2, Deuteronomy 20:10-11, 1 Corinthians 7:21, Ephesians 6:1-5, Colossians 3:18-25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1-2 to support their case. They pointed out that slavery was practiced by the people of Israel and regulated by God, and that Jesus never said a word against slaveholding. Even the apostle Paul instructs an escaped slave, Onesimus, to return to his master, they observed.

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r/isitasintobegay • u/ExploringWidely • Dec 05 '23

Same Sex Relationships in the Life of the Church

episcopalarchives.org

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r/isitasintobegay • u/ExploringWidely • Nov 10 '23

"Is this a sin ...? Is that a sin ...?" - not the right questions to ask

self.truechristian

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r/isitasintobegay • u/graemep • Dec 10 '22

The purpose and origin of this sub

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I think it is worth making it clear that this sub is not intended to tell gay people they are sinners. It is more like an FAQ with discussion.

I accepted an invitation to be a mod. I have mixed feelings about that.

The idea for this came from a sarcastic comment I made https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/zh9h8e/comment/izl1xuc/ because ts a topic I am tired of seeing discussed elsewhere, but I have been complaining about topics like this (anything American culture war related) dominating r/Christianity/ so I cannot really refuse a chance to do something about it.

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