Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: zds-ux!bjstaff@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sexual sin Message-ID: Date: 18 Jul 90 08:53:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Greetings: In an earlier article, I wrote: >Is ongoing, heterosexual, premarital sex (fornication) any less sinful than >ongoing, homosexual sex? Is ongoing, heterosexual, extramarital sex (adultery) >any less sinful than ongoing, homosexual sex? I understand that at one time >each of these activities was considered evidence of a spiritual problem. Are >things really any different today? Apparently several people thought I was intending to compare the relative sinfulness of sins. That wasn't my intention at all. Discussions about homosexuality can very quickly become "queer" bashing. I hoped to point out that sins many of *us* have committed are just as "bad". I am a straight male, and I have committed one of those sins in a "previous" life. I hoped (and still hope) that that realization will lead to a more reasoned approach to the topic, whichever conclusion we may reach. I would like to believe that all sins are equally sinful, but I wonder. An extramarital sex act might actually be more sinful than a premarital or homosexual sex act, because there are one or two completely innocent parties, the spouse or spouses. In any event, I can affirm the statement that "the wages of sin is death". Brad Staff ...uunet!zds-ux!bjstaff