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From: rob@denelcor.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Premarital sex.
Message-ID: <147@denelcor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 01:06:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 26 01:06:36 1983
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I have responded to Mr. Sargent's note on Christianity and homosexuality in
net.singles (for those who are interested).  He affirms that the Bible is
right, but what he thinks it says and what it really says are not entirely
consistent.  In particular, Christ's remarks on sexuality pertain almost
entirely to the subject of adultery, i.e., a married person having sex with
someone other than his/her spouse.  This does not cover extramarital sex.  Can
we see some quotes directly condemning extramarital sex?  (The sanctity of
marriage is insufficient evidence.)

He also holds up his near brush with homosexuality as living proof that
homosexuality is wrong.  Actually, all he proves is that homosexuality is
wrong for him; the whole point of Romans 1:26-27 quotes, is missed if the
people which Paul discusses are not, by their individual natures, heterosexual.
The position of homosexuals is not discussed (it is, after all, an analogy, not
a prescription for behavior), but then Mr. Sargent would have us believe that
homosexuals are only perverted heterosexuals.  My experience would indicate
that heterosexuality is wrong (for me), and is supported by implication of
Paul's use, here and elsewhere, of the phrase "against (beyond) nature".

Also, if a man and a woman become one flesh in marriage, doesn't this imply
that marital sex is an act of masturbation? :-)

				Robert Wahl