Serious science.Dear editor, Several recent letters favouring gay marriages mention "serious science" mad the opinions of Jesus (more accurately the lack thereof) from the gospels. Jesus didn't need to speak explicitly about homosexuality in first century Israel. He upheld the Levitical laws related to sexuality. Speaking against fornication Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Under the Common Law, the crime of fornication consisted of unlawful sexual intercourse between an unmarried woman and a man, regardless of his marital status. and adultery adultery Sexual relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse. Prohibitions against adultery are found in virtually every society; Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions all condemn it, and in some Islamic countries it is still punishable by Jesus implicitly condemns all sexual interactions outside heterosexual marriage, which was the only 'blessed' state authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: and promoted in the Old Testament scriptures. Our scientific and scriptural scrip·tur·al adj. 1. Of or relating to writing; written. 2. often Scriptural Of, relating to, based on, or contained in the Scriptures. experts also suggest that in loving homosexuals (as we should) that we should not judge their sexual preferences. They quote Jesus: "let the one without sin throw the first stone," forgetting that he also told the adulterous person to "go and sin no more." If the Anglican church survives the current controversy intact, and accepts sexual immorality Noun 1. sexual immorality - the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions; "sexual immorality is the major reason for last year's record number of abortions" evil, wickedness, immorality, iniquity - morally objectionable behavior among leaders and members, it will do so void of God's approval, making itself irrelevant in any spiritual sense. Thomas Ransom Knowlton, Que. |
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