Free Will and Homosexuality (14 January, 2015, 23 Tevet, 5775)
Contents:
1. The Upcoming Israeli Elections and Homosexuality
2. The Torah is Against Homosexuality
3. There is no Real Freewill!
4. Trading One freedom for Another
5. Some Biblical Verses (ESV).
6. Muslims Kill Homosexuals!
7. Homosexuals and Nazis
8. What can be Done?
9. Israelite Nations Must Repent!
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1. The Upcoming Israeli Elections and Homosexuality
In Israel, as most of you know, the elections are drawing closer. Different political parties are presenting their attitudes on a variety of subjects.
See:
Israeli legislative election, 2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2015
One of these is recognizing Marriages between partners of the Same Sex.
All of the non-religious parties are either in favor of these marriages or in a de facto sense prepared to grant them recognition in legal and other matters.
Same-sex marriage in Israel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Israel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
# According to a poll conducted in August 2009, 61% of Israelis supported equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, with 31% opposed.[3] Furthermore, 60% supported joint adoption by same-sex couples, with 34% opposed.[3]
Politically and Religiously , the Orthodox parties are against same sex marriages. Concerning The moderate Jewish Home party most of its vcandidates are also agaisnt BUT a de facto degree of recognition with accompanying rights and privileges (as presently exists) is sanctioned by its leadership.
Notwithstanding the nonavailability of same-sex marriage (or civil marriage, for that matter) in Israel, unmarried same-sex and heterosexual couples in Israel have equal access to nearly all of the rights of marriage in the form of unregistered cohabitation status, akin to common-law marriage. In 2013, the Yesh Atid party, a member of the governing coalition, introduced a bill that would provide for civil marriage for both heterosexual and same-sex couples. [2]
Foreign same-sex marriages[edit]
On November 21, 2006 the High Court of Justice ruled that the Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration must record same-sex marriages performed abroad. The case was filed by five male Israeli couples married in Canada. The ruling specifies that a record made by the Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration is a statistical record which does not constitute official recognition of same-sex marriage by the state.[1]
Moshe Gafni, a Haredi MK, said that he would consider presenting a bill to the Knesset to attempt to overturn the court ruling. No such bill has been presented.
In December of 2012, a Ramat Gan Family court granted a same-sex married couple a legal divorce.[17] This was a first decision of its kind, setting a non-binding precedent.
Same-sex couples in Israel enjoy most of the rights of married couples, as do unmarried heterosexual couples. #
Politically and religiously, the Reform Movement is in favor of homosexuals.
Concerning The National Religious Jewish Home party most its candidates are against such unions BUT its leadership has declared a willingness to countenance them in a de facto sense.
The more Orthodox parties are against.
The Bible is also against it.
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2. The Torah is Against Homosexuality
Leviticus18:
22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is detestable."
Leviticus 20:
13 And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed a detestable act: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 23:
17 None of the daughters of Israel shall be a kedeshah, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a kadesh.
"Kadesh" has been interpreted as meaning a homosexual temple prostitute but literally it means ANYONE dedicated to sexual vice.
It is also a prohibition against female promiscuity.
Leviticus 18:
3 Do not follow the ways of Egypt where you once lived, nor of Canaan, where I will be bringing you. Do not follow any of their customs.
The Talmud and Rabbis said that this verse entailed a prohibition against Lesbianism, Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Isuri Biah 21:8-9).
The Sages said that homosexuality is forbidden to ALL mankind, cf.
"'Ula said: Non-Jews [litt. Bnei Noach, the progeny of Noah] accepted upon themselves thirty mitzvot [divinely ordered laws] but they only abide by three of them: the first one is that they do not write marriage documents for male couples, the second one is that they don't sell dead [human] meat by the pound in stores and the third one is that they respect the Torah.'" [ Talmud, Chulin 92b]
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3. There is no Real Freewill!
Advocates of allowing homosexuality and homosexual marriage usually cite the right of freewill, of allowing people to do what they wish.
Nevertheless free will in other matters is not generally accepted.
It is usually agreed that a man cannot have sex with his mother or daughter etc or brothers and sisters with each other, or adults with little children, etc.
Even in these cases however there are those who disagree. Incest is allowed in parts of Scandinavia as is bestiality. Nearly ALL (sic!) homosexuals lust after little children and between themselves ADVOCATE IT!
Nevertheless, most normal people still agree that some limitations must be ACCEPTED!
There must be some limit as to what can be done.
Not everything that in theory we might desire were it to be allowed us should we be granted. This is common sense. It is also as we would wish it to be were we to consider our own ultimate good and that of those around us and in our society and nation. Prohibitions are for our good!
No-one is immune. We are all the same under the skin.
We know that something would be bad for us and for our children were it to be allowed. If something is allowed and advocated the chances it shall be indulged in at some stage are statistically greater. Therefore we want boundaries to be set.
Rape is usually, at least formally on paper, forbidden and so is institutional coercion such as that between a teacher and pupil, etc.
Forms of acquiescence due to lack of information, wrong knowledge, or brain washing should also be considered on a par with rape.
If the above postulates are accepted the question then becomes as to whether homosexuality is beneficial or not.
Homosexuality statistically is bad. Homos live less long, suffer from more disease, are weaker in body and spirit, have more psychiatric problems, are worse morally than heterosexuals,
and bring destruction on themselves and others.
Homosexuality is also condemned by GOD ALMIGHTY!
It is bad.
It should be prohibited and anything that leads to it should be avoided.
This does not mean that someone who has fallen into this perversion is beyond redemption, on the contrary.
Nevertheless, redemption and atonement is needed. Sin must be recognized and avoided.
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4. Trading One freedom for Another
Rape is coercion. It is taking away the freedom of one party in order to indulge the freedom of another.
So too regarding incest and sex with children.
There is a correlation between pornography and these offences.
The freedom of expression entailed in pornography therefore exists at the expense of the freedom of those who are vulnerable not to be exploited.
In effect, this is OPPRESSION. Oppression of the weak and vulnerable is strongly condemned by the Bible.
By tolerating oppression in our society we too are culpable.
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5. Some Biblical Verses (ESV):
Zechariah 7:
10 Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
Psalm 119:
134 Redeem me from man's oppression, that I may keep your precepts.
Proverbs 25:
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Isaiah 30:
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, 'Because you despise this word and trust in oppression and perverseness and rely on them,
Isaiah 54:
14 In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Psalm 94:
20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
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6. Muslims Kill Homosexuals!
In Muslim countries homosexuals are put to death.
On the other hand,
Quite a few muslims are hoimosexuals and sexual perverts. Some aspects of Muslim thought may en encourage homosexual tendencies.
According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
# Whatever the legal strictures on sexual activity, the positive expression of male homeoerotic sentiment in literature was accepted, and assiduously cultivated, from the late eighth century until modern times. First in Arabic, but later also in Persian, Turkish and Urdu, love poetry by men about boys more than competed with that about women, it overwhelmed it. Anecdotal literature reinforces this impression of general societal acceptance of the public celebration of male-male love (which hostile Western caricatures of Islamic societies in medieval and early modern times simply exaggerate). #
[ Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, MacMillan Reference USA, 2004, p.316]
The Castration of boys in Pakistan and other Muslim areas is also for homosoexual purposes. In some Muslim areas many of the young men are afflcited with a physical weakness attributed to homosexual abuse.
A Muslim who makes it to heaven gets 72 Houris (virgins) and 28 young pre-pubescent boys.
72 Virgins and Boys
http://www.albatrus.org/english/religions/islam/72virgins_and_boys.htm
Despite the above, known homosexuals in Islamic states are liable to be executed.
LGBT in Islam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_in_Islam
Today in most of the Islamic world homosexuality is not socially or legally accepted. In some of these countries, Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, homosexual activity carries the death penalty.[3][4][5][6] In others, such as Somalia, it is illegal.[7]
Paradoxically homosexuals and left-wing advocates of homosexuality also often serve in the west as champions of Islam.
Look at Obama.
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7. Homosexuals and Nazis
It is also worth noting that while the Nazis condemned homosexuals and sent some homosexuals (usually priests) to concentration camps homosexuality helped give rise to Naziism.
The Pink Swastika
http://gaynazis.com/
Hitler 'had been a male prostitute in Vienna and Munich' (Igra:67).
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8. What can be Done?
On the individual level one may say that nothing much can be done about the above situation.
We can however help for the better.
First of all know what God through the Bible wants of us.
Live a life as good as possible ourselves.
This is a beginning and it could go a long way.
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9. Israelite Nations Must Repent!
Judah and the State of Israel along with Israelite Nations need to repent on all matters.
By Israelite nations we mean those in which descendants of the Ten Tribes have historically been prominent and amongst whom they are still influential.
We have an obligation not only to ourselves but to the rest of mankind who look up to us and will follow our example.
See Also:
Homosexuals are the Enemy. Why Homosexuality Should NOT be Tolerated!
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/homoenemy.html
Abhor Abomination. Homosexuality is FORBIDDEN by the Bible
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/abhore.html
Homosexuality Kills! Homosexuals are More Dangerous than Murderers.
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/homos.html
Homophobia. Dislike of Homosexuals is not a Crime but a Necessity!
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/homophobia.html