Homosexuality today is becoming an ever growing problem in American Society. I believe that the Orthodox Church had a strong opinion about homosexuality before there was such an uproar of homosexual rights in America and changed their ideas to suit others. It says in the Bible specifically "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." Genesis 2:24-25. This verse shows that God only intended that a Man and a Woman are allowed to be both naked together and not be ashamed (only after marriage). I believe that homosexuality is a sin and wrong, we are living in a post World War II era that's main mentality is do not offend others for their faith and beliefs.
The world today has become way too lenient on anything that is considered a religion, belief or lifestyle. American society has pushed religions that had blatant oppositions of homosexuality into accommodating it into their beliefs to please both parties. After the lecture in class about homosexuality Karim and I were discussing what had happened in class and got into a heated discussion about how we did not believe what you were telling us. No one told us whether homosexuality was wrong or right, it was just known it's a sin and that anyone who decides to fall into this temptation is eternally damned to hell. Homosexuality is not a sin that can be confessed and be forgiven easily; it's a lifestyle that someone chooses to live. Homosexuality is a decision not a disease. Slowly today we are giving sins titles of diseases to accept them more and allow more gateway to sin. Homosexuality is exactly ...