It’s a catch 22. I embrace a theological stance that evangelicals have held for millennia, but it’s increasingly unacceptable culturally to believe it: I believe homosexuality is a sin.
I hesitate at addressing one particular sin at the risk of elevating it as worse than another. All sins are damning. Yes, homosexuality is a sin. So is gluttony, heterosexual extramarital sex, gossip, etc.
Here’s the odd thing, though if you’re not a Christian, I’m not asking you to hold this view. For the sake of your soul, God’s glory and my love for you, I wish you were a Christian, but if you’re not one, I don’t expect you to live by the same moral compass as mine. I wish you were a Christian, but if you’re not, then eat, drink and be merry. Smoke, drink, cuss, chew and always hang with those who do. The Bible even teaches that you will find pleasure in your sin for a season.
My hope is that you would realize you need something more than the pleasures of this world. To quote Jim Carey, “I wish everyone could get rich and famous and have everything they ever dreamed of so they would know that’s not the answer.” I hope you will receive Jesus.
If you’re a Christian and you believe homosexuality is copacetic, then your hermeneutics are poor. You’re allowing culture to drive your theology instead of the Bible.