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combat_medic said:The majority of the passage in the Bible declaring homosexuality as a sin are part of the old law that Christ struck down. The same chapter in Leviticus that says homosexuality is an abomination says the same thing about sleeping with a woman on her period, wearing clothing made of different fibres, marrying a non-virgin, and planting different crops in the same field... and yet these passages are blatantly ignored.
Furthermore, the Bible is rife with contradictions, so no denomination can claim to be following it to the letter, or they'd be running around in circles. (here's a good start on biblical inconsistencies: http://www.geocities.com/closetatheist/dminconsistencies.htm ). Assuming you believe that the Bible is dibinely inspired, the billions of hands the texts have gone through, and the hundreds of different translations from a handful of languages into virtually every language in existance, obviously there has been errors along the way. Even if you believe that God himself was speaking to the writers of the biblical texts, you have to account for human error. No one denomination could possibly have it right, as it's all subject to interpretation.
Futhermore, each person is different. Kind of like a Rorschach Inkblot Tests - different people will see different things in the exact same image, just as people's experiences, personality, education, and upringing will influence their reading of the exact same book. The same book tells you "an eye for an eye" and "turn the other cheek". You have to decide for yourself which one to follow.
Jesus did not come to strike down the old law but to fulfill it, the salvation of mankind. And being a Jew he observed the Jewish customs and laws of his day, he did teach in the temple after all. So to say that he ignores the law would be incorrect. Jesus was angered at the distortion of the law by the Pharisees and Sadducee's who burdened people with the legalities of the law to such an extent that it deviated from the worship of God. Having said, that there are passages in the New Testament that refer to homosexual behaviour pulse read the 1st Chapter of Romans. Secondly if you have any inconsistencies about the bible plse list them. I would be glad to put them in context for you.