{"id":2975,"date":"2005-07-26T00:21:32","date_gmt":"2005-07-26T00:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T19:12:44","slug":"where-does-the-bible-say-homosexuality-is-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-say-homosexuality-is-a-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does the Bible say homosexuality is a sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I saw your email in a Christian site which was also on homosexuality, I decided to write. I wondered if you believe it is a sin as I can&#8217;t find any passages on gay love to show that it&#8217;s a sin anywhere.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>A previous question, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-kinds-of-homosexuality-does-the-bible-mention\/\">What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention?<\/a>&#8221; is closely related to your question. If you have further questions after reading the answer, please write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I saw your email in a Christian site which was also on homosexuality, I decided to write. I wondered if you believe it is a sin as I can&#8217;t find any passages on gay love to show that it&#8217;s a sin anywhere. Answer: A previous question, &#8220;What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention?&#8221;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-2975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-homosexuality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7781,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-talk-about-homosexuality\/","url_meta":{"origin":2975,"position":0},"title":"Where does the Bible talk about homosexuality?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I saw your email on a Christian site that talked about homosexuality issues and so I wonder what your thoughts are on same-sex romantic love, if you think this is a sin, and where are we told this in the Bible? 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