Reo, I think I understand what you are saying, but the way you are saying it implies some things that are not correct.
As I think you are suggesting, all sin is abhorrent in God's eyes, whether we from our limited and flawed wordly perspective mistakenly classify them as "big sins" or "little sins." All sin produces one result: death. (Rom 6:23) Take a look at some lists of things that are sinful, according to the Bible:
Gal 5:19-21: "19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." Yeah, okay. Murder? I get that. Adultery? Makes sense. But drunkenness? Fornication? Yeah, those are thrown in the mix as well.
How about another list? Rom 1:28-32: "28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them." Whoa! Wait? Disobedience to parents is lumped in there with murder? Yup.
TOX asked a simple question at the beginning of the thread: what is the Biblical stance on homosexuality? The answer, as has been mentioned, is that practicing homosexuality is sin, just like practicing any other practice forbidden by God is sin. That answer is simple.
It's interesting though to me that these threads always go off on tangents of moral outrage, usually about people singling out this particular sin, or about treating it as somehow worse than others. As many in the thread have pointed out, in one sense, sin is sin. Notice the other things that are in these lists (and homosexuality, as has been discussed in past threads, is explicitly covered in Romans 1 just before the other stuff I quoted, as well as in other places). They are all sin.
As I think Reo was trying to say next, there's "the other side of the story." I go back to one of my favorite Bible passages, which I alluded to a couple of paragraphs ago, Romans 6:23, which says that "the wages of sin is death." Now for the second half of the verse: "but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus." Yes, God's grace can cover any sin--if we are in Christ and repent of it. I don't think Reo was trying to imply that one can continue practicing sin and expect grace to cover it, but I mention it because there were some things in the post that implied it. The Bible is also clear that we canNOT continue sinning and expect God's grace to cover our sin. (e.g. Rom 2:2; Rom 6:1-14; 1 John 2:3-5; James 2; etc.)
Anyhow, hopefully that was somewhat helpful and not simply more confusing.
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