Changing Christian Moral Thought On Homosexuality

Question 1

Some Churches have sought to welcome homosexual people, the ? ? ? instructs that, “we affirm that all persons are individuals of sacred worth, created in the image of God”.

Answer 1

United Methodist Church.

Question 2

Some Christian churches maintain that the quality of the relationship’s what determines its moral value, disputing a biblical basis for Christian opposition to homosexuality, rejecting the natural law approach as unsound, drawing on the teaching in ? that all are made “in the image of ?”.

Answer 2

Genesis.

God.

Question 3

Gareth Moore argues that there’s a Christian basis for an ? attitude towards homosexuals, because Christianity’s a religion that positively seeks for the ? and outcast in society.

Answer 3

Inclusive.

Marginalised.

Question 4

B.A. Robinson notes that liberal Christians within the Methodist Church consider gay and lesbian ordination and same-sex marriage as ? ? issues, maintaining that homosexuality’s normal and natural, and isn’t changeable or freely chosen.

Answer 4

Civil rights.

Question 5

On 9th July, 2016, the General assembly of the ? ? ? of the UK empowered its ministers to conduct and register marriage’s for same-sex couples.

Answer 5

United Reformed Church.

Question 6

Scholars like Richard ?, have examined whether Acts 10-15’s relevant to the question of whether or not homosexuality should be accepted as a normal part of Christian life. Paul and Peter debate whether or not gentiles could become Christians without first becoming Jews. Christianity radically interpreted the ? ? in this debate, setting aside many aspects of Jewish law for new non-Jewish Christians.

Answer 6

Hay.

Hebrew Scriptures.

Question 7

? ? concludes that it’s appropriate to regard homosexual Christians in the same way as gentiles were regarded in the past and incorporate them fully into the Christian community.

Answer 7

Jeffrey Siker.