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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
Now lets define what righteousness is. Is it subjective? Based on cultural norms? Can you see a righteous God killing the firstborn of all the Egyptians just because of what Pharoah did to Moses?
Sorry Trapped, more homework for you :/
I do realize that our little detour into free will and God is important to understanding whether same sex behavior is 100 percent of our own free will or choice, or if it is not. I wish God would let us know and be more clear on the matter.
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Don't have time to write a response myself, but here's one example of what was going on with Egypt and the firstborns:
https://bible.org/seriespage/q-was-g...yptians-exodus
A God who creates you without choice and then judges you is not a righteous God. This is why I have delineated between attractions (which I can grant aren't a choice) and the choice to sleep with someone. It absolutely is a choice to engage or not engage in sexual activity with another person.
If we don't have free will, then our own thinking becomes self-defeating. If our own thinking is pre-determined then we have no way of trusting our own thoughts. There has to be a creator God who designed our thinking faculties to reason and choose in order for us to even have a grounding for trusting the validity of our own conclusions.