Yes I remember Jesus' exact words: "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Matt 5:28. That is entirely consistent with what I previously said: big difference between attraction/admiration and sexual fantasies.
Marriage is absolutely a partnership. But as is the case in most partnerships, the partners have different roles. I am a partner in my business, but my partners and I have different roles when it comes to running the business. We also have a managing partner (who is very good).
What's the deal and who are Jolie and Hersh?
OK, so what if, it was a sin to eat chocolate? What if your only alternatives were never to each chocolate and be misrable and lonely all your life or the other choice was to eat vanilla which makes your skin crawl and would make you misirable?
You see that's why I believe those passages were not the word of GOD, but instead the word of the society or a particular societies point of view in the time they were written.
What's harmed when 2 people of the same sex have a relationship? Only the exclusive idea that all relationships whould be man and woman.
GOD created those with a tendency toward homosexual and bisexual sexualities. If they were truely a sin then GOd must be a sadistic GOD who loves to torture people.
Marriage is absolutely a partnership. But as is the case in most partnerships, the partners have different roles. I am a partner in my business, but my partners and I have different roles when it comes to running the business. We also have a managing partner (who is very good).
I went through a seminar a few months ago called "The Quest for Authentic Manhood." Powerful. Talked a lot about the very different roles of husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. One of the mistakes people make when talking about, or even trying to follow the Biblical model is making women second class citizens. I disagree with that approach.
The point you are making here is loud and clear and i agree with most of what you say. The problem here is the passages in the BIBLE don;t put Women on a equal basis as men. That to me means the BIBLE cannot be the word of GOD, but again instead the word of men who lived in a society where women were second class citizens.
BTW: Happy Thanks Giving to you and your family