New Testament vs. Old Testament

[Flaherty]

Matthew 5:18-19 says the OT rules still apply:

"Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven."

On the other hand, there are plenty of contradictory verses on this matter: Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Contradictions

 

[Jesse]

Paraphrasing: God told Solomon that he would grant him whatever he wished. Solomon asked for Wisdom. God was pleased. Eventually, Solomon became a hedonist and had many wives.

 

[ShottleBop]

There are many references to Jesus Christ in the OT beginning in Genesis.

This would be better stated, "Christians see many references to Jesus Christ in the OT beginning in Genesis." Jews do not interpret the purported references in the same way that Christians do.

Orthodox Jews interpret the passages in the OT that relate to homosexuality fairly literally. More liberal Jews view the references to homosexuality as part of the "Holiness Code"--a set of rules intended primarily to set Jews apart from their neighbors (homosexuality is described as an "abomination", but so is eating shrimp); they are more likely to say that such restrictions have no application today:

Rabbi Janet Marder put the matter most succinctly to my mind in the October 1985 issues of the Reconstructionist[:] "reverence for tradition is no virtue when it promotes injustice and human suffering." In 1984 the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) began the unconditional ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis and The Academy for Jewish Religion did so shortly thereafter.

Rabbi Bradley Artson several years ago wrote a paper (submitted to the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism) asserting that the "homosexuality" condemned in the OT was not a consensual, loving union, but a coercive act. Certain branches of Judaism now ordain openly gay and lesbian rabbis, and perform commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples:

. . . from the article by Rabbi Artson: "There is not a single case in the Tanakh which deals with homosexual acts in the context of homosexual love. Every case treats homosexuals who engage in homosexual acts as an expression of idolatry, of power (such as rape), or, presumably for fun....The Torah was not speaking about the constitutional homosexual because it had no awareness of the possibility of such a person...The Torah did not prohibit what it did not know."

These excerpts are from here

 

[stamenflicker]

Paul saying God (and Jesus by extension) wants to see all sinners burn - including sexual sinners.

Paul makes some very bold statements for sure, but not so bold as your summary. You've added the verb "wants" which extends your summary beyond the intention of the letters to what a court of law would deem liable.

Flick

 

[BobM]

In other words, would Jesus call homosexuality a sin?

Without question.

This is the guy who said "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, and even his own life--he cannot be My disciple."

Anything you do that doesn't advance the kingdom of God is a sin.