By Tin-chee Lo (盧天賜)
為什麼同性戀是罪？可否簡述？上帝給人類一個文化使命，就是：生養眾多遍滿全地。男女的結合使產生後代 「成為可能」。但同性戀的結合，「絕對不能」產生後代。所以同性戀必定不是上帝設計的目的。因此同性戀行為絕對是違反上帝的旨意。既是違反上帝的旨意，它必是罪。「性快感」是上帝的恩典，催促人類完成文化使命的方式。同性戀者單追求「性快感」而「藐視」上帝的旨意，可說是罪加一等。因為他們不但不「尊重」上帝的旨意，更「濫用」上帝的恩典。律法可能有時代性或文化性，染色體也可能有錯誤的可能性，但本文不用訴諸於律法或生物學來回答此問題。
如果你還否定「同性戀是罪」，其實你就是否定了下列數點中任何一點：
- 上帝的存在。
- 上帝是一個有意志的上帝。
- 違反上帝的旨意就是罪。
這三點與同性戀的問題沒有直接的關係。「同性戀是罪」的結論、是從肯定這三點引伸出來的。
Why is homosexuality a sin? Can you give a brief description?
God has given human beings a “Cultural Mission, which is “to multiply and populate the earth.” The union of a man and a woman makes it possible to produce offspring. But homosexual unions “absolutely cannot” produce offspring. So homosexuality must not be the purpose of God’s design. Therefore, homosexual behavior is absolutely against the will of God. Since it is against the will of God, it must be a sin. “Sexual pleasure” is the grace of God, a way to urge human beings to fulfill their cultural mission. Homosexuals who pursue only “sexual pleasure” but “defy” God’s purpose can be said of doubling their sinfulness because they not only “disrespect” God’s will, but also “abuse” God’s grace. Laws may be epochal or cultural, and chromosomes may mutate wrongly, but the above reasoning does not appeal to law or biology in answering the underlining question.
If you still deny that “homosexuality is a sin”, you are actually denying any of the following points:
- God exists.
- God has a will.
- To disobey God’s will is sin.
These three points are not directly related to the issue of homosexuality. The conclusion that “homosexuality is sin” is a logical outworking from affirming these three points.
