God’s View on Homosexuality

In spite of the fact, that God’s commands are considered morally right to believers in the divine command theory, homosexuality is very debatable. In the Bible, Leviticus 18:22 says, “[Men] shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

” Leviticus 20:13 says, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act” (Jeffress). God’s Word says the homosexual act is detestable; it is an abomination. In the United States today, gay marriage is legal and accepted by many individuals. However, as stated previously, the divine command theory acts upon God’s command whether something is right or wrong. In the Bible, God believes that men and men, and women and women should not be together because life is about reproduction. God’s belief is that if the same sex conjoins then we are not able to make more human beings to keep the earth expanding. The Bible also discusses how homosexuality is against God’s natural law with severe consequences. “One can be forgiven of homosexuality. One can be forgiven of any sin. But to be forgiven of sin, you must admit you have sinned” (Jeffress). The Bible prohibits homosexual behavior. The divine command theory puts an individual in a situation where God chooses what path you take. What God says goes according to the Divine Command Theory, whether it is accepting that homosexuality is wrongful and/or sinful.

Conclusion

Now, right away an individual can object to Divine Command Theory on the grounds that good and evil become unpredictable to the notion of God. If good and evil are simply constructed on the notion of God, then morality is solely a will to power. Many believe that since our God is more powerful than any human being on this planet, morality is shortly based on his way or the highway. God holds all power even if it is secular. Simply to say, there is nothing above God, bad and good things are determined by God’s wish. However, if there is nothing to stopping God of deciding what to command, then why is he not preventing cruel acts such as murder. Many advocates for the DCT believe that God is not commanding evil because he is a loving God and an all-loving god. They believe that God does not command evil because evil is not moral. Now, one may ask themselves how does one know what God’s command is? I believe that the Divine Command theory is NOT philosophically valid because human beings have a natural institution that tells us what is right and wrong and that God is not the one telling us what is right and wrong. There is simply no need for God to tell us what is moral and immoral because we humans have the capability to have the knowledge to tell us the right ways. I believe that God does not create moral laws. He may influence some decisions we make but it is directly up to the human to decide what is right and wrong for themselves. All human beings need in life, is an understanding of our own moral laws and a conscience in order to guide us through our everyday life that comes with decisions that we need to decide on our own.

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