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* An abomination defines an action that is vicious or vile to god. In that homosexual sex is a sin in Christianity, it could be defined this way. However, God hates all sins equally so it is equally correct to say that gambling, lying, and saying god's name in vain are abominations if you use a religious definition. * If you use a non-religious definition, then this becomes a subjective question that different people will answer differently based on whether or not they believe homosexuality is vicious or vile. * Not in the way in which we use the word in modern usage. * The term abomination in modern usage is different than the way in which it was used 6000 years ago, or even 600 years ago for that matter! In the Hebrew Scriptures an abomination was something that defied a health code. A large portion of the Hebrew Scriptures were based on health codes. So certain codes of hygiene were developed and were seen as very important to follow to the exact degree. If broken, it was actually seen as a betrayal of your community, even immoral! Homosexuality, because of lack of knowledge and understanding was categorized as unclean and thus a break of one of the health codes, thus an abomination. However, eating shell fish, wearing fabric made of two different types of material, or eating meat and dairy in the same sitting were also considered "abominations". Most of these codes are not followed today because we recognize that they are simply health codes that existed for a specific community for a specific time. * ACTUALLY the above statement is not true about the Hebrews- although hygiene is very important to Jews, Homosexuality is forbidden in the bible not because it is 'unclean' but because it states so in passages, i.e., the 2 angels who came to Lot in Sodom were threatened by a mob (Gen 19:4-11) they called on Lot to bring out the men "that we may know them" know meaning have sexual relations....this was seen as sinful and the city was punished for it-

* There are many other references in the Old Testament, New Testament, and by various religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam etc..) against homosexulaity, But at the end of the day many people use the bible to define their homophobia or prejudice against homosexual people while still transgressing many other commandments from their holy scriptures, which is hypocritical.

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