Where in the Bible is lesbianism prohibited?

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As mentioned in the Catholic Catechism…
in the paragraphs addressing homosexuality

Gen 191-29; Rom 124-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10
 
nathann said:
Where in the Bible is lesbianism prohibited?
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**1 Corinthians 6:9-10 **Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

**1 Tim 1:9-11 **We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

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2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,140 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."141 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
 
Hi all!

We orthodox Jews infer the ban on lesbian acts from Leviticus 18:3
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelled, shall you not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall you not do; neither shall you walk in their statutes
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since lesbian acts were not frowned upon in either ancient Egypt or ancient Canaan.

Be well!

ssv 👋
 
I also thought it was inferred in regards to sex only within a marriage, and a marriage only between a man and a woman
 
Valke2 said:
But lesbianism would not be viewed as sex would it?
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Considering some of the various ‘devices’ they use to arouse each other into an orgasmic climax, it’s as close to the real deal as they’re gonna get. It’s not God’s definition of sex, nor is it part of the natural law, but for all intents and purposes, they certainly believe it’s real sex. They even believe it’s an expression of their love for each other.
 
Valke2 said:
But lesbianism would not be viewed as sex would it?
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Matthew 5:28
Jesus told us if we lusted after someone it was a sin; though specifically he was saying if a man looks at a woman, in that way, however this is to do with all sexual lusts outside marriage. If you have a ‘tendancy’ towards homosexuality that’s one thing, but if you act upon it, then the Bible is quite clear. It is wrong.
 
Dr. Janet Smith, author of Humanae Vitae, A Generation Later, and other books, during a TV interview, said her young nephew asked what was wrong with same-sex marriage, and she answered simply that we know it’s against the natural law of God because the parts don’t fit.
 
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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NOTE: The New American Bible (approved by the Catholic bishops) do not use the words “male prostites nor homosexual offenders” here. The translation you have cited is outdated. See the editor’s footnote: “The Greek word translated as boy prostitutes may refer to catamites, i.e., boys or young men who were kept for purposes of prostitution, a practice not uncommon in the Greco-Roman world. In Greek mythology this was the function of Ganymede, the “cupbearer of the gods,” whose Latin name was Catamitus. The term translated Sodomites refers to adult males who indulged in homosexual practices with such boys. See similar condemnations of such practices in Romans 1:26-27; 1 Tim 1:10.”

Just thought I’d point that out.

From a biblical perspective, nathann, female homosexual relations are only discussed in Romans 1:26-17 - “Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another.”

It’s interesting to point out that female homosexuality is not explicitly condemned in the Old Testament.
 
Exalt said:
It’s interesting to point out that female homosexuality is not explicitly condemned in the Old Testament.
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Wouldn’t this come under sex outside marriage? There’s nothing specific about a woman have sex with an animal, but I’m pretty sure the Jews would have read it as being covered by Leviticus 18 too
 
Montalban said:
Wouldn’t this come under sex outside marriage? There’s nothing specific about a woman have sex with an animal, but I’m pretty sure the Jews would have read it as being covered by Leviticus 18 too
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Precisely - sex before or outside marriage are both frowned upon. Since two women cannot marry, then presumably lesbianism is covered either by one or other definition.
 
Valke2 said:
Biblically, sex would be the act of procreation.
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To be blunt, Oral sex would not be sex? Can you show me where in the bible it states that only intercourse is sex? I am not asking to argue because I am honestly curious now.:o
 
LilyM said:
Precisely - sex before or outside marriage are both frowned upon. Since two women cannot marry, then presumably lesbianism is covered either by one or other definition.
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That’s why even though bestiality is never specifically condemned by Jesus, we accept that He would have done so through His speaking on other aspects of sex/sexual desires in/out of marriage.
 
deb1 said:
To be blunt, Oral sex would not be sex? Can you show me where in the bible it states that only intercourse is sex? I am not asking to argue because I am honestly curious now.:o
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I think what I may have been trying to say is that the act that is prohibition in Leviticus regarding male homsexuality is based on the attempt by two men to have sexual intercourse. The languge states that a man shall not be with a man as he would a women, or something like that. Don’t have the verse handy. But I recall reading howthis might have been a prohibiton based on the fact that: a. it was believed the man’s seed was responsible for creation and that sex between two men was an attempt to engage in creation without women; or b. that male prostitution was part of pagan temple rituals at the time and homosexual acts were then seen as a form of idolatry.
 
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