reelaroundthesun: Another question- I'll admit that homosexuality is advised against in the Bible, but it's in the book of Leviticus, along with other Jewish laws that we no longer follow (eg Kosher, regulations surrounding hair cutting, menstruation, childbirth, etc.) Out of the 600-odd mitzvoth contained in the Pentateuch, why is the one forbidding homosexual acts the ONLY one that the Catholic Church still follows?
The Old Law contains two different kinds of laws: moral laws and cultural laws. Christians are not bound by the cultural laws, but are always bound by the moral laws which transcend culture because they are eternal truths. We still hold to the Ten Commandments, too—they’re moral laws.
This article does a great job of answering your question.
God bless you!
