What first struck me was how many "see also"s there were for this topic. 13! And I guess it would be noteworthy to say that five of those are directly about sexual sin. Since this is a place where I can just shoot off my own ideas and impressions, I guess I'll do that.
I came up with an analogy when I was in high school that represents my views on sin. When we sin, it is like we are making a mark on a chalk board. When we repent, it means we are letting Christ come in and wash the chalk board clean. The thing is, is that the person isn't evil, the piece of chalk is - you don't hate the person, you love the person, but you can still hate the piece of chalk. Separating the sinner from the sin isn't easy, and it isn't suppose to be easy. After all, if salvation was easy to get, would it really be something we would want?
Another thing really fast, as far as homosexuality goes and people trying to use the Bible to say it is ok - what is there argument for Leviticus 20:13?
I guess what also hit me as cool, was there were a lot of verse from Ezekiel, and then in D&C 29:21 it says:
21 And the great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall be cast down by devouring fire, according as it is spoken by the mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not come to pass but surely must, as I live, for abominations shall not reign.
So I thought that was cool how scriptures reference each other. Kind of like the Book of Mormon I was reading the end part, and Moroni (or was it Mormon) goes off about Abinadi and how what he said was really important - all the way back in Mosiah! Kind of makes you think, if something was important enough to be referenced somewhere else in the scriptures, maybe it should be thought about. The only problem is that Moroni also said to study Isaiah... ug. Well, I guess it is never too late to pray for inspiration!
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