No it doesn't. Please read What the Bible Says.
Yes. See Biblical Affirmation.
Consensual sexual relationships are beautiful. A beautiful friendship that is sexual is still a beautiful friendship. The presence of sex in a relationship does not debase it in any way.
He won't. Sodom wasn't destroyed because of homosexuality. Sodom was destroyed because the people of Sodom were proud and uncharitable. See Sodom in What The Bible Says.
I use the NIV because it is usually clearer than the KJV. With its translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9, the NIV is one of the more anti-gay translations.
See the Scriptural Index for references to specific passages.
The quote from Tobit is used because it is a good example of "brother" and "sister" being applied to a husband and wife in ancient Hebrew literature. It was used in the same way as the quote from the Penitential attributed to John the Faster: just to illustrate a point about how a word was used.
Christadelphians do not think the books of the Apocrypha (or the Penitentials) are inspired.
No. Same-sex relationships can be about lust, but opposite-sex relationships can be too. Relationships, same-sex and opposite-sex, can and should be about love.
There is no such thing as the homosexual lifestyle. It makes as much sense to talk about the heterosexual lifestyle. Gay men and women have the same range of lifestyles as straight men and women.
Why would anyone choose to be gay? Even in a liberal city, gay men and women are subject to many different prejudices and harassments. There are probably some bisexuals who can choose to be gay or straight, but for most people sexual orientation is not a choice.
Lots of reasons. In my experience, "homosexual" is a negative word. Many people feel that "homosexual" puts too much emphasis on the sexual aspects of being gay. In my experience, "gay" is a neutral word with less emphasis on sex.
And now a question for you. This site uses phrases like "same-sex relationship" and "opposite-sex relationship" rather than "gay relationship" and "straight relationship" (or "homosexual relationship" and "heterosexual relationship"). Why do you think that is?
How can a man and a woman make a lifelong commitment to each other? One way is to make a public covenant with each other, before God, and in front of their friends and family. The relationship is often strengthened by this public covenant, and the friends and family support both parties in the relationship, through the good times and the bad. Tradition calls this sort of covenant "marriage".
A same-sex couple can make a public covenant with each other, before God, and in front of their friends and family. The relationship is often strengthened by this covenant, although all too often friends and family do not support both parties and the relationship the way they would for an opposite-sex couple. Tradition has no name for this sort of covenant, but that does not make it less important or less real to the couple involved. Many people believe that examples of this sort of covenant are found in Ruth and 1 Samuel.
See Marriage and the Purpose of God in The Meaning of Marriage.
If same-sex relationships are wrong because it is impossible to expect a "godly seed" from such a relationship, then many other relationships are wrong for the same reason. You cannot expect a relationship between an infertile man and a woman to produce children. You cannot expect a relationship between a post-menopausal woman and a man to produce children. Non-reproductive relationships are not wrong. Reproduction is not the only reason or justification to have sex.
Try to get to know Christadelphians through discussion forums, such as Truth Alive and the forums on TheChristadelphians.org. You will get hostile responses as well as friendly ones.
The only book or document that defines Christadelphian beliefs is the Bible, and the Bible is not opposed to same-sex relationships. The main Christadelphian statements of faith do not mention same-sex relationships.
Yes, someone really asked this. From another page:
This site is here to show that there are gay Christadelphians, and that there are Christadelphians who do not believe the Bible is opposed to all same-sex relationships.
This website is here to challenge the "traditional", and misguided, Christadelphian position. I'm not a speaker. This is the best way for me to do it.
This site is here to argue that the Bible is not opposed to same-sex relationships, not to become a series "tit-for-tat" arguments. I have published a review of www.gay-christadelphians-a-response.co.uk.
Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world
Matthew 25:34, NIV