Sexual sin is categorically worse than non-sexual sins according to 1 Corinthians 6, and comparing homosexuality to gluttony as though they are equivalent misuses the 'all sin is the same' argument.
Mike addresses a common rhetorical move in contemporary Christian discourse where sexual ethics are deflected by invoking other common sins.
1 Corinthians 6 establishes that sexual sin is in a distinct category because it sins against the body itself, unlike other sins committed externally. The two-becoming-one reality of sexual union (Genesis 2) makes sexual sin outside marriage proportionally more destructive. Mike notes that the rhetorical comparison of homosexual sin to gluttony is often deployed to minimize the former, but it fails biblically: the Bible does not treat them as equivalent. Mike acknowledges that gluttony and overindulgence should be addressed, but denies that addressing them means treating all sexual sin as equivalent to overeating.
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