It seems to me that you are so interested in this topic and in arguing successfully for your point of view that your interest is not just that of a loving Christian who wants to correct errors of thinking and biblical interpretation on the part of other Christians – though it may well be that. Instead, I believe you have a very personal interest in being “right” about this subject in particular. That is to say, I believe you are wrestling with same-sex attraction and have been for quite some time; and that you are in a religious and cultural situation in which being gay is simply not allowed, and one who is gay in your circumstances would be shunned, condemned, sent for ex-gay therapy, and possibly even abused physically. So, in order to avoid the very real and devastating consequences of coming to terms with your homosexuality as a natural part of God’s good creation and as something that can be – and is – lived out in loving and responsible ways by millions of gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Christians, you choose to side with your potential oppressors and abusers by justifying your hatred of the sexual orientation that you experience within yourself, and you do so in the strongest way possible: that is, you enlist God’s Word to uphold you and consider yourself loving and godly, because you are rejecting what you see as “the sin within you” for the sake of being faithful to God and the Gospel, thereby seeking to remain secure in the knowledge that, however painful it may be to deny this part of yourself in this life, the reward you receive in heaven with Christ will more than make up for it.