Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

Further Musings:

Homophobia is a billion dollar business for Corporate Christianity. Isn’t it?

Sodom and Gomorrah. Two cities completely filled with Gay men, young and old. Cities who recently had gone to war, who Abraham had rescued, who Lot went back to live among, who tried to rape two angels that they mistook for men … I guess.

What was Easter day like for you as a child?

Answer to: Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

There were Male Shrine Prostitutes in the OT book of Kings, that practice was old in Paul’s time. Many dismiss the idea based what seem to be personal or sociological reasons, not archaeological ones.

(What do you think he would write a line or two about?)

How do the police verify the authenticity of an online profile? What methods do they use to determine if a profile is real or fake?

Many believe Paul is writing about what he sees, temples that have male and female prostitutes engaged in ritual activities.

I am not a Jewish man. I’m am not under any part of the Law for my righteousness. To place myself under the Law for my righteous standing with God would be to put myself under the curse of the Law listed in Dt 28.

Since Paul is who most homophobes run to in order to support their case, I went to him first, there really isn’t much left.

Do empaths fall easier for abusive people?

Inhospitable, loathsome, yet leave it to homophobia to twist it and miss it (the verse they use in Jude fails the test because of this).

The truth is, the Old Testament and New Testaments say next to nothing and sexual orientation is a relatively new concept.

Mt 19 is about Divorce. Jesus’ reference to Celibacy is that it is a gift from God and that not everyone can receive it.

Do you think it is likely that Maegor was presented a young dragon at some point, almost to the point of full-bonding, only to scorn it for Balerion in the end? If so, which one could it have been?

Men interpret Scriptures certain ways, but Jesus said we make void the Word by our tradition. Groupthink is tradition.

These were common in that culture in Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, and Crete, all places Paul went. They existed centuries after Paul.

In Romans chapter 1, verses 26–27 are cherry-picked out of the context which starts in verse 18. The context is Idolatry.

Isn't it a turn on to have sex with a girl in a skirt or in a tight spandex?

(So please, before you enforce celibacy on another, castrate yourself … or leave other people alone?)

Where?

What? It’s okay for David to be both a man after God’s own heart and a Bloody Bipolar Adulterer who even desecrated what was holy, as long as he wasn’t Bisexual, right? Lol

Why do gun lovers think their right to own a weapon supercedes everyone else's right to be safe and not be shot?

If anything, Paul was writing about male prostitutes, not LGBT.

Why can’t some Christians?

Today we have Divorce courts, protections, child custody, child and spousal support.

What thing happened to you as a child that you haven’t let go of to this day?

Those women were shunned, shamed, casted out and abandoned. The man had all the power and Jesus dared to challenge that. Even His disciples were astounded.

Scholars and translators know this. The Greek translation of Arsenokoitace is uncertain. The word was coined by Paul (probably) or a contemporary of his. Any person who says they know exactly what Paul meant is lying (seriously).

If you embrace the fact that David “embraced” Jonathan and God was cool with it, you find that your concepts about what God “hates” get thrown out.

What are some things that normal people do that religious people call sins?

Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?

Him and I are good and that’s all I need.

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

The Labour Party wants to put the Winter fuel allowance and the £800,000 of gifts received by ministers behind us. Is this a real option for the people who will suffer as our new masters unapologeticly feast on freebies?

No one knows.

Does He?

Didn’t they read Galatians? Romans? James and his “Law of Liberty.” The entire New Testament? You can even find Grace in the Old Testament, some of the Rabbis have.

Why would Joseph Smith say that polygamy was God's law?

Christ bringing up Genesis is not Him being exclusionary, it is Him reminding these lecherous men that their wives are bound to their hearts.

Try to break free from the shackles of it and you will find yourself outside the fold Pastor.

No. Rape is violence, not sex. The story is about kidnapping into slavery and the abuse of strangers.

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Last, Leviticus. Two almost identical verses. One sex act (If translated correctly. The Hebrew words are sparse. People debate everything).

Right?