Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

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

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

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).

How do I convince flat earthers that the earth is round?

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

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

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.

Do "flat-earthers" attempt to sail around the world to prove their theory? Would this support their belief in a flat Earth?

Where?

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).

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.

How do I study with focus and concentration and avoid distractions and procrastination?

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

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

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

How do you view men and women who cheat?

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

Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?

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

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Further Musings:

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

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.

Do you think that drug addiction is a symptom of larger societal ills? What is it about our culture that leaves so many feeling like they're inadequate, trying any ill to find a cure?

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

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

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

My boyfriend wants to break up over too many petty arguments. To me, they are molehills because I truly love him & don't really think twice about them. If he loved me would he work through it?

No one knows.

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

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.

How do you have intercourse with a girl who can remember you for a long time?

Does He?

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

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.

Has anyone ever had sex with their cousin? How did it start, and would you do it again?

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

Why can’t some Christians?

Right?

Why do women need to wear bras, in spite of the fact that the breasts are an integral part of the body?

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

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.

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

Why should we share our wife with others?

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

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.