re: The bible doesn't forbid homosexuality - the left

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It’s not hard to translate commandments. “Do not do this.”

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I must have missed the don't be gay commandment. The person in OP has a point. I'm not saying they are right or wrong. It's impossible to do so unless you could ask the original author.

Sorry for trying to examine it objectively.

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do believe she is right about Jesus never speaking out against homosexuality, though.

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Not directly. Two Gospels recount Jesus stating, "The Father made them man and woman." (Or male and female in some translations).

Jesus was speaking about marriage. By authoritatively declaring that God made us man and woman for His purposes, Jesus is stating clearly that marriage is one man, one woman, and nothing else.

Paul's letters also declared that homosexual acts are an abomination, supporting what was told to us in the Old Testament.

The issue is not BEING homosexual. Your attraction is what it is. ACTING on that attraction is what gets you into trouble.

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I must have missed the don't be gay commandment. The person in OP has a point. I'm not saying they are right or wrong. It's impossible to do so unless you could ask the original author. Sorry for trying to examine it objectively.

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Biblical scholars have been examining scripture for about 2000 years. I’m pretty sure that the person in the OP hasn’t stumbled upon some revelation that has been missed until now.

I wonder what’s different nowadays…

ETA: for a much better case than “it’s in the Bible” you can read the Catholic Catechism’s section on matrimony.

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Why are we even entertaining this nonsense? Demons will justify anything as permissible to satisfy their morally bankrupt and self-destructive hedonism.

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Need one not actually UNDERSTAND the Biblical language, in order the DETERMINE what constitutes "morally bankrupt" behavior?

As a simple example, if a given English translation said "woman," but the original Hebrew or Greek is better-translated as "crone," might that distinction not be important?

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This is so stupid it’s almost not worth addressing. The Bible is very explicit about the act of homosexuality and specifically says it’s a sin for a man to lay with a man as he lays with a woman

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That is the language found in your preferred English translation of a Greek translation of a Hebrew text.

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A. Hebrew: w’eth-zäkhar lö’ tiškav miškeve ‘iššâ

B. Literal Translation: With male you shall not lie lyings of a woman. abomination is that.[2]

C. NRSV Translation: You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination.

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There are a LOT of assumptions and interpolations between A and C. Not all translations MAKE that assumptions and interpolations, and translations into OTHER modern languages seem (almost uniformly) to translate the Hebrew differently. See above.

Article addressing alternative English translations of this phrase, based upon grammar and use of the same terms elsewhere in the Old Testament

Adultery is a sin too. Any of you preachers ever have sex out of wedlock? I didn’t not understand why God would make you attracted to a certain sex then forbid it. Seems like a dick move

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or a much better case than “it’s in the Bible” you can read the Catholic Catechism’s section on matrimony.

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The word "arsenokoitai" appears only once in the Bible, and was coined by the Apostle Paul in 1 Cor 6:9 to describe a man taking another man to bed. There is no other instance of this word in scripture.

The meaning is quite clear when taken in context and viewed with an eye to the history of the city of Corinth. Leftist progressives, however, have been on a bent lately to change the meaning of just about every word in the English language that they believe refutes their desire to live amorally and hedonistically without consequence for their actions.

Just think back for yourself to the past two or three years. The definition for vaccine was changed to reflect a desire to push an untested injection on a fearful population. A nominee for justice of the Supreme Court claimed to be unable to define "man" and "woman." A few decades ago a sitting president questioned the definition of the word "is." Men who have had their testicles and penises removed are no longer referred to by the correct term, eunuchs. They are now called "she." And even those who are still fully intact are referred to by accepted current society as "she" if they choose to identify as such. Which then leads us to the use of the word "identify." (This could go on and on and on with no end in sight because ignorance and evil are without limits.)

Destini Robinson isn't the first to try to twist language and change the definition of words to suit her desires, and she certainly won't be the last. The mentally deficient, mentally ill, and mentally disturbed will always be a part of the population. It's a shame that we have failed them by pretending they are normal and everything is fine rather than providing them with treatment to overcome this illness.

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I didn’t not understand why God would make you attracted to a certain sex then forbid it. Seems like a dick move

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Each of us has a cross to bear.

Addiction of any kind is sinful, as the object of our addiction becomes an idol and pulls us away from God.

Some people are pathological liars, some are serial womanizers. Others may be thieves and murderers.

None of us are perfect, and all who declare themselves to be Christian must humble themselves before God and ask forgiveness. God will not withhold His grace from someone who is truly repentant.

The latter is why I have a problem with the gay takeover of churches. Because the gays don't consider their actions sinful, they do not seek forgiveness for those sins. They mock God by declaring their pride in their sinful ways. Woe to them who not only mock God in this manner, but also deceive sincere followers to support this. Those led astray will hopefully have the scales lifted from their eyes. Judgment will be harsh for those preaching a false gospel.

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AggieHank86

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Rather than go in circles about this translation or that translation, go ahead and just read through the catechism section I linked and then come back and make the case for “Christian-endorsed” homosexuality.