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1 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | gpaulturner | 29113 | ||
If you look up the verses in the original language you will find that there are two words which are translated as the one word "man" in English. The first word is a male "any person", like the word translated as woman, which is a female "any person". The root of the second word is something like "respect" or "memorable". The original word translated "abomination" also means "idolatry". The meaning of the verse is the contrast between having sexual relations which are not idolatrous and having them for idolatrous purposes. Augustine translates two of Paul's verses still translated without any linguistic basis as referring to gays as in fact meaning cult prostitutes in heathen temples. Sexual religious cults have always been around, in Canaan, the Roman era and will be until Christ returns. Of the three great expressive love stories in the Bible, it is the straight one which is fictional. It is an extraordinary fact of God's life in our lives that family (possibly genes or simply the family characteristic of God-like acceptance of every person) does link the other two. Ruth and Naomi were the great grandmothers of David who lived a love greater than the love of women with Jonathan. |
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2 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | Makarios | 29119 | ||
Greetings gpaulturner, Nowhere in the Bible does it even hint at the possibility that David and Jonathan or Ruth and Naomi had homosexual relations. Nowhere in the Bible are such "relations" between the same sex praised in any way! The Bible strictly condemns homosexuality, and no one who commits homosexuality will enter into the kingdom of heaven. (1 Cor. 6:9-10) Homosexuals are not Christians. Homosexuality is NOT a result of genes or of ancestry, but it is a result of sin (Romans 1:24-27) that was worthy of death (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13). This is a sin of such depravity that the offenders are "proud" of the sin that they commit (Psalm 12:8) and are a disgrace to the eyes of God (Psalm 52:1-4). Homosexuality is a sin that needs repentence of. Even this sin, in all its perversion, will be forgiven by God, if those who commit it will turn to a faith in Christ and receive the ultimate cleansing for their sins. Blessings to you, Nolan |
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