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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 | Hank | 29133 | ||
gpaulturner: I'm frankly confused about your post. Are we to understand from it that you are attempting to say that the Bible endorses homosexuality or, at least, does not condemn it? Is the implication being made that the love between David and Jonathan was sexual love? As others have also requested, I too ask that you add more clarity and foundational Scriptural references in subsequent posts. What are the "three great expressive love stories in the Bible" and why do you call the "straight one" fictional? --Hank | ||||||
3 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | Emmaus | 29293 | ||
Hank, This whole thread and the concept of homosexuality not being condemened in scripture or being being misinterpreted scripture is what I call a Tar Baby The conversation will go nowhere. The whole concept in in complete contradiction to the entire history of exegesis in Christian and Jewish history. We may as well talk about how adultery has been misinterpreted as sin and so on along the same line. It is absurd. The possibilities of this type of thinking are endless but they do lead to a bad end. Emmaus |
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