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NASB | Leviticus 18:22 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 18:22 'You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive. [1 Cor 6:9, 10] |
Subject: what does bible say about homosexuality |
Bible Note: Greetings Electionresults! The argument you advance is common among those who want to ignore what Scripture says about homosexuality, but it is not true. Allow me to illustrate. Consider Lev. 18. The context is sexual practices engaged in by the Egyptians which God does not want Israel to copy. Nothing is said in the passage about ritualistic sex or temple sex. Lev. 18:22 is quite plain and clear: "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." Nothing is said about a temple or a pagan ritual. Nothing is said about monogomy. The same is true of Lev. 20:13. It says, "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." Was Paul unclear about what he meant? Rom. 1:26 - "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." The approach you have used to confront the issue of homosexuality in Scripture is one of throwing as much mud on the subject as possible and hope that it sticks. It 'could' have been this. Or, it 'could' have meant that. Or, Paul was sexist. Which was it? Scripture is quite clear on the subject my friend. We must either obey it or not, but we can't simply explain it away. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |