Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

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.

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

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

Why does Boko Haram attack its own Muslims?

No one knows.

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

Right?

Why do people think Justin Bieber is worse than Joseph Stalin?

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.

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

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

Do straight guys like to have sex with men when they smoke meth?

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

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

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

Why do untreated borderlines always blame their partners when they actually think they are normal?

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

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).

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

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

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.

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

What do women talk about mostly(among themselves)?

Where?

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.

Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?

What did your sister do to you that you can never forget?

Does He?

Further Musings:

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

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

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

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

Do all therapists specialize in one specific type of therapy, or are they trained in multiple types?

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

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

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

Why don’t the little sugar breeches gun owners understand that life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows?

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.

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.

Why can’t some Christians?

What do you think of a parent telling their adult child to “keep their personal life to themselves” in relation to talking to them? No reason they should say that it was mean what should I do?

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).

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.