Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?
Last Updated: 19.06.2025 02:09
Right?
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).
Does He?
Last, Leviticus. Two almost identical verses. One sex act (If translated correctly. The Hebrew words are sparse. People debate everything).
Many believe Paul is writing about what he sees, temples that have male and female prostitutes engaged in ritual activities.
Homophobia is a billion dollar business for Corporate Christianity. Isn’t it?
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.
(What do you think he would write a line or two about?)
Christ bringing up Genesis is not Him being exclusionary, it is Him reminding these lecherous men that their wives are bound to their hearts.
Why are some people afraid of monsters?
Men interpret Scriptures certain ways, but Jesus said we make void the Word by our tradition. Groupthink is tradition.
The truth is, the Old Testament and New Testaments say next to nothing and sexual orientation is a relatively new concept.
If anything, Paul was writing about male prostitutes, not LGBT.
Why was the rock band Kiss so successful?
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.
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.
Mt 19 is about Divorce. Jesus’ reference to Celibacy is that it is a gift from God and that not everyone can receive it.
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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? 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
Him and I are good and that’s all I need.
No one knows.
(So please, before you enforce celibacy on another, castrate yourself … or leave other people alone?)
Further Musings:
What are some common examples of condescending behavior?
In Romans chapter 1, verses 26–27 are cherry-picked out of the context which starts in verse 18. The context is Idolatry.
No. Rape is violence, not sex. The story is about kidnapping into slavery and the abuse of strangers.
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.
What’s a historical event you wish more people talked about?
Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.
Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?
Answer to: Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?
Try to break free from the shackles of it and you will find yourself outside the fold Pastor.
Where?
Today we have Divorce courts, protections, child custody, child and spousal support.
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.
These were common in that culture in Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, and Crete, all places Paul went. They existed centuries after Paul.
Why can’t some Christians?
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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.
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.