Friday, November 28, 2014

God Said It, That Settles It: No Common Ground for Christianity and Homosexuality - BarbWire.com

There is just so much wrong with this statement, besides sounding like a petulant child, I wouldn't call five minutes in a bookstore research.
I knew this was a defining moment in my life. If I dared to look up those references I would then be accountable. Was I sinning against Him? Was I bound for hell? I really wanted to know if homosexuality was wrong from God’s perspective. So I reached for a Bible and quietly removed the cellophane wrap and began looking up the verses.

When I finished my research, there was nowhere to hide anymore. God had said homosexuality was wrong and that settled it!
You see God also "said" that slavery was good thing, as well as the subjugation of women. Get my point.

But in all seriousness, I have a question for Wall. In your five minutes of research I assume you were able to delve into the complexities of the following:
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 (arsenokoitai and malakoi)
  • Genesis 1:26-28; 2:18-25, Matthew 19:3-12, Romans 1:26-27 (male/female, sexual/gender complementarity)
  • Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 (toevah)
  • The sins of Sodom and Gibeah (Genesis 19/Judges 19
  • Also have you studied the socio-cultural norms of cultic temple prostitution (OT-Ashteroth /NT-Cybele)?
God Said It, That Settles It: No Common Ground for Christianity and Homosexuality - BarbWire.com

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