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[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Here is a question for the devout Christians on this board about what the Bible has had to say about homosexuality. I am not focusing on debating Christianity vs. Paganism here; this section is solely a comparison of pro and anti-LGBT views within the Christian sphere.

Currently I am not a practicing Christian, although I am looking to expand on my horizons. I am focusing on the Bible’s contents relating to homosexuality, being a strong historical/moral foundation for our beliefs and often cited by us. Multiple Christian figures and academics allege nearly every passage mentioning homosexuality does not refer to the sexuality as a whole, and that such mistranslations have only appeared in recent years. For the most part, I have managed to solve a few of these “clobber passages”, such as the infamous “arsenokoites” https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/78917576/#78957117 passage that has indeed stood for same-sex relations in the languages of Biblical times, considering the fact that the word “homosexuality” was not invented until the 19th century. However, there are still passages that confound me; that being the Sodom and Gomorrah story being about inhospitality, Leviticus 18:22 being of shrine prostitution, and the various definitions of marriage listed in the Bible that do not entirely drive. There is also the question whether the Old Testament, where the vast majority of criticism against homosexuality lies, has been superseded by the New Testament and modern moral codes.

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There are multiple things here that firmly put homosexuality's in the "sinful" and "bad" categories.

Firstly, all non-reproductive sex is sodomy. Already that makes all homosexuals, true to the epithet, sodomites.

Then there is the fact that all sex outside of marriage is sinful. Marriage is solely a heterosexual affair, and therefore all homosexual activities are sinful by merit of that as well.

Then there is the (for some reason debated) matter of homosexuality itself being sinful. The Bible clearly states and also implies repeatedly taht homosexuality is sinful and a bad thing.

This, of course, is excluding the mountain of areligious evidence that homosexuality is bad and homosexuals are mentally ill. Mental illness, suicide, drug use, disease, etc. run rampant in homosexual circles, and most of the people brainwashed into homosexuals are emotionally and/or physically vulnerable due to abuse, pre-existing mental illness, or young age.

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree with these sins, although I was speaking on the verses itself and the modern interpretations I have posted above. The other traits of homosexuality are something I am looking into right now, though.