Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

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

Further Musings:

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

What is the worst emotional pain you ever felt as an adult?

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.

Right?

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

Why is porn so addictive?

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?

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).

Why would a man be interested in an ordinary woman while there are very beautiful and fabulous women?

No one knows.

Why can’t some Christians?

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

Why are the Chinese so sensitive to Western criticism?

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

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

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

Was Daenerys' downfall inevitable after she left Meereen in Game of Thrones?

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.

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

What do men like to be given for their birthday?

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

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

Does He?

Why would Hugh Grant cheat on Elizabeth Hurley?

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).

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.

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

Have you ever met someone and something seemed so unusual about them but you couldn't put your finger on what it was?

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.

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

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

I think that being gay is wrong, but I treat gay people respectfully like any other person. Is it homophobic? Or offensive in any kind of way? Aren’t disagreement and discrimination two different things?

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

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.

Where?

Were the 1980s as uptight and prudish as movies and TV shows make them out to be? When I think of 80s culture, I think about a very "icky" judgmental yuppie status quo time period.

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

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

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

Why do I sweat so much? I’m 17 but I feel like I always need to re-apply deodorant and I am always self-conscious that I smell because I feel sweat under my arms.

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

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.