Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

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

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

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

How do you relax?

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.

Does He?

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

Have you ever had your crush reject you, and then later you all dated and married?

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.

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

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

Why do some people dislike rap and hip hop music despite there being poor quality music in every genre?

No one knows.

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

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 would a spouse cheat if the marriage is good?

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

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.

Why does my dog keep licking at her privates now? She is 7 years old and has barely started licking there. The vet said she’s fine but she keeps doing that.

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.

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

Further Musings:

What are some signs he is deeply in love with you?

Why can’t some Christians?

Mt 19 is about Divorce. Jesus’ reference to Celibacy is that it is a gift from God and that not everyone can receive 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 is life without a job?

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

Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?

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

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Right?

Where?

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.

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

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).

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

Does CloudFlare protect blackhat sites from DDOS attacks?

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

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.

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

What are LGBT+ people tired of hearing?

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

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