If a single act of homosexuality is abomination in God's eyes then same-sex marriage must be evil to the infinite power
Posted 10-25-2014 at 02:14 PM by cupper3
Good points deconstructing biblical arguments
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Originally Posted by 9162
The "will of the people" is irrelevant. There was a time when the will of the people was Jim Crow laws, not letting women or blacks vote, etc. The real name for the will of the people is "Tyranny of the Majority' which has long been over-ruled in case after case. Upholding the Constitution is NOT a popularity contest for voters to decide, nor do states get to violate the constitutional principle of equal treatment.
Is Lev 20:13 clear on homosexuality? No, actually it isn't since it was written in Hebrew not English, and applied exclusively to the Levite priesthood. It's also directly in the context of pagan prostitution in the Canaanite temples. Are you Levite priest? Do you follow all Mitzvah?
(Corinthians 6:9-10) Homosexual offenders was not added to Corinthians until the 1940s. That's not what it meant in the original scriptures. And Paul mentions a lot of other sins, including numerous ones you commit. He also says you have no right to call others out on their sins, because you do the same things. Scientific studies have shown that we project our own beliefs onto what God believes, and that if our beliefs change, so do God's.
As for 1 Corinthians 6:9. The issue with that verse is a mistranslation of a made up, obscure Greek word, Arsenokoites. Conservative Bible translators corrupted the verse, and translated it as "homosexuals" in 1959 A.D. Prior to that point, it never referred to gay people, especially not lesbians as Arseno means male. Yet, homosexual refers to women too. Obvious bias. Actually, there was no such word for homosexual during biblical times.
Marriage is not part of natural law, it's a social construct that humans invented. Marriage is not yours. You hold no authority or exclusive right to the word or concept.
Is Lev 20:13 clear on homosexuality? No, actually it isn't since it was written in Hebrew not English, and applied exclusively to the Levite priesthood. It's also directly in the context of pagan prostitution in the Canaanite temples. Are you Levite priest? Do you follow all Mitzvah?
(Corinthians 6:9-10) Homosexual offenders was not added to Corinthians until the 1940s. That's not what it meant in the original scriptures. And Paul mentions a lot of other sins, including numerous ones you commit. He also says you have no right to call others out on their sins, because you do the same things. Scientific studies have shown that we project our own beliefs onto what God believes, and that if our beliefs change, so do God's.
As for 1 Corinthians 6:9. The issue with that verse is a mistranslation of a made up, obscure Greek word, Arsenokoites. Conservative Bible translators corrupted the verse, and translated it as "homosexuals" in 1959 A.D. Prior to that point, it never referred to gay people, especially not lesbians as Arseno means male. Yet, homosexual refers to women too. Obvious bias. Actually, there was no such word for homosexual during biblical times.
Marriage is not part of natural law, it's a social construct that humans invented. Marriage is not yours. You hold no authority or exclusive right to the word or concept.
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