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If it is not a case of "temple prostitution" which is the sense in which Paul was writing to Roman Christians and accusing them of (Romans 2:1), then those sexual relations are no different from your own.
Context is everything, jimmie, and until you are able to step into the shoes of not only the authors but the readers of Paul's letters, you can't even come close to grasping what any of it means in English.
Try reading Christian author Garry Willis' book, What Jesus Meant. Garry is a professor of history Emeritus at Northwestern University and an expert in koine Greek.
Right now your view of God is limited to the biases of English translations, none of which can be considered "good." A few are less awful than the others. But right now you've never truly gotten a sense of what Scripture is all about. I was brought up in that same SBC line of thinking that has entangled you.
It would be nice if you could answer without demeaning. I should've stuck with my gut & kept you on ignore.
Love is never bad (bolded above), but, in your opinion, what does God think about two men (or two women) having sexual relations? Sincere question.
That some actually believe a deity is spying on ALL of us in our bedrooms at all times and wagging an annoying finger at those of us who might be participating in 'incorrect' intimacy is beyond creepy. How did such a belief come about?
That some actually believe a deity is spying on ALL of us in our bedrooms at all times and wagging an annoying finger at those of us who might be participating in 'incorrect' intimacy is beyond creepy. How did such a belief come about?
Sincere question.
Our bodies are not our own.
If we claim them as our own, we perish.
Return to God a clean garment.
That some actually believe a deity is spying on ALL of us in our bedrooms at all times and wagging an annoying finger at those of us who might be participating in 'incorrect' intimacy is beyond creepy. How did such a belief come about?
Sincere question.
The easiest way for a controlling religion to do what they want is through guilt, and sex may just be the easiest way to establish that if they can make people think it is "dirty."
jimmiej, there is nothing demeaning about that post. Your mind is more open than THAT. LOOK at what he is saying using that capacity.
That's what I was trying to do. But it's a real turn-off to be talked down to.
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I should've stuck with my gut & kept you on ignore.
