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It seems that as society is trying to develop, religion is holding it back.
Whatever was written in a book all these years ago is not completely relevant to society today.
Verses condemning temple prostitutes (qadesh), using ritual sex practices to worship pagan fertility gods 2000 years ago, have nothing to do with gays and lesbians.
If people opened their minds and studied history, as well as the Bible in it's original languages and settings, they would realise the writers of the biblical texts were not referring to homosexuals (or gays and lesbians) at all.
Verses condemning temple prostitutes (qadesh), using ritual sex practices to worship pagan fertility gods 2000 years ago, have nothing to do with gays and lesbians.
If people opened their minds and studied history, as well as the Bible in it's original languages and settings, they would realise the writers of the biblical texts were not referring to homosexuals (or gays and lesbians) at all.
Rafius, your link tells us that Anti-gay "clobber" passages in the Bible.
I would go a step more and say they clobbered the Bible itself. And that is because they don't believe the Bible. It's not that they wormed their way out of the truth. They just refuse to believe it. Then they go on to tell us that because Paul lived in a pre-scientific era. He did not have access to the research in human sexuality. God could care less about their research. And this is why Scripture warns us to be careful of science falsely so called. And Scripture could care even more less about what men say is an acceptable pratice. Such as men having sex with other men. Scripture clearly condems it. Only someone who loves their sin more than they love God's Word, would try to twist the Scriptures in this way. The meaning is obvious. If you showed these men the color black they would say it was white. If you said the sky was blue, they would say it was orange. And those who deny the clear teachings of Paul are the ones that are truly twisted.
Verses condemning temple prostitutes (qadesh), using ritual sex practices to worship pagan fertility gods 2000 years ago, have nothing to do with gays and lesbians.
If people opened their minds and studied history, as well as the Bible in it's original languages and settings, they would realise the writers of the biblical texts were not referring to homosexuals (or gays and lesbians) at all.
So when the Bible tells us in Leviticus 20:13 that if a man is having sex with another man he should be put to death.
SO PLEASE TELL US. WHY IS THIS MAN BEING PUT TO DEATH?
Rafius, your link tells us that Anti-gay "clobber" passages in the Bible.
I would go a step more and say they clobbered the Bible itself. And that is because they don't believe the Bible. It's not that they wormed their way out of the truth. They just refuse to believe it. Then they go on to tell us that because Paul lived in a pre-scientific era. He did not have access to the research in human sexuality. God could care less about their research. And this is why Scripture warns us to be careful of science falsely so called. And Scripture could care even more less about what men say is an acceptable pratice. Such as men having sex with other men. Scripture clearly condems it. Only someone who loves their sin more than they love God's Word, would try to twist the Scriptures in this way. The meaning is obvious. If you showed these men the color black they would say it was white. If you said the sky was blue, they would say it was orange. And those who deny the clear teachings of Paul are the ones that are truly twisted.
It's you and those who use the Bible to condemn modern gays and lesbians who have twisted the scriptures by completely ignoring the original context which referred to the ritual sex practices involved in worshipping Canaanite (OT) and Roman (NT) fertility gods. Nothing to do with homosexuals at all.
Verses condemning temple prostitutes (qadesh), using ritual sex practices to worship pagan fertility gods 2000 years ago, have nothing to do with gays and lesbians.
If people opened their minds and studied history, as well as the Bible in it's original languages and settings, they would realise the writers of the biblical texts were not referring to homosexuals (or gays and lesbians) at all.
The condemning of temple prostitutes resulted in God giving them over to their VILE AFFECTIONS. And those vile affections were (AGAINST NATURE). The men left the natural use of woman. Thus they went with the UNNATURAL USE to have sex with other men. It's so obvious, that only the spiritually blind could miss it. When obvious truth can be ignored to such an extent. It's a very sad thing. Men having sex with other men has everything to do with homosexuallity. And the Bible clearly tells us this act is unnatural and vile.
So when the Bible tells us in Leviticus 20:13 that if a man is having sex with another man he should be put to death.
SO PLEASE TELL US. WHY IS THIS MAN BEING PUT TO DEATH?
Because he would have been a qadesh - a sacred male temple prostitute worshipping Canaanite fertility gods.
You might want to actually read all the books in the OT, not just a couple of verses translated into modern English and taken out of their original context. The OT is rife with the condemnation of idolatrous worshipping practices.
Lev 18:21 'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
Job 36:14 -"They die in youth, among (qadesh)male prostitutes of the shrines
Deut 23:17 -"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a (qadesha) cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a (qadesh) cult prostitute.
1Kings 14:24 There were also (qadesh) male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
1Kings 15:12 He also put away the (qadesh) male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
1Kings 22:46 The remnant of the (qadesh) male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land.
2Kings 23:7 He also broke down the houses of the (qadesh) male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.
It's you and those who use the Bible to condemn modern gays and lesbians who have twisted the scriptures by completely ignoring the original context which referred to the ritual sex practices involved in worshipping Canaanite (OT) and Roman (NT) fertility gods. Nothing to do with homosexuals at all.
Clearly Romans 1:27-28 tells us that men having sex with other men is against nature, and is vile. The Scripture tells us that men left the natural use of woman to have sex with other men. That was the punishment for such rituals. If homosexual sex was ok. Why does the New Testament view sex with other men as vile and unnatural?
And why does Liviticus 20:13 tell us that men that have sex with other men should be put to death?
Clearly, both the Old and New Testaments condem the pratice. And I would say men having sex with other man has a lot to do with homosexuals. And only the delusional would deny that.
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