I did read the article, and you are right, it was interesting. I still look to other verses in the Bible that speak against it. I had two articles that I was going to attach to support my views, but this site is not letting me do it. Not sure how you got past it, but I can't.cd20 wrote: ↑21 Dec 2020, 10:44 The word homosexual first appeared in the Revised Standard Version in 1946 (not 48 sorry!). It was mistranslated from the German word for boy, which can be found in the original Martin Luthor Bible (different denomination or not, it's still the Bible). The Germans even created the word homosexual in the 1800s, so if that was the correct translation of the Bible it would have appeared in the Bible back then. If you look back at even the old Greek versions they use the word 'arsenokoitai', the word translated means boy. It's quite a well known fact in the LGBT community. I'll put a link in this so you can see an article on it, it's quite interesting!
I know you're not trying to be argumentative, neither am I, but I personally I really don't believe that God would want people to be prohibited from loving who they want, especially if we were made in His image. Why would He make people gay if He didn't like the gays? Why would he make it sinful if He loves us all? I just don't think He has that agenda, I think He has more important things to do than send the gays to Hell! The American's did when they paid for it to be translated that way to fit their homophobic views! Again, not trying to start an argument, but I am curious to know why you think it is a sin to have a relationship with the same sex and act on those impulses which are entirely natural and can't be helped?
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You have to press the button that looks like a chain link at the top to attach a URL. May I ask why you think a Bible mistranslated is something to support? I don't mean any offense, I just don't understand why you think it is wrong to love you who you love? A person's human rights are not an opinion. If God does not support the gays then why did He create them? I also implore you to listen to Bo Burnham's 'From God's Perspective'. It is comedy and he does use dark humour, it is not meant to be taken offensively but it does raise some good points! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxc20saM8DA
The Bible was written by men, not God Himself. I really don't think He said anything about it, it was the men who wrote it saying that to fit with the social values at the time, and even then it was more acceptable when they were alive. I know this sounds angry, but I am sure you understand how frustrating it is for people like me who are told not to live a certain way by straight people, when it is none of your f**king business what we do, it doesn't harm you. Again, I am not trying to attack you, I swear I'm not, I am just trying to show you how hurtful it is when I hear from other people telling me I'm going to hell, using the same arguments that you are, because it was 'written in the Bible' even when it wasn't. I am just so frustrated