Ok. So... I won’t go in circles and quote scripture and point out translation errors and all the reasons that we can say- by the source material- the Bible doesn’t condemn homosexuality. I also won’t point out that passages like this say “men” and if you want to get all literal... that means lesbians would still be fine by this logic. Instead I will point out a very simple, practical fact of the physical realities here....
The Bible... says... a man should only lie with a woman, when married, to have vaginal intercourse, and to make babies. So.... first off... a man CANT lie with another man as he would a woman unless he is a man with a vagina- because... men don’t usually have vaginas doo doo for brains. It goes in the pooper. Second of all- a man “should” by the Bible be married blah blah. So.... IF sex with a man WAS a sin- it would be no more a sin than unmarried sex. Which- by the way.... adultery? Mentioned a billion times in the Bible. It’s a commandment to boot. 10 commandments and adultery was way more important than “gay,” on the sin o meter- and that’s with the like- 2 times we can really even say the Bible references what could be seen as homosexuality.
If you believe that homosexuality is a sin... and you’ve ever had sex out of marriage... you’ll be right next to the homosexuals of the world at the end. How many of y’all use “god” as an exasperation or before a swear? That’s a big 10 sin. Been keeping the sabbath holy? No. That doesn’t mean going to church. There’s more to it than that. Ever lied? Big 10 sins. You might say you repented- but really? You’re never going to lie again? It’s not repentance if you keep doing the sin you lug nut. That’s not how it’s spelled out how it works. Let the nice people be in love and be happy. You don’t have to suck a dick if you don’t want to- but give them the option- and tend your own garden before you tend your neighbors.
That or- go bother straight folks who sleep around. While I don’t think you should be bothering people about their lives at all- if you’re going to go protest and what not- picket tinder. There are far more straight folks in the world mad fornicating out of wedlock than there are gay people total. Or I dunnoh- maybe instead of brining negativity with your (hopefully at least) good intentions- go do something positive. Volunteer. Help people. Who do you think Jesus Christ would respect more- a person continuing his work of alms and kindness to those in need- or a guy who says: “but Jesus! I stood outside a funeral and yelled about gays being evil! I did that for you! I worked to save souls through shame and anger, showing my disgust!” That’s what Jesus said isn’t it? “Show then how much you disprove and are disgusted by them and shame them to my light!” Wait... no. He didn’t did he? Maybe he’d rather you used your time helping people with leprosy or something.
The bible says one thing very clearly to anyone who has read it:
That Jesus came to make a new covenant, and that the Pharisees, who kept to the OLD TESTAMENT laws rigidly, and used these laws to ostracize and punish people, did not understand the Father.
Jesus came to make a new covenant in which LOVE trumped all, and in which you were no longer meant to ostracize and punish your neighbor, but love them. Not worry about your neighbors sins, but work on your own, and in all things shine a light of love.
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TL:dr - Many Christians haven't read the bible and are actually not Christians but Pharisees. The very thing Jesus came down to abolish.
That Jesus came to make a new covenant, and that the Pharisees, who kept to the OLD TESTAMENT laws rigidly, and used these laws to ostracize and punish people, did not understand the Father.
Jesus came to make a new covenant in which LOVE trumped all, and in which you were no longer meant to ostracize and punish your neighbor, but love them. Not worry about your neighbors sins, but work on your own, and in all things shine a light of love.
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TL:dr - Many Christians haven't read the bible and are actually not Christians but Pharisees. The very thing Jesus came down to abolish.