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CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoSerious question: is the morality of homosexuality actually brought into question in the old/new testaments, or is this one of those things where people have chosen to interpret some shit creatively? Seen quite a few of those creative takes, like the people claiming the “hot or cold” or “camel through the eye of the needle” bits are actually some obscure references to local conditions.
I encourage you to look it up for yourself. The English translations are pretty unequivocal, though there are those who insist they are mia-translated.
That insistence has not resulted in any of the major English translations shooting different wording.
biblestudytools.com/…/bible-verses-about-homosexu…
Is a good list.
Of course, none of that matters because gay people should have more rights than any book.
Damn those are some harsh passages. Definitely not creative interpretation on that one.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Bible is pretty clear.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Romans 1:26-27
As for the “hot and cold”, that type of thing is up for interpretation, although I hold that hot water is good and so is cold water. I believe that’s what Jesus was referring to.
The “Camel through an eye of a needle” with the “eye of the needle” being a gate is a total myth made up by the rich to try and justify their greed. Jesus meant what we read it as today. For extra clarification, the original greek even refers to the word “needle” with different words, one is surgical, I believe the other one is fishing related. So it couldn’t be a place. Jesus meant what He said - it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than a rich person to get into heaven.
CXORA@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Exactly. The bible is clear, and it is clearly unjust.
Therefore those who follow what it says are spreading injustice through the world and must be stopped.
abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 days ago
wow what a hateful book