Thanks for the shout-out, Maru! I’ve loved reading your reflections and thoughts during your journey. Keep on moving forward! In solidarity, Mac

this site like to twist around the scripture and use unrelated scripture to seemingly support thier agenda. i thought some actual on topic bible was needed.

Rom. 1:26-28, “For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.”
Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them”1 Cor. 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

In response to ¨The Vinels¨:

Your arguments
are elitist, disparaging and short-sighted. They also perpetuate the
misreading of Scripture. I challenge your presumption that the Bible
condemns homosexuality.

When reading the Bible, one must
understand the historical context in which it was written. The six or
seven verses in the Bible that mention homosexuality do not refer to
loving, monogamous same-sex relationships as we understand them today.
The word “homosexuality,” for instance, did not appear in the Bible
until 1869. It is also important to note that Scripture condemns sexual
practices we now accept and embraces sexual practices that, in today’s
times, we find detestable: Deuteronomy 22:13-21, Deuteronomy 22:22,
Mark 10:1-12, Leviticus 18:19, Mark 12:18-27, Deuteronomy 25:11-12. I’m
wondering, ¨The Vinels¨, how you reconcile the content of
these verses with what seems to be your literal interpretation of
Scripture.

And as a fallible human being, I know this much
is true: Even if we believe the Bible is infallible, it is dangerous
(not to mention arrogant) to assume that OUR interpretation of it is
infallible.

Take the Greek word “arsenkoites”, for instance. It
appears in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 and has been
interpreted to mean, among other things, “male homosexual.” The
demagogues on the Religious Right have quoted these verses to justify
the continued degradation and dehumanization of LGBT people without
deconstructing the language through a more critical lens. The meaning
of “arsenkoites” has been debated among theologians for centuries, as
evidenced by its various translations: “abusers of themselves with
mankind” (KJV), “sodomites” (NKJV, NRSV), “homosexuals” (MKJV, LITV,
NASB), and “homosexual offenders’ (NIV). “Arksenkoites” also appears in
1 Timothy 1:10, where it is translated to mean “perverts.” Because
“male homosexuals” and “perverts” are two different things, it is
difficult to argue that the former is the “correct” translation.
Digging a bit deeper, if you break down the word “arsenkoites” it
actually mean men (arseno) and penetrator (koiati). It is not clear
from looking at this translation whether it means “men who penetrate”
or “men who are penetrated,” which further weakens the literalist
position.

This is just one example. I would be happy to give go
through each contested verse one by one and have an honest discussion
about what Scripture says and doesn’t say about homosexuality.