What Do the Bible Say About Gay?

Contents:

• GAY BIBLE
• THE QUEEN JAM ‘GAY’ BIBLE
• 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
• “7 BIBLE QUOT SUPPORTG GAY RELATNSHIPS”
• CAN A PERSON BE BORN GAY?
• WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?
• 10 BIBLE VERSE ABOUT GAY (HOMOSEXUALY): WHAT DO THE SCRIPTUR SAY?

GAY BIBLE

“The nscienc of today’s Christians are beg rpted by the opprsive cultural i and the extreme social prsure surroundg the issue of homosexualy, but we know that the law of the Lord is wrten on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33) and though we may succeed mutg our nscience, the Word of God is eternal, ” Cook said. Let remember that God tends good for our liv and often His prohibns the Bible are to protect om tent here is to prent how the Bible speaks on the very sensive matter of homosexualy, not to be ammunn for divisive cred: ©Getty Imag/pamela_d_mdams.

THE QUEEN JAM ‘GAY’ BIBLE

Their society was bched and had gotten the attentn of God (see Genis 18:20-21) bee of their we see the first ias that the prevalence of homosexualy a society is a sign of their overall wickedns and that God will pass judgement on them. Many arguments exist today bee the ancient Hebrew wrers did not e a sgle word for “homosexualy, ” and is claimed that this is a valid reason to qutn the Bible’s thory to rm on this Hebrew wrers ed phras stead. J associat this practice wh the ho of kgs and the wealthy who he often intified as opposnal to God’s ntu the ia that a proliferatn of homosexual practice a society has to do wh the directn that a natn is takg regard to followg God.

Unrstandg this, that the law is not laid down for the jt but for the lawls and disobedient, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murrers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexualy, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound doctre,.

realizg the fact that law is not ma for a righteo person, but for those who are lawls and rebell, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murrers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound teachg, acrdg to the glor gospel of the blsed God, wh which I have been entsted.

10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

But we know that the Law is good, if one lawfully, realizg the fact that law is not ma for a righteo person, but for those who are lawls and rebell, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murrers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound teachg,. Although s unlikely that the biblil thors had any notn of sexual orientatn (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even ed until the late 19th century) for many people of fah, the Bible is looked to for timels guidance on what means to honor God wh our liv; and this most certaly clus our sexualy.

” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.

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“7 BIBLE QUOT SUPPORTG GAY RELATNSHIPS”

The Dead Ser News spoof poss a Bible that has been radilly rewrten to alter the genr, sexualy, motivatns, and behavrs of major biblil figur, but the Queen Jam Bible is merely a reprtg of the standard Kg Jam Bible which the edors have provid alternate translatns for eight vers they mata are ambiguo and have been rrectly terpreted as nmnatory of homosexualy. 4 The only sexual immoraly that we are told of Sodom and Gomorrah is the attempted homosexual acts agast the angels (ed, they srned the effort to mollify them through the offer of heterosexual immoraly—Gen.

It stat that this passage only refers to heterosexuals mtg homosexual acts (or the “ab” of homosexualy), and that this would not apply if one’s “natural” sire was for the same sex and rried on monogamoly (or some kd of “marriage”).

CAN A PERSON BE BORN GAY?

1:8-15 But we know that the law is good if someone legimately, (9) realizg that law is not tend for a righteo person, but for lawls and rebell people, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murrers, (10) sexually immoral people, practicg homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers — fact, for any who live ntrary to sound teachg. Whether is the mimizg of lyg, cheatg, stealg, envy, vetons, adultery, wchcraft, pornography, fornitn, swdlg, dnkenns, homosexualy, or any other unrighteons—J here tentnally shows that He would not be agreement wh such a handlg of God’s Word. Homosexualy the Context of Christian Sexual Ethics, Podst Controversial Same-Sex Texts In The Bible, Podst, Engagg wh Sexual Inty Issu: Engagg wh LGBT Persons, Podst Engagg wh Sexual Inty Issu: Misterg to People Wrtlg wh Sexual Inty, Podst Greg Kol (Aud for purchase).

Why is Homosexualy Wrong?, (Some grac thoughts on the brokenns of all) Discerng the Will of God Concerng Homosexualy and Marriage (Romans 12:1-2), The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexualy, Part 1 (Romans 1:24-28), ( The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexualy, Part 2 (Romans 1:24-28), Bethlehem’s Posn on Homosexualy (a sample of a church's attempt to practilly live out a Biblil view of homosexualy), Frank Turek. To build the church (a) by clearly showg the grace of God, (b) by promotg Christians to love tth those intifyg as LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr), and (c) by removg misnceptns about the Bible, J, and the Church.

6 Bob Deffbgh, Israel’s Sodom and Gomorrah (Judg 19-21) 7 For a more tailed discsn of this objectn and s lack of tenabily see Greg Kol, Pl, Romans, and Homosexualy,, and Homosexualy Is Unnatural: An Is-Ought Fallacy?, Also om a more hermentil perspective see Guenther Haas, Hermentil Issu In The Use Of The Bible To Jtify The Acceptance Of Homosexual Practice, Global Journal of Classil Theology, Vol 1, No.

WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?

For a more exposnal perspective on this text see John Piper, The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexualy, Part 1 (Romans 1:24-28) ( and The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexualy, Part 2 (Romans 1:24-28), 8 This is not always regnized, but is sightfully poted out by Bob Deffbgh his seri: Romans: The Righteons of God.

For an d discsn of the issue see Turek’s March 16th podst om his rad show: 20 See Matt Slick’s article on love and homosexual marriage for a brief discsn on this topic at Christian Apologetics & Rearch Mistry: 21 See the rourc by Fred Turek listed unr footnote 17. ” Bee they do not nsir homosexual relatns to be taboo (and bee not all abomable offens were punishable by ath), the publishers of the QJV nclu that, at some pot time, there mt have been an error translatn. Their ncln is that was a other words, the Biblil assertn that homosexualy is a s—the talyst for an entire shift culture, wh polil repercsns, relig implitns, nsequenc for LGBT rights and acceptance, and, ankly, adly rults—was, they allege, a a new film asserts, was “the mise of a sgle word that changed the urse of history.

Moreover, there’s g to terms wh the notn that human error uld be rponsible for the stokg of homophobia—a mdset of hatred, opprsn, and relig natnalism that has fed the last 75 years of our anyone has even seen the film, there has been an anized effort to attack and bunk the film’s claims. 12, we spoke wh Rogg about the work she did (along wh scholars and activists Kathy Baldock and Ed Oxford) to meticuloly substantiate the film’s claims, the challenge of gettg through to a Christian muny that ref even to hear the evince, and how a documentary like this uld change the the Thgs the Bible Wants to Execute You ForI grew up the church, but I am still someone who found the ia of “homosexual” beg a mistranslatn the Bible to be shockg. The Background: The unnamed edors of the revisn say they chose to e and retle the Kg Jam Versn to the Queen Jam Versn bee of the “obv gay lk to Kg Jam, known amongst iends and urtiers as ‘Queen Jam’ bee of his many gay lovers.

10 BIBLE VERSE ABOUT GAY (HOMOSEXUALY): WHAT DO THE SCRIPTUR SAY?

So one signifint reason why gay marriage wasn’t addrsed Scripture was bee wasn’t a cultural issue; marriage between two people of the same genr was out of the qutn, sce romantic feelgs was not the reason for marriage—procreatn ia of a personal sexual orientatn was foreign to them.