A Reformatn the Church Don’t Need: Answerg Revisnist Pro-Gay Theology—Part II |

Contents:

• WHICH BIBLE TRANSLATN IS GAY AND TRANSGENR IENDLY?
• GAY REVISN OF THE BIBLE TO GO ON SALE
• GAY REVISN OF BIBLE ON SALE
• A GAY VERSN OF THE BIBLE
• GAY REVISN OF THE BIBLE TO GO ON SALE!
• GAY BIBLE
• REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
• A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART I
• GAY BIBLE ANGERS CHRISTIANS
• A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART II

WHICH BIBLE TRANSLATN IS GAY AND TRANSGENR IENDLY?

The claim is that the 1946 Revised Standard Versn translatn imported the word “homosexualy” to the Bible when the New Ttament do not e the word “homosexual. Agast All Opposn lays out the five apologetic mol to help believers unrstand the biblil method of fendg the Christian NowThe 1946 webse opens wh the followg hook: “What if the word ‘homosexual’ was never meant to be the Bible? The argument down to how the 1946 Revised Standard Bible translated a particular Greek word 1 Corthians 6:9 (ἀρσενοκοῖται) and 1 Timothy 1:10 (ἀρσενοκοῖται) as “homosexual.

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None of the existed prr to 1946, but somehow, they are legimate terms and intifiers among today’s LGBTQ+ crowd, but the word “homosexual” nnot be the proper word to translate certa Greek words found the Bible. ”Arsenos means male and koen means “to lie down”: “arsenokoítēs …, ‘a male’ and koítē, ‘a mat, bed’) — properly, a man bed wh another man; a homosexual. For example, one argument ed is an appeal to Mart Luther’s translatn of the Bible to German and the e of the word knabenschenr that pro-homosexuals claim meant “boy molter.

” (Luther’s Works, 3:255)A standard argument ed agast the Bible’s prohibn of homosexualy is the claim that J or His discipl never mentned .

Now ’s drag queens public librari, gay porn and transsexual propaganda elementary schools, the mutilatn of teens for the perfectly natural feelg of not beg fortable their bodi, re-tn mps, blacklists, disgrace, and a woman named Rosie Kay beg ex-munited om the Rosie Kay Company. Pk Cross Publishg, the same pany that published a gay-iendly versn of the Koran, stated that they were addg the fishg touch to the newly revised Bible.

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The practice of homosexualy has bee much more celebrated wtern society and has ed tremendo nversatn to be kdled around the shiftg moraly of our tim. 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.

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. Homosexual practice is not the only behavr listed this passage as wicked, but is the one that would shock the ancient rear of this text the cred: ©SparrowStock. 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.

A GAY VERSN OF THE BIBLE

Aga, we see the ia that homosexualy a society aris when a natn mov away om God and that judgement will cred: Pixabay/jeffjabs1990. The language is very specific verse ne that men that practice homosexualy are part of this and they will not her the kgdom of God.

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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. Amerin filmmaker Max Mchell recently announced that his film productn pany, Revisn, will publish “a gay versn of the Bible, which God says is better to be gay than straight. ” It’s to be lled the Prcs Diana Bible—supposedly named bee of her good eds—and Revisn will “adapt and direct the revised Bible as a two-part mi-seri, The Gay Old Ttament and The Gay New Ttament.

GAY BIBLE

” Last year, the Gay Bible was published, and ntas “many heretil thgs about lettg gay people love each other and not mdlsly followg scripture like a lemmg. Especially sce the “Bible we already have is very pro-gay, ” said Candace Chellew-Hodge Relign Dispatch, spe what anti-gay people say.

” The gay and lbian muny needs to “make peace” wh the Bible we already have, and everyone needs to realize that the real msage of the Bible is that “God lov all—no matter what. The Pew Rearch Center shared last year that the majory of people who approved of homosexual liftyl didn’t nsir relign important their daily liv. And holdg to God’s revealed tth His Word ncerng homosexualy is even more dangero, ” Becket Cook wrote his book, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn.

“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. At the heart of the claim that the Bible is clear "that homosexualy is forbidn by God" is poor biblil scholarship and a cultural bias read to the Bible. 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.

REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?

” 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. Do not be ceived: neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexualy, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of 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,.

A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART I

Origs: In April 2010, the Dead Ser News web se published an article proclaimg that "a newly revised gay-iendly Bible was "set to go on sale the next few weeks, " scribg the forthg work thly:. Pk Cross Publishg, the same pany that published a gay-iendly versn of the Koran, stated that they were addg the fishg touch to the newly revised Bible. Dead Ser News followed up that article wh another a year later statg that the book's publisher, "flh wh sh after the succs of their gay-iendly bible, has promised to put a py of the ntroversial book every motel room North Ameri.

GAY BIBLE ANGERS CHRISTIANS

In May 2012, perhaps prompted by Print Obama's then-recent remarks support of gay marriage, we began receivg quiri om rears referencg the Dead Ser News articl and wonrg about the existence of the "gay-iendly Bibl. 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.

The words "homosexual" and "heterosexual" were first ed as German nouns by Atrian-born Hungarian psychologist, Karoly Maria Benkert, the late 19th century, who wrote unr psdonym K. A gay Christian, as well as a graduate of the Talbot School of Theology, his specialty is the history of the Bible, focg on Bible translatns, wh a foc on the Greek and Hebrew translatns, pecially those that relate to human sexualy. Kathy Baldock is an LGBTQ+ advote and executive director of Canyon Walker Connectns, an anizatn dited to repairg "the divisn that exists between social and Christian nservativ and the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny through tn, trag, and dialogue both secular and relig environments.

"Each had been dited to rearchg the roots of antigay theology, and together have wrten Fg a Sacred Weapon: How the Bible Beme Anti-Gay, and they are also the rearchers behd the documentary, 1946: The Mistranslatn That Shifted Culture.

A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART II

"This is important to know, bee the actual word "homosexual" appears for the first time on Febary 11, 1946 the Revised Standard Versn. ' So we went to 1 Corthians to see how they translated arsenokoai (origal Greek word) and stead of homosexuals said, 'Boy molters will not her the kgdom of God. '"Although the mistake was rrected om "homosexual" to "sexual perverts" the Revised Standard Versn 1971, the damage had been heavily done, wh the word "homosexual" appearg most translatns of the Bible, mostly 1 Corthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10.

This beme the fuel for the antigay movement embraced by Amerin nservative Christians, as well as others around the documentary, 1946, explor and enlightens about this issue, g rearch and physil evince, as well as the ttimony of scholars, amics, and experts the field.