Matthew V is a 22-year-old gay Christian who believ beg gay is not a s. He me to that ncln after two years of studyg Scripture and the works of dozens of biblil scholars. The Harvard Universy stunt, currently on leave of absence, is now tryg to w over fellow believers not jt wh an emotnal ttimony but wh what he is prentg as biblilly solid arguments.
Contents:
- IS BEG GAY A S?
- IS IT A S TO BE GAY?
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
IS BEG GAY A S?
Is beg gay a s? Is a s to be gay? Is sful to have same-sex-attractns? * is gay a sin *
Wh the past fifty years, the term gay, as applied to homosexualy, has explod to mastream culture, and we are told that “beg gay” is as much outsi one’s ntrol as “beg short” or havg blon hair. The problem wh same-sex attractn, or the feelg of “beg gay, ” is that is an attractn to somethg God has forbidn, and any sire for somethg sful ultimately has s roots s. In elementary and middle schools, is now fashnable to ll onelf “gay” or “bi” or e any number of other faddish sexual labels whout any real unrstandg of their meang—or of the moral and eternal implitns.
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IS IT A S TO BE GAY?
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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.
Those who would exclu homosexuals om God’s kgdom choose to ignore J, turng stead to the Old Ttament – most particularly to Genis 19, the stctn of the ci of Sodom and Gomorrah. Levic 18:22 and 20:13, for example, are not about “homosexualy” as we now unrstand – as the rg, lovg and sexual relatnship between people of the same sex. 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. ” 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. Although gay marriage has been legal Canada, parts of Europe and many US stat for que a while, the June 26, 2015 cisn by the US Supreme Court to legalize the entire Uned Stat is perhaps the most profound breakthrough for the LGBT (Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) muny.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
This has embolned LGBT advot and sympathizers around the world, pecially third world natns where homosexualy is still nsired a crimal offense (though rarely punished). It appears that Pl vented this word, and gay advot readily pounce on that fact to suggt that the word is difficult to translate and most translators do not know what the word really means. It do not matter when the word homosexual first appears English translatns, the ncept of homosexualy was nmned Hebrew, Greek and Kg Jam English (1611).
This is perhaps why gay advot latch on to the ia that every time the bible mentns homosexual or sodome, mt be referrg to cult prostut and not mted homosexualy. It is a highly personal matter for everyone that Bible self is clear on issu such as lyg, stealg, adultery, murr, homosexual behavr, gossip, and to name a few.