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Contents:
- POPE FRANCIS: BEG GAY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
POPE FRANCIS: BEG GAY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME
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. * being gay is not a sin *
The Old Ttament (Levic 18:22 & 20:13) says Homosexualy is a S. Some bibl say homosexualy is a s, others do not. Some bibl were terpreted wh the translator’s view of homosexualy md or they were fluenced by the polics of the time that versn was translated.
Also, if you want to see how our morn culture affected the translatn of homosexualy the bible, you really need to watch this!
There are 7 vers the bible that are typilly ed by non-affirmg church to claim that the bible nmns homosexualy.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * being gay is not a sin *
Edor's Note: This is the first part a three-part seri that will feature both sis of the bate on the Bible and homosexualy. Followg Matthew V' terview will be rpons om evangelil theologians, and fally, gut ntributns om Christians who have chosen not to engage homosexualy and those who don't believe a gay liftyle nflicts wh the Bible. Read Part 2: "Theologians Fd V' 'Homosexualy Is Not a S' This Not Persuasive.
| (Photo:)Matthew V is a 22-year-old gay Christian who believ beg gay is not a s. "There is no ntradictn between beg Christian and beg gay, " he told arguments – maly agast six Bible passag that are monly ed by Christians to nmn homosexualy – are gag populary as evinced by his YouTube views. In six months, an over hour-long vio of V meticuloly challengg what he lls the tradnal terpretatn of Scripture has garnered nearly 400, 000 an terview wh The Christian Post, V ma clear that he believ that Christians who believe homosexualy is a s are wrong.
* being gay is not a sin *
"Lovg, same-sex relatnships" are not addrsed the Bible, let alone nmned, he distguish between ltful, sual homosexual behavr and lovg, "natural" same-sex relatnships, argug that is only the former behavr that the Bible speaks Wicha, Kan., rint has already changed some Christians' stance on homosexualy, cludg that of his vout Christian father, whom he me out to jt a uple years has stated that he was raised a lovg, Christian home – never molted or abed – and a church muny that holds the tradnal view of homosexualy. He exprsed optimism that the acceptance of gay Christians will soon is a transcript of the What were the scholarly works or people you talked to that led you to velop your view on Scripture and homosexualy? V: I beme more terted unrstandg the issue when I me to meet gay people for the first time high school bee when the issue is jt an abstractn, then is much easier not to talk about very much.
But when you have gay people your life that you re about, mak you want to nsir thgs more once then I cid to really study the scriptural issu pth, what I did was, there are dozens of works of scholarship out there now on this subject om all perspectiv, and so I started buyg different books that seemed to be regularly referenced. There is a book lled Homoeroticism the Biblil World by Martti Nissen. So havg many different nversatns wh fellow Christians about the issue, and also many different nversatns wh gay people about the issue, I feel that that was what was most fluential to me – this amalgamatn of experienc and studi rather than any other one work or In the vio, you give an explanatn about the scriptur that addrs homosexualy and how you believe they have been misunrstood by a lot of mastream church.