Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

If you embrace the fact that David “embraced” Jonathan and God was cool with it, you find that your concepts about what God “hates” get thrown out.

Didn’t they read Galatians? Romans? James and his “Law of Liberty.” The entire New Testament? You can even find Grace in the Old Testament, some of the Rabbis have.

Try to break free from the shackles of it and you will find yourself outside the fold Pastor.

How would you respond to Rep. Nancy Mace's claim that the GOP platform is more in line with what the American people want compared to the left?

Scholars and translators know this. The Greek translation of Arsenokoitace is uncertain. The word was coined by Paul (probably) or a contemporary of his. Any person who says they know exactly what Paul meant is lying (seriously).

Where?

Christ bore that, so, hard pass, thanks.

Why do so many people suddenly think it's acceptable to continue to live with their parents into adulthood?

Mt 19 is about Divorce. Jesus’ reference to Celibacy is that it is a gift from God and that not everyone can receive it.

Why can’t some Christians?

Homophobia is a billion dollar business for Corporate Christianity. Isn’t it?

As a Chinese, what disgusts you about the Chinese society today?

Why is it the Legalists always run to the Law?

I am not a Jewish man. I’m am not under any part of the Law for my righteousness. To place myself under the Law for my righteous standing with God would be to put myself under the curse of the Law listed in Dt 28.

Inhospitable, loathsome, yet leave it to homophobia to twist it and miss it (the verse they use in Jude fails the test because of this).

How do I get my body in shape?

Right?

Further Musings:

(What do you think he would write a line or two about?)

Is it possible to permanently quit pornography?

Last, Leviticus. Two almost identical verses. One sex act (If translated correctly. The Hebrew words are sparse. People debate everything).

The truth is, the Old Testament and New Testaments say next to nothing and sexual orientation is a relatively new concept.

Many believe Paul is writing about what he sees, temples that have male and female prostitutes engaged in ritual activities.

While on the surface of the moon, why isn’t the Apollo 11 spacesuit inflated like a balloon from the 3.7 psi internal pressure?

Does He?

(So please, before you enforce celibacy on another, castrate yourself … or leave other people alone?)

Men interpret Scriptures certain ways, but Jesus said we make void the Word by our tradition. Groupthink is tradition.

What is price of the "liberal celebrities" e.g. Bill Maher, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, Desi Lydic etc. to join the great MAGA movement like Stephen Colbert who wanted to European ambassadorship to turn back on "the Left"?

What? It’s okay for David to be both a man after God’s own heart and a Bloody Bipolar Adulterer who even desecrated what was holy, as long as he wasn’t Bisexual, right? Lol

These were common in that culture in Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, and Crete, all places Paul went. They existed centuries after Paul.

Christ bringing up Genesis is not Him being exclusionary, it is Him reminding these lecherous men that their wives are bound to their hearts.

How will Israelis respond to someone claiming that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, in the same way as anti-feminism not being misogyny and opposing same-sex marriage not being homophobia?

There were Male Shrine Prostitutes in the OT book of Kings, that practice was old in Paul’s time. Many dismiss the idea based what seem to be personal or sociological reasons, not archaeological ones.

Sodom and Gomorrah. Two cities completely filled with Gay men, young and old. Cities who recently had gone to war, who Abraham had rescued, who Lot went back to live among, who tried to rape two angels that they mistook for men … I guess.

No one knows.

Who are the actual "science deniers": people who wait until vaccines are proven effective, or people who believe that there are more than two genders?

No. Rape is violence, not sex. The story is about kidnapping into slavery and the abuse of strangers.

Him and I are good and that’s all I need.

In Romans chapter 1, verses 26–27 are cherry-picked out of the context which starts in verse 18. The context is Idolatry.

How do people who are deaf learn sign language? Is it typically taught by parents at a young age or are there programs available for learning it later in life?

If anything, Paul was writing about male prostitutes, not LGBT.

Today we have Divorce courts, protections, child custody, child and spousal support.

Those women were shunned, shamed, casted out and abandoned. The man had all the power and Jesus dared to challenge that. Even His disciples were astounded.

What do you remember that 95% of us have forgotten?

Since Paul is who most homophobes run to in order to support their case, I went to him first, there really isn’t much left.

Answer to: Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?