[CS-FSLUG] God Didn't Say That

[Timothy R. Butler]

> The truth is: The Bible says the two cities were destroyed because of 
> their
> arrogance, refusing to show hospitality to weary, traveling strangers.

	There arrogance had to do with failure to repent from their sins, at 
least partially (which are appropriately named after them). Likewise, 
consider what they wanted to do to the traveling strangers.

> bullet	The Bible never said that it's a sin for two people of the same 
> sex to
> love each other.
>
> The truth is: The Bible includes several examples of same-sex couples 
> in
> faithful committed relationships.

	Platonic, brotherly love... that's different than what the author is 
trying to suggest. Not to dismiss it. After all, Plato didn't argue 
about the importance of this kind of love for nothing. :-)

> bullet	The Bible never said that Jesus Christ condemned homosexuality.
>
> The truth is: Jesus referred to three types of "eunuchs", among them 
> those
> "born eunuchs." Was he referring to homosexuals as "born eunuchs"?

	Doubtful.

> bullet	The Bible never said that St. Paul (or any other disciple) 
> condemned
> homosexuality.

	Incorrect. The word "homosexual" does not appear in the appropriate 
verses in the NIV, IIRC, either... but its quite clear anyway.

> The truth is: The Greek New Testament does not contain the word for
> "homosexual" at all. The English word "homosexual" didn't exist until 
> the
> 19th century, so it doesn't appear in the King James version either.

	The etiology of a particular word has no relevance to the issue... 
especially since we are talking about something translated. There are 
many words without 1:1 equivalents between Koine Greek and modern 
English (or any language for that matter).

	(There's a reason why Muslims are so insistent on reading the Qu'ran 
in its original tongue... having modern Christians equipped with the 
ability to do the same with the Bible would be immensely useful.)

	-Tim

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