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homosexuality and the bible part one
As a former born again christian i find a lot of what conservative christanity says is heavily biased. the utimatebasis of understanding the bible is based upon interpritation, and as anyone knows. the problem is, if you read
the bible in the fullness of itself it is a dimensional document. it can say just about anything you want.
you really have to limit the scope of it's ideas to come away with a singular interpritation of this book.
and by that, you simply have to dismiss the parts you wish to reject. no one can claim absolute ownership over
the entirety of this good book. you will find the idea of homosexuality and what the bible says can be very
damning, but you won't find christians following the full extent of what the bible demands-again selective
interpritation as you will see.
The first verse that addresses the question of relations is in Genesis 2:24 "Therefore shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall cleave onto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" the hebrew definition for the
for the word "therefore" is from the Strong's bible concordance says "AL" "prop. the top; spec. the Highest(i.e.
God); also (adv.) aloft, to Jehovah:-above, high, most high. and a second definition, "KANE" prop. to SET upright;
hence (fig. as adj.) JUST; but usually (as adv. or conj.) RIGHTLY or so (in various applications to manner,
time and relation; often with other particles). clearly we can safely assume this is a mandate from the most high
god. but if you look up various verses with the same meaning for "therefore" you find Leviticus 20:22 "Ye shall
therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgements, and do them: that the land, wither i bring you to dwell
therein, spue you not out." which includes, Levicicus 20:13 which states you should kill the homosexual as a
mandate of the most high god. i don't know about you, but a god that mandates only hetrosexual marriage and
demands that homosexuals be killed sounds psychotic to me. this is the critical flaw in any literalistic
theological opinion. you can't quote one passage and ignore the other that has the same theological
construct. you can't have it both ways.