“But gays choose to be gay” is one of the more common arguments conservative Christians use to justify their condemnation of homosexuals. They openly claim that homosexual relationships are both innately sinful and purely voluntary – and thus, that homosexuals are thereby worthy of being punished for engaging in the same. Well, first & […]
°Clobber Passage A) Leviticus 18 & Leviticus 20 … By far the most popular verses conservatives use to justify their personal prejudice against homosexuals, these two sections of Leviticus actually do not condemn homosexuality or homosexual relationships at all, stating instead that, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is […]
°Clobber Passage B) Matthew 19 … This also-famous passage has Jesus stating that, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female?.… For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” […]
°Clobber Passage C) Genesis 19 … Another popular passage among the condemnatory conservative Christian crowd, these verses speak of the critical portions of the infamous tale of Sodom & Gomorrah, and state the following “But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people […]
°Clobber Passage D) Romans 1 … Another passage commonly used to condemn homosexuals is found at the end of the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans. It reads like this: “For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also […]
°Clobber Passage E) 1 Corinthians 6 … This is another passage frequently used by conservatives to rationalize judging homosexuals to be “sinners”. It states in part that, “Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) … Here, once again, I can […]
°Clobber Passage F) 1 Timothy 1 … Next, we have a passage that is not as frequently heard, and yet one that is used to bash homosexuals nonetheless. It reads: “This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient; for the godless and the sinful, […]
°Clobber Passage G) Jude 1:7 … Finally, here indeed we find a verse that does seem to condemn homosexuality outright. It reads: “Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal […]
Truth #03: Homosexual sex is NOT an especially bad or “mortal” sin… Indeed, while conservative Christians (like Lucy & Dan in this thread) tend to make a big deal about homosexual intercourse deserving special attention because the Bible does the same – calling it an “abomination” in more than one location, it is important to […]
Truth #04: It is NOT the responsibility of Christians to “save” others … First & foremost, the Bible itself makes it very clear that it is God & God alone who is responsible for the ultimate & inevitable salvation of all sentient beings (see Psalms 22:27, Psalms 65:2, Psalms 145:8-9, Isaiah 25:6-8, Hosea 11:9, Zephaniah […]
While quite commonly used by conservatives to justify many of their more primitive (&/or judgmental, &/or violent) religious beliefs, “believing in the whole Bible” is not a valid claim in & of itself. And this is true for the patently simple reason that the Bible, when taken literally as a whole, is literally riddled with […]
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