darkinshadows -> RE: Same-sex marriage (5/30/2005 5:34:26 PM)
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Please see 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and 1 Timothy 1:9-11 where God uses Paul to convey His message re: unacceptable sins. Ummm...nope again - wrong context. You will find that the original translation (if you study the words, not just accept a labeled meaning) is speaking of those that lay with men in a sexual and unjustified nature(ie - male, female - outside of marriage ie fornication) This of course has been changed via the years so that it is interpretated as 'male on male' but the original text translates as sexual relations outside of marriage with a man. Paul was not taking to men specifically and in fact it can't be proved He was. Effeminate Man is a male lacking in manliness(which could be lacking in sperm, a penis, bodily hair, virility etc). This was the original meaning before being evolved. If He had been speaking about homosexuals He would have used the word paiderasste which was the word for homosexuals at the time. The use of the word sodimites has been taken to mean those of sodom(classic story - won't bore) However Paul used the word 'malakoi' - which when translated means loose and also 'arsenokoitai' which was a word for a protitute - So, by your calculation using said texts, you too would be condemmed as we should also not be forgeting those involved with slavery. And perverts. (Which of course, you are released from because of Jesus - good choice!) In Timothy, they are speaking of catamites which were originally the young boys taken and sodomised against their will(ie forced sex against young boys) - the evolution of the words and the misinterpretations of the text from the original trans from the hebrew/greek/english is something that has been used 'against' the bible for many years. Any more? I love words! quote:
btw, fwiw, I hate centered posts SOOOOO much. Way too hard on the eyes when they are replete with formatting and everything else. Not to mention it is a pain in the rear end to remove all the formatting in order to formulate a reasonable reply. I think that is in BBS101 Ya knows me an my questions...lol What is fwiw? And BBS101? Good job You don't have me submitting then hey! Demon likes it and thats the main thing, and many others also. If you don't like the text, don't read it - pretty simple really. I don't do the Y/you M/me kinda thing - but if it floats your boat and is what makes you, you, then go for it! Peace and Love *edit for quotations
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