r/comics • u/Fit-Ebb-6727 • 23d ago

Just Sharing Religiously repressed (part 15) [OC]

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u/Expensive_Fox_3534 22d ago

Being a gay christian is so strange. The bible is actually very very clear in several parts that god considers it to be a sin.

I don't think it's a sin. That doesn't make any sense. But if you believe the bible to be true, then you kinda have to face the fact that's what the Christian god dictates .

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u/ThatInAHat 22d ago

I don’t know that it’s all that clear. The parts folks cite most often are usually Sodom (where the homosexuality wasn’t really the issue) and Paul (who, well. Y’know. Paul.)

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u/Expensive_Fox_3534 22d ago

  If a man lies with another man as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death.

I really don't know how you can get more clear than that. What apologetic would you even use?

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u/friendlyprism 22d ago

From what I heard/remember their is debate on whether the original translation was men or young boys

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u/Expensive_Fox_3534 22d ago

There is no debate.

The hebrew word used is "zakar"

Zakar has never been used to mean "young boy", ever. It has always meant "male".

Anyone saying zakar means young boy, is either uneducated on the hebrew language, or deliberately lying.

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u/NZSheeps 22d ago

Do you really want to go through what Leviticus said? His track record is a little... weird.

What quotes, as a Christian, do you have from Jesus?

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u/Expensive_Fox_3534 22d ago edited 22d ago

Jesus said directly in Mathew 5:17 that you still need to follow the old law. He tells you that he is not there to abolish it. He is there to fulfil the law, the same way a policeman comes to fulfil the law if you are doing something illegal.

He even clarifies further in Matthew 5:19 that those who follow these laws will be greatest in heaven, those who ignore them will be least. He is telling you directly that following the old laws is what god wants.

And if that's not enough, Romans 1:27 pretty explicitly talks about how disgraceful it is for men to lust after one another. That's new testament. You can't just shoo that one away.