Quite interesting that you believe the majority of conservative Christians who do translate this are not biased in any way. I am indeed a Biblical scholar, I have a Bachelor's of Science degree in Religious Studies.
However, this isn't the 1980's were you MUST rely on a scholar from 7 cities...
In the Sibylline Oracles 2.70-77, Acts of John, and Theophilus of Antioch's Ad Autolycum the word is used after Paul's writings, and seems to infer some male person using their bed for profit through exploiting sexual acts - or what we would consider in today's society as a male prostitute; or...
Are you being serious? You honestly think that the Bible was written in Old English as it happened? Ok... Not going to try to prove my point if that is what you believe. It isn't an extraordinary claim though - the Bible in fact was originally written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. The history...
Quite often arguments and truth are ignored. I just feel like if one is going to make any sort of point, they should also look at the history and translation of the text up for debate. The KJV and NIV are not definitive sources, and to exclusively use them, and not the original Hebrew, Greek...
I am not sure why people are ignoring my argument here... is it because they are stuck on black and white thinking? The verses were translated incorrectly intentionally. My wall of text that you guys seem to find so offensive shows this. There is not a single verse in the bible that condemns...
I am glad someone found my humor at the end. Lol My point though, and thus the painfully long write up - is that the modern translations of the clobber verses are incorrect. I would wage intentionally.
The next section to address is in Paul’s writings in the book of Romans. Specifically, Romans 1:26-27 which reads, “26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving...
There are a handful of verses that people use to clobber homosexual acts. I first want to take you to Genesis 19. This whole book is used to condemn homosexual acts. However, let us evaluate it. Genesis 19 is about the angels who came to visit Lot. Now, first, before any homosexual acts occur...