- 08 Dec 2017 01:53
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To the extent he addressed it, he was pretty liberal on the issue of gay people. He appears to refer to gays as "eunuchs who have been so from birth".
The son/representative of God himself says that gay people like me MUST be accepted by those with an open, civilised mind. So no offense honey, are you DONE being mean and judgemental? And aren't you commanded not to judge others, with God being the only judge? And AFTER death?
Also the 'sin of Sodom' was about God opposing lack of Sodom's hospitality to strangers and opposing rape;. Not outright opposition to same-gender sex act/orientation.
Pants-of-dog wrote:I was obviously referring to the fact that Jesus never condemned it or mentioned it or even seemed to care about it at all.
To the extent he addressed it, he was pretty liberal on the issue of gay people. He appears to refer to gays as "eunuchs who have been so from birth".
As a reasonably informed person of his time, Jesus would have been aware of this common view of eunuchs. Yet he very matter-of-factly asserts that some people are simply born that way. The implication of his statement is profound — God created gay people the way they are! Jesus says so.
“Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.” (Matthew 19:11-12)
The son/representative of God himself says that gay people like me MUST be accepted by those with an open, civilised mind. So no offense honey, are you DONE being mean and judgemental? And aren't you commanded not to judge others, with God being the only judge? And AFTER death?
Also the 'sin of Sodom' was about God opposing lack of Sodom's hospitality to strangers and opposing rape;. Not outright opposition to same-gender sex act/orientation.
"Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?" Lord Varys, Game of Thrones.