The word "homosexual" has not been around since Biblical times?

Question

So, why do so many of you say the Bible speaks directly to it? Again, it was someone's interpretation of the scriptures...someone's interpretation, of tradition, customs, and beliefs...someone's interpretation of dialogue and words...

Leviticus says, a man should not lay with a man...it also says you shouldn't wear a cloth of more than one fiber..

I Corinthians 6:9 says, abusers of themselves with mankind...this could mean a multitude of things. and who knows what the original text was.

Answer 1

One of the most popular is the verse Man is not to lay with another man the way He does with a woman. Pretty clear to me. Peace out.............

Answer 2

There are quite a few passages about homosexuality..Look up Gen 19--reads on through to tell you the story of Sodam and Gamorrah being destroyed because of this..It was so bad God had to destroy it.Homosexuality was so the characteristic of sodom..That's where the word sodomy comes from... It talks about it in Leviticus 20:13. another, Romans 1: 26 and 27..talks about man exchanging natural relations for unnatural and women too.. 1 Cor.6:9, Neither homosexuals or idolaters, prostitutes, or wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of heaven..Unless he repents, and walks away from his wicked ways..Only through the blood of christ can we be forgiven of any sins......being sanctified..So, Does it mention Homosexuals in the Bible? My answer is yes and there were plenty...Do I believe it is wrong..My answer is yes...Because the almighty God says so..I respect his word.. and believe it...Without him, Im nothing..

Answer 3

I'm sorry. You haven't had a single semester of Koine Greek have you? I was actually surprised when my Greek college roomie assured me that homosexuals are still "malakas" as in the Biblical "malakoi" that Paul uses to this day. Modern attempts to recast this as a pederasty, where the context says "men with men" not "men with boys" is just not legitimate.

I understand in a dominant Christian culture why gays and lesbians want to revise the Bible and Church History to make the issue go away. I wish it were that simple, but the Bible simply codifies homophobia, it doesn't invent it. And you will never convince Biblical literalists anyway. You may as well try to revise Mein Kampf so that Hitler is referring to Martians and not Jews. Nobody is buying it and it's simply not true.

Seems to me gays and lesbians are better off to insist that a pre-scientific book of superstition and religious mythology, where both shrimp and homosexuality are "abominations" is not a valid guide to social enlightenment, rather than trying to sanitize the Christian faith of a homophobia that has been part and parcel of all the three major forms of Middle Eastern monotheism from their beginnings. I suppose Christians will always argue that homosexuality is a choice. But I'm still waiting for them to explain how a shrimp chooses to be a shrimp and how they should abstain from shrimpery.

Answer 4

It's a cafeteria-style of picking and choosing from an old text written for an archaic time based on what they did and didn't understand (mostly "didn't") in their day and had aversions to. So basically it's homophobia licensed by the homophobia of a bunch of people from a bygone era who were racist to begin with as well as having other serious divisive hang-ups and perpetuated by people who talk like they have an education but instead feed into the homophobia further.

You have to remember the time and reasons a lot of those old divisive "laws" were written in and for, which was to put forward some form of superiority of one race/religion over another set of religions and people and to sustain their population so it would grow.

The Catholic Church likes to point this need to read in context but yet, itself digs into hypocrisy by picking and choosing what it will follow, and picks and chooses from science what they're going to believe and not.

Most of the Christianity you see today is descended from a group of people who won over a power struggle by picking and choosing what would fit THEIR agenda in their creed, Bible, etc. and demonizing everything else as "heresy" and so forth.

There are lots of good books that tear apart the lies, picking over the Bible, cutting and pasting that these people do with religion and science to further their agenda. A good one to start with is "A Question of Truth" by Gareth Moore and there are others as well. Some of the books are longer and a bit harder to get through, but study analytically for yourself and come to your own conclusions.

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Answer 5

Here, let me try to put it on you with ease:

Whether or not that passage in Corinthians mentions the word, the chapter goes over the reasons why sexual sins are worse - how they are corrupting to the body, because it's made to be the temple of God. Those things we wouldn't have God do, we shouldn't do with them, right? And with God, wouldn't we have our own one wife or husband?

As far as with marriage, divorce, adultery, and covenant, Jesus went right back to the Creation in Genesis, citing "for this reason a man shall leave his mother and be united to his wife, and they shall be one flesh", and that they were no longer two but one.

Common sense in nature lets us know that every man should have a woman... Two men can't produce a baby anymore than two women can. It takes a little from column A and a little from column B! In this light also, homosexual marriage isn't marriage at all - the two can never be considered one flesh - so that alone makes it (whether you are faithful to them or not) fornication. And as you know, fornication is not tolerable as a clean act.

God made us in his own image! Let's follow Christ's example, and if anyone is tempted, let him ask God and Preachers, Pastors, Elders, whoever is in charge with authority around you to pray if need be, because God put them in charge for a reason - if they abuse that power, that's to their own (and perhaps others', but Christ comes first) undoing

Answer 6

The word DOES exist in the Bible and its translations are explained as follows..

God, through Paul, makes it clear those who practice homosexuality will not go to heaven. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). The word for "homosexuals" comes from the Greek phrase which means "men having sexual relations." For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due (Romans 1:26,27). Note the words Paul uses in this passage: "vile," "against nature," "shameful," "error." These are not words of approval. In the context, Paul is discussing the unrighteousness of the Gentiles (Romans 1:18). But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine (1 Timothy 1:8-10). In verse 10, Paul mentions the "sodomite." This is the same Greek word that is used in 1 Corinthians 6:9 translated "homosexual."

Answer 7

I cor. 6:9-11 - Do you not know that unrighteousness will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulturers, nor HOMOSEXUALS, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." Please read the scriptures for yourself. A person who is a homosexual can be set free from that lifestyle - because it's a choice they were not born into it. And their are many who had renounce this lifestyle and are truly free today and are ministering to others who are cripped with this demonic lifestyle of sin. So, "homosexual" has been around since the old and new testament times.

Answer 8

How about "natural law', "common sense law", "animals basic instinct law", " laws of right and wrong", "biological law",
and the " man shall not lie down with man law" from the Bible.

Somethings were not targeted by the Bible directly because no intelligent person at that time ever thought that anyone would be a homosexual. It was an abomination that the writers never thought of anyone doing.

Answer 9

Ok so I'm all about gay rights and think the bible is homophobic because believe it or not you can have homosexuals without having the workd..
Not to mention the bible is not presented as interpretations, it is presented as facts and an interpretation is what epople do with it. I happen to interpret it as homophobic, as do many religious people and gay people. Then you have gay religious people who don't think it is.

Answer 10

No it's a recent word. Just like homophobia is a very recent form of mental disease.
In the time when the Bible was written many people were gay or bisexual and no one thought or said anything about it.
It is recent modern interpretations of the Bible that come up with homophobic ideas. Jesus was always hanging out with his twelve male friends and having a good time. No one cared about that.

Answer 11

There's some stuff about men laying down with men in the old testament, as I recall. Presumably they were not referring to those who simply shared a bed in the old west when there were simply not enough hotel rooms to accommodate everyone.