A lot of Christians give LGBT people a hard time. They try and force their opinions upon other people, they spread their message that gay is not okay, and they try to justify their hate crimes/speeches.
But it's possible no-one has really looked that far into the realms of the Holy Bible.
The Sodom Account (Genesis 19:1-9)
"Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. And he said, 'Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servantâs house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.' And they said, 'No, but we will spend the night in the open square.' But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.' So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, and said, 'Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.' And they said, 'Stand back!' Then they said, 'This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.' So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door."
Many people believe that Lotâs offer of his daughters instead of the male angels implies that homosexual sex would have been worse than heterosexual sex, but Lot himself gives his reason for his decision: âDonât do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.â Back in those times, guests were treated like royalty. I'm thinking that Lot's offer might also have something to do with the fact that his guests were angels? I'm not sure about that, though.
The Creation Narrative (Genesis 1-2)
â. . .The authors of Genesis were intent upon answering the question âWhere do we come from?â Then, as now, the only plausible answer is from the union of a man and a woman. . .The creation story in Genesis does not pretend to be a history of anthropology or of every social relationship. It does not mention friendship, for example, and yet we do not assume that friendship is condemned or abnormal. It does not mention the single state, and yet we know that singleness is not condemned, and that in certain religious circumstances it is held in very high esteem (pages 49-50)."
"This is a story about Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!" Weâve all probably heard that somewhere. The fact is, it was Adam and Eve. But it's something that can only be interpreted in one way. Adam and Eve is the only relationship for this specific account that makes sense. It's a story of how human beings came to be, and like it or not, homosexual intercourse does not make babies. So if you want to base your opinion (that heterosexual relationships are the only thing that's allowed to exist) on the story of creation, your argument is weak. And, by the way, in the Creation story, platonic friendships and being single isn't mentioned either, but we don't have a problem with that.
New Testament: âLikewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit (RSV Romans 7:4-6)."
New Testament: âNow before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian [i.e. The Law]. For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith (RSV Galatians 3:23-26)."
Let me start out be saying that Leviticus is the book of the law. It contains everything from commandments for men not to shave the edges of their beards to not harvesting different crops in the same field. Moving on, if we aren't âunder the lawâ does that mean we can lie, cheat, and steal? In Romans 6:15, Paul answers this question himself. âBy no means!" Didnât Christ himself in Matthew 5:17 say that he came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it? So what is the law? Jesus was once asked,
âRabbi, which is the greatest commandment in the law?â
âYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. (RSV Matthew 22:36-40)"
Paul would later echo this idea in Romans as he wrote:
âOwe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, âYou shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,â and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence, âYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.â Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law (RSV Romans 13:8-10)."
So there you have it. The bible says literally nothing about homosexuality. It's all just misconceptions and not reading deep enough.
Well, thanks for reading, and have a great day with this new knowledge you have acquired (:
