I once made a post discussing biblical mistranslations and out-of-context verses, specifically queer-related ones, and how if you look into the actual meanings of the phrases being mistranslated/taken out of context, you'd find that the Bible isn't truly anti-queer. (Ie; "effeminate man" is a mistranslation of Malakoi which referred to a weak/cowardly man and/or a man who seduced women, "homosexual" is a mistranslation of Arsenokoitai which was a word only really used in the context of men who took advantage of young boys or vulnerable men, the "men shall not lie with men, as with womankind" line is out of context clarification that the prior listed infidelity and incest laws also apply to gay men, etc.)
(This also applies to translations about "Hell", by the way, as everytime the word "Hell" occurs in the Bible, it has a different meaning. So there's no evidence Hell is an actual location. The fiery pit aspect came from them discussing a fire pit where they threw dead bodies, the "dimension you go after you die" aspect came from drawing parallels to the Underworld of Greek beliefs because they were literally talking to Greeks and trying to use language they'd understand, etc, etc. There's no consistent "Hell" described, unlike the consistent Heaven described. Hell = dying, thats the only similarity across all translations of it. Sorry for the tangent, but it is relevant to what I was saying in my post too, about how so many mistranslated things have been turned into a "theme" in modern Christianity.)
I also added on about how Jesus is Jewish, and how Jewish cultural genders exist(ed, they still exist, but I was referring to the past and how thats relevant to Christianity).
Finally, I said that the Bible was written by humans, not God, and so it could have human biases of that time (ie; certain foods were banned because people of that location and era were getting diseases from them, mixed fabrics were banned because people of that location and era couldnt wash them efficiently by hand due to conflicting fabric needs, etc, etc.) And that the Bible isn't even one consistent book, it is a collection of texts from a variety of contexts, so it wasnt written with the intention of being a coherent book. So even if it had anti-queer sentiment, that can't be applied to the Christian beliefs as a whole, but rather the biases of the people who wrote whichever text got thrown into the mix.
With all this context given, you know what 99% of my responses on both Tumblr and Reddit were?
"Great, now tell that to the church."
"Sorry, no, Christianity is a tool of oppression."
"Christianity should be eradicated, it does nothing but harm."
"Ya'll will do anything but take accountability."
"This is a massive reach."
"So the time period excuses the harm its done?"
"Stop calling yourself a 'progressive Christian.' There is nothing progressive about Christianity."
"Queer Christians are in such deep denial. Ya'll are bootlickers. To be queer is to be untouched by Jesus. He doesn't deserve you."
"Queerness is Godlessness. Embrace it. God is an evil oppressor."
This is anti-religion, specifically Christian shaming.
SPECIAL INTEREST MENTIONED! SPECIAL INTEREST MENTIONED! AWHAAAAAAAA!
*clears throat* Anyways, would also like to add on that Yahweh himself is genderqueer. He is above our human concept of gender and, on top of that, has been referred to in the feminine multiple times (my favorite is Moses calling her a mother that nurses her children at her breast).
Let's also not forget that the Holy Spirit is STRICTLY referred to in the feminine in the original Hebrew - linguistic context is important.
