Yestday's stickied mod post about the queers is the second time this has happened on this board, so I feel this has to be said. We CANNOT keep pretending like it's "ok" to be any flavor of the rainbow brigade.
Homosexuality and all it's derivatives are morally, socially, and naturally degenerate. Get over it.
We all said years ago that if it was allowed to be openly accepted and legalized they'd eventually come for the children and animals. And look at where we are now.
People demanding open acceptance of "MAPS" and zoophilia "pride" parades in Germany.
I'm not saying that there is no such thing as a conservative gay, that's stupid since they obviously exist. But we cannot allow open acceptance for this kind of thing in the public square. What people do in private is between them and God, but open advertisement and propagation of transsexualism and homosexuality have to become a thing of the past if we're to avoid the level of moral degeneracy we're faced with today in the future.
Furthermore, It seems a lot of people like to conveniently overlook that at it's base, our entire movement is essentially a Christian Nationalist movement where we want ALL nations to turn back to God and become (Insert Nation Name) first. To take care of their own citizens before worrying about everyone else on the planet.
Why do you think Q talks about God and Christian themes, etc. so often in the drops? Why do you think so many of our sides leadership are more or less Christian Nationalists? Trump, Desantis, Orban, and even Putin if you want to count him, all have varying levels of Christian Nationalism in their message. And most of them are pushing that more and more as time goes on.
And I know I'm probably gonna anger some on here, but I don't care anymore. This crap has gone on long enough, and people need to get over themselves. We're not calling for some kind of gay concentration camps. All most of us want is something similiar to what most Slavic Nations have going on, where it's illegal and a felony to advertise homosexuality, transsexualism, etc. in any way, shape, form, or fashion, and public displays of such things are also banned.
And don't even give me the whole "muh free speech" bit. There are just some things that NEED to be banned for the good of society. This is one of them. If you disagree, well then I'm sorry but you're just wrong. This crap HAS to stop if we're to move on and better ourselves as a society.
One of the first things they touched was religion. It's the basis of culture. To control a people you control what they believe.
This is something that most people these days don't seem to get. The Bible wasn't written by some dudes in history, it was God's message written by intermediaries that he picked throughout time and space. If more people today realized what the Bible actually is, more people would be willing to read and obey it. That's not the case, so instead we get people constantly challenging it as if they are challenging 'some dudes in history'.
Internet makes it much easier to find better translations which is an upside. You really do have to read most of the text from the original to Hebrew to fully understand God's word. Some of the best preachers I've found will break down the original Hebrew words to illuminate understanding.
The real beauty is knowing how to read and analyze the text in Hebrew. There are nuggets contained within the Torah - the first five books - that could not have been placed there by man and that do not show themselves in translations. It is claimed to be the direct oracle of God to Moses. That is what makes it different from all other books. Even Jesus upheld its validity and lived by its precepts. Those pastors willing to drill down into the original language add so much clarity to the words of the text.
As far as translations - there is no perfect English translation - or any other language for that matter. Therefore, it is good to compare translations for inconsistencies between those translations. Inconsistencies are usually a pretty good indicator that the original language needs to be looked at a little closer since each translator had difficulty finding an English one off. You are right in that the internet has made it much easier to do comparison of the translations and to find good original texts if need be.
Amen
Jesus had males around him who loved him and I do not doubt at all that some were in love with him and were homosexual. Why would this not be true with someone as belived and inspiring as Jesus? I imagine that he had compassion for those who had such feelings. I do not think he thought them less cherished as human beings. Through God, oeople can learn to cope with feelings and behaviors. So even if Jesus would counsel any Gay person to not act out perversities and would assist them spiritually, he would condemn only the behavior, not the person.
Absolutely.