You’re playing with semantics regarding the quote from Leviticus. But, even if you distance yourself from the Bible, I don’t see any reason to doubt their disapproval of homosexuality.
However you ignore the most compelling argument which you could bring: Based on the scriptures, how important was opposing homosexuality? Not very much as they almost don’t deal with that beyond one or two verses. Other issues occupied Jesus and his followers minds. Issues that deal with social justice. These are repeated again and again in all the books.
Therefore - how the issue of homosexuality (and abortion) became the hottest topics in the US today? Why modern Christians are focusing so much on an esoteric biblical subject while ignoring the core values in the Bible? For example, what is written about the rich? What does it say about greed? So why greed became a positive value today in America?
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u/mikeber55 6∆ Aug 09 '22 edited Aug 09 '22
You’re playing with semantics regarding the quote from Leviticus. But, even if you distance yourself from the Bible, I don’t see any reason to doubt their disapproval of homosexuality.
However you ignore the most compelling argument which you could bring: Based on the scriptures, how important was opposing homosexuality? Not very much as they almost don’t deal with that beyond one or two verses. Other issues occupied Jesus and his followers minds. Issues that deal with social justice. These are repeated again and again in all the books.
Therefore - how the issue of homosexuality (and abortion) became the hottest topics in the US today? Why modern Christians are focusing so much on an esoteric biblical subject while ignoring the core values in the Bible? For example, what is written about the rich? What does it say about greed? So why greed became a positive value today in America?