I have given you the verses on this (unless I wrote it to someone else), please check earlier in this thread.
I know what the verses are.
I still would like to know where you get your versions of those verses from, and what they actually state.
Take [FONT=trebuchet ms,arial,helvetica]1 Cor[/FONT]inthians 6:9-10, for instance. The KJV translates these as:
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The emboldened terms are typically interpreted as condemnations of homosexuality, and other translations are more explicit in this (the latter, for instance, is often rendered as simply "nor homosexuals"). However, this is almost certainly not Paul's intent: he used the words 'malakoi (μαλακοι
' and 'arsenokoitai (αρσενοκοιται
', respectively. The former refers to the 'morally soft', and was typically used to refer to the young, male, anal temple prostitutes. The latter is a word seems to have been coined by Paul; etymologically, it means 'man-bed' (arsen-koitai). Given the preceding word, it is likely that 'arsenokoitai' refers to those who indulged themselves in the malakoi (for want of a better phrase).
And besides, if he
had wanted to condemn homosexuality, he would have used the word "paiderasste", which was the standard Greek term at the time for general male-male sex.
Sorry, your logic does not stand. The majority of ancient Greeks where bi-sexual. He wrote this to the church in Corinth which is in Greece.
Nevertheless, heterosexual was the norm in the world at large. Paul knew this, and was probably drawing on the norms and his own Jewish background. Besides, you haven't explained why his terminology implies that marriage is to the exclusion of same-sex couples.
If this is how you feel, then why are you here debating this?
I come here because I want to learn why people believe things differently to me, because I enjoy debate, and because there are a surprising number of misconceptions about science and (to a lesser extent) mathematics.
It seems like you just want to cause problems. Your "truth" is your "truth".
No. Truth is truth, regardless of belief.
You came to a Christian forum to debate your version of "truth" versus our version.
No, I did not. When I learned of your beliefs, and why you believed them, I noticed faulty logic. Thus, I began to discuss this with you.
What kind of answers are you expecting to get? We have God and the Bible, and you have yourself. You are free to do what you want, so why do you care what we (Christians) think?
Because it is the anti-gay movement that wishes to impose their beliefs upon me. Because, just as they have every right to espouse their views, I have every right to criticise them. If I concurred with their exegesis, then I would say no more about it; I would, instead, redouble my scrutiny on misunderstandings of homosexuality and the science surrounding it. However, this is not the case: in my opinion, the Bible was never intended to condemn homosexuality.
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