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Does the New Testament condemn Homosexuality?

Confirmation of the absolute or universal character of these laws comes from use of these chapters in the New Testament. When our Lord stated the two commandments upon which the whole Law and the Prophets depend, He cited Deuteronomy 6:5 (“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might”) and Leviticus 19:18 (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” cf. Matt. 5:43; 19:19; 22:37–40; Mark 12:31, 33; Luke 10:27). The first commandment regarding love for God ( Deut. 6:5) follows the universals of the Decalogue (Deuteronomy 5), as here the second commandment regarding love for man (Levit. 19:18) follows the universals of chapter 18 and summarizes them. This is a telling argument for the universality of Leviticus 18 . In addition, Paul uses Leviticus 19:19 to illustrate the need for separation of Christians (2 Cor. 6:14ff.).102 Peter cites 19:2 (cf. 11:44–45; 20:7) as a standard of holiness, calling Christians away from “former lusts

Homosexuality and Leviticus

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The Tabernacle, Camp, & c. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Revisionist interpreters devote considerable attention to passages in the Law that even more clearly address homosexual practice. Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 relate, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.… If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.” Boswell , Edwards, Countryman, Nissinen, and others admit that, in Boswell’s words, “homosexual acts per se are mentioned.”75 Yet, they conclude that this passage is irrelevant for anyone except Old Testament Jews. Even Jesus and Paul considered the Levitical laws to be irrelevant under the new dispensation, such authors maintain. The laws concern ceremonial uncleanness rather than inherent evil; they concern ritual uncleanness, ethnic contamination, ancient societal taboos, or idolatry. The point

The Queen James Bible, the Gay Bible

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English: Title page of The Holy Bible, King James version, 1772. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Queen James Bible , also known as the Gay Bible, is a new assault on biblical orthodoxy and sexual purity.  This is to be expected in a world of moral relativism.  In it, the 1769 King James  Bible  has been reproduced with only a very few select verses altered--the ones that relate to homosexuality.  Those verses are listed below and analyzed.  I hope you will see that the Queen James Bible is a perversion of the original text and is the result of obvious prejudices against the original Hebrew and Greek texts in order to make homosexual practices appear acceptable. The interlinear citations are taken from two sources.  An interlinear is a listing of the original languages that is reproduced from the most ancient and best manuscripts with English translations under it.  This way, the reader can see for himself what the original says. Hebrew Interlinear Quotations are from van der