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    Homosexuality and Religion.

    in Religious Resource Forum

    Posted

    I'm going to speak to us Christians here.

     

    Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith. Therefore, let us look to Him before we look to anyone else for a sure answer. Anything which contradicts Christ's word, even if it's in the Bible, is to be cast out.

     

    Now, Christ spoke did not speak lightly on the issues of sexuality. He called many people out of sinful, harmful sexual relationships, including but not limited to prostitution and adultery. He did not condemn them for their actions, but merely offered forgiveness and love. Now, if homosexuality is a sin, then why did Christ not call anyone out of such a relationship? Nowhere in the Gospel accounts, canonical or noncanonical, is Christ recorded as doing that.

     

    1 Corinthians 6:9 is translated incorrectly in the context it was used above. Let's use the traditional KJV and look at the specific words used. I must stress that this is 17th century English, NOT modern English, and thus the words should NOT be taken in modern context or definition. I choose to use the KJV because it's very easily annotated with Strong's Concordance.

     

    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

     

    Let's examine a few key words here:

     

    Unrighteous (Strong's #94)

    1) descriptive of one who violates or has violated justice

    1a) unjust

    1b) unrighteous, sinful

    1c) of one who deals fraudulently with others, deceitful

     

    Fornicators (Strong's #4205)

    1) a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire

    2) a male prostitute

    3) a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator

     

    Idolaters (Strong's #1496)

    1) a worshipper of false gods, a idolater

    1a) used of any one even Christian, participant in any way in the

    worship of the heathen, esp. one who attends their sacrificial

    feasts and eats of the remains of offered victims

    2) a covetous man as a worshipper of Mammon

     

    Adulterers (Strong's #3432)

    1) an adulterer

    2) metaph. one who is faithless toward God, ungodly

     

    Effeminate (Strong's #3120)

    1) soft, soft to the touch

    2) metaph. in a bad sense

    2a) effeminate

    2a1) of a catamite

    2a2) of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man

    2a3) of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness

    2a4) of a male prostitute

     

    As we can see, the ONLY reference to homosexuality in every single definition of these words is definition 2a2 of Strong's 3120. In this sense, this refers to pederasty, a common 1st century Greek practice where a young boy is reserved by a man for sexual relations. It's a very specific instance of use. It's widely known that such pederastic relationships were not based on love, but lust.

     

    Thus, Paul is not actually condemning a homosexual, at all. He's speaking against sexual immorality; that is, the lack of love in sexual relationships. Neither Jesus Christ nor any of the Apostles condemned homosexuality; modern translations of the Bible are twisted to present them as doing so, where in the original languages, they have done no such thing. Let's study the original scripting of it to divine the true meaning, not a church's interpretation.

     

    Further, it's not up to us to say who is condemned and who is not; Christ teaches us, through Jesus and in our selves, to love all people and regard them with respect and be a servant to them regardless of who they are. And if that is not enough, it remains that Jesus never, not even once, called someone out of it. There's even argument that Jesus encountered it, and did not condemn it (the Roman centurion's "beloved servant"; a first century Greek reader would know the implications of the wording).

     

    Finally, if you're going to quote the Law, the former covenant, with all of it's 613 commandments, it follows that YOU YOURSELF must be made subject to the Law in it's entirety, lest you be found as a hypocrite. It is well known that you will not keep it; only Jesus has been able to keep the entire Law successfully. So instead of pushing the old covenant on someone else without following it yourself, let's make the New Covenant available to everyone, where the only commandment is: "Love your brother as I loved you".

     

    ~Revan

    Existential Dilemma

    in General Chat

    Posted

    GUYS. I'M GOING THROUGH SOMETHING SERIOUS.

     

    I watched "The Hunger Games" with my family out of opportunity and freaking loved it. Reading the books now, and .. and .. and .. I think I'm in love with Katniss Everdeen/Jennifer Lawrence like I am Hermione/Emma (like we ALL are, lol) ... and .. I think she's going to replace Emma. What do?!

     

    ~Revan

    Learning about new religions!

    in Religious Resource Forum

    Posted

    I'm an atheist and therefore have no religion. Have been all my life. Yes I have morals (some :P ) I do have a reason for living. yes I have a reason to be atheist. Yes i have reasons for not being religious. no i don't believe in a deity, and yes i have reasons for it :)

     

    I, for One, am interested in those reasons. :3 And I'm being completely legitimately serious. Tell Us Your story!

     

    ~Rev

    Gender Identity Disorder

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted · Edited by Revan

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    I thought about making this topic. I wasn't sure. I'm so glad someOne did. <3

     

    I guess You could say I have "GID". I don't like the name because - frankly - it's not a disorder. Biologically, I am male; internally, I have ALWAYS felt immensely, immensely female. I simply do what is natural to Me, and Our society labels that "female". So, I am a girl in a boy's body. For now.

     

    GID is like non-physical medical condition: sometimes it's genetic, sometimes it happens for no apparent reason, sometimes it's externally caused. In My particular case, I have no idea. I've never looked at My genome, though I do genuinely desire to.

     

    Being gay or lesbian is NOT the same thing as being transgender. Someone who's homosexual likes the same sex, whereas a transgender person simply feels like and identifies as the opposite sex, which is completely and utterly independent of orientation. Just like anybody else, transgender people have their own unique orientation.

     

    It's ... a scary experience, to say the least. It's one thing to question a quality about the Self, it's entirely another matter to question THE SELF ITSELF which is exactly what GID is.

     

    I'm not quite open about mine yet. My close friends know, I'm preparing to tell My family.. which is why I'm alright with posting this on the internet, of course.

     

    I'm no expert, and I cannot offer professional advice, but I can answer from a personal perspective any questions anyOne may have. And really, ask anything - I'll answer it all.

     

    ~Revan

    Razorburn

    in Food & Health

    Posted

    The Gillette shave gel I use doesn't give me any problems when it comes to razorburn. Heh it actually makes my skin much smoother imo. They give you decent moisture and allows the razor to glide on your skim fairly easily.

     

    Btw, you're using fresh razors right? Dull blades cause irritation.

     

    Hm, alright. I've experimented with Neutrogena, Old Spice, Barbasol, a few other things. I do use fresh razors every couple of shaves. Smooth skin is what I'm aiming for, so I'll take You up on that.

     

    I'll also probably start lotion'ing like Arie said.

     

    ~Revan

    Razorburn

    in Food & Health

    Posted

    I think this is the right place for this thread? Maybe fashion? Eh, if so, just move it. ^^

     

    I whole-body shave and get razorburn constantly, which relatively sucks. AnyOne know how to prevent this?

     

    ~Revan

    How do you publicly display your faith?

    in Religious Resource Forum

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    As a christian woman, I believe in modesty and I try to cover myself up as much as possible. I've been thinking about covering my hair and I even bought some scarves and tried it out but I still haven't come to a decision and the reason is this: in the Bible, it says, "for man looks upon outward appearances, and the Lord looks on the heart". So for me, it shouldn't matter completely what you wear (although I still think it's important to try to dress at least somewhat modestly) but rather what is on your heart.

     

     

    Why? Where does Christ require modest dress? He formed Us naked, and We are indeed born naked. Be glad that You inhabit such a work of art as Your own body. :)

     

    ~Revan

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