cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35340931

“They’re our brothers and sisters. When we stop seeing people that way it’s so easy to start making laws or enacting policies that harm them.”

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    33·
    3 days ago

    “B-but the old testament said…”

    While the strongest Biblical criticisms of homosexuality are in the Old Testament, such criticism is also not exclusive to the Old Testament.

    e.g. the Book of Romans is part of the New Testament:

    Romans 1:26-27:

    Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

    • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      Who decided that Paul was a worthy prophet though? Who chose the books? The only reason for revelations was that they didn’t like the apocalypse of Peter. I would recommend most things with a grain of salt, but more for anything outside of the Gospel, and yes, it should still have some salt.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        21 hours ago

        Agreed, I never understood why xtians that include the writings of Paul shouldn’t be called “Paulians” instead.

        Paul never even met the character of Jesus, according to their own version of things. That’s pretty wild.