Christians - what is your opinion about homosexuality?

[javaguru]

I don't put pork on my pizzas. I don't give a fuck so much about kosher, I just don't dig on the swine.

chicken, ground beef. I make my own pizzas most times now and I use soujouck, which is a turkish all beef dried sausage very similar to pepperoni...only it tastes much better.

A local pizza place has the sweet baby ray's bbq chicken pizza...it's worth a go. Grilled chicken breast, sweet baby rays bbq sauce, bacon, pineapple, mozzarella, cheddar on a thin crust.

 

[ceo]

A local pizza place has the sweet baby ray's bbq chicken pizza...it's worth a go. Grilled chicken breast, sweet baby rays bbq sauce, bacon, pineapple, mozzarella, cheddar on a thin crust.

hold the bacon.

 

[javaguru]

hold the bacon.

Indeed, it would still be awesome without the bacon...my favorite pizza..

 

[ceo]

does sound good. Damn Brian, you're making me hungry!

 

[nimbus]

I can't say who started it. People have been interpreting the Bible to support their agendas for pretty much ever. It's no different than people who use certain passages to support racism, or when Christians used to quote the Bible to support slavery, since many verses show God both condoning and supporting it.

There really was no talk of any anti-homoerotic sentiment though until after Jesus had died, when in the early stages of the Church, the apostles decided to set themselves apart from pagans by distancing themselves from pagans' sexual practices.

That being said, I'd say only one verse thrown out this far has been, in my opinion, misinterpreted. That's only my opinion, because in context it seems to be talking about idolatry, not homosexuality. It's fine if people in this thread disagree with me there, because nobody knows the "right" way to interpret the Bible.

if Christians have been interpreting bible verses as anti-gay since almost the beginning of Christianity, doesn't that make Christianity a de-facto anti-gay religion? Sure you could say "that's not what Jesus wanted," but I bet a lot of Christianity currently taught/practiced has more to do with the apostles than Jesus as well.

 

[AFeedz]

if Christians have been interpreting bible verses as anti-gay since almost the beginning of Christianity, doesn't that make Christianity a de-facto anti-gay religion? Sure you could say "that's not what Jesus wanted," but I bet a lot of Christianity currently taught/practiced has more to do with the apostles than Jesus as well.

The "Bible" wasn't interpreted as anti-gay THAT early. Having said what I've said about the anti-gay quote from the OT, that leaves only the verses from the NT to be interpreted in such a way. And the Bible with all the books as we know it didn't come around til about 400 years after Jesus died. Before that, individual books of the Bible were passed around and they weren't "the Bible". So the apostles weren't interpreting anything. Any anti-gay interpretations of scripture had to have come much later.

Could you say Christianity is a de facto anti-homosexuality religion because of how long the Bible has been interpreted that way? Sure I guess...And then you could say Christianity is also de facto pro-slavery and pro-racism.

I don't think that because something has been interpreted in such a way for a long time, does it mean that interpretation is correct.

As for most Christian practices being based more on what the Apostles did and passed on than what Jesus actually said/did/wanted, that's likely true. And that's why I consider myself Christian but belong to no formal church, so I can believe what I read, not what is forced upon me by hundreds of years of strategic bible interpretation.

 

[musclemom]

If God has a problem with gays then why are there gay animals? Every species of animals that pair bonds has gay pairs, and it's not an uncommon thing.

Here's another thought to ponder, what about babies that are born intersexed (having the genitals of both genders). What's God's opinion on them?

And, BTW, if being gay comes from being exposed to gay, how come every gay person I know has straight parents? In fact, children who are raised in a gay household have exactly the same chance of becoming gay as those raised in a nice straight, Christian household.

And just as an aside, pedos are made, it's not a choice, it's a compulsion. I don't think I've ever heard of a pedo who hadn't been molested as a child themselves, screws the brain up.

The Jewish laws against homosexuality sprang out of the fact that the Jews were setting themselves apart from other cultures, particularly Rome and Greece -- where homosexuality was the norm and in fact encouraged -- and practitioners of paganism -- which was usually goddess based, hence, why Eve in particular and women in general really got put down.

 

[ceo]

 

[miplank]

If God has a problem with gays then why are there gay animals? Every species of animals that pair bonds has gay pairs, and it's not an uncommon thing.

Here's another thought to ponder, what about babies that are born intersexed (having the genitals of both genders). What's God's opinion on them?

And, BTW, if being gay comes from being exposed to gay, how come every gay person I know has straight parents? In fact, children who are raised in a gay household have exactly the same chance of becoming gay as those raised in a nice straight, Christian household.

And just as an aside, pedos are made, it's not a choice, it's a compulsion. I don't think I've ever heard of a pedo who hadn't been molested as a child themselves, screws the brain up.

The Jewish laws against homosexuality sprang out of the fact that the Jews were setting themselves apart from other cultures, particularly Rome and Greece -- where homosexuality was the norm and in fact encouraged -- and practitioners of paganism -- which was usually goddess based, hence, why Eve in particular and women in general really got put down.

gay animals?

I've never seen any gay animals

 

[ceo]

gay animals?

I've never seen any gay animals

do you always check?