Did Christian homophobia come from a mistranslation of the Bible?
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I do t think this is factual. Data by women’s reproductive rights groups that is based on credible research is very different. |
Anonymous
Ok, link to the facts. |
Anonymous
I think it is highly misleading to claim that > 95% of abortions are elective; The majority were obtained by women who were in their twenties, low-income, women of color, unmarried and already had at least one child. If these women have existing children to feed and no one else to help raise their children, they may not even be able to afford being pregnant. Why are you just blaming women for having sex? I am a married Christian and would never have an abortion myself. However, it is not my place, or anyone’s place, to make reproductive decisions for other women. It is not pro life or ethical to force poor women to have children they cannot afford to bring up with decent qualities of life This is a decision that should be made by women, their partners if they are in committed relationships and their doctors. Ironically, Rates of abortion are much higher in countries where abortion is illegal. No one wants to get abortions for fun. It must be a terrible decision to make. But sometimes it is the lesser of different evils. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/key-facts-on-abortion-in-the-united-states/#Who-gets-abortions In 2021, women across a range of age groups, socioeconomic status, and racial and ethnic backgrounds obtained abortions, but the majority were obtained by women who were in their twenties, low-income, and women of color. * Women in their twenties accounted for more than half (57%) of abortions. Nearly one-third (31%) were among women in their thirties and a small share were among women in their 40s (4%) and teens (8%). * Seven in ten abortion patients were of women of color. Black women comprised 42% of abortion recipients, White women 30% , Hispanic women 22%, and 7% women of other races/ethnicities. * Many women who sought abortions have children. More than six in 10 (61%) abortion patients in 2021 had at least one previous birth. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/01/11/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/ US Abortion statistics https://abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/ In 2004, the Guttmacher Institute anonymously surveyed 1,209 post-abortive women from nine different abortion clinics across the country. Of the women surveyed, 957 provided a main reason for having an abortion. This table lists each reason and the percentage of respondents who chose it. Percentage Reason <0.5% Victim of rape 3% Fetal health problems 4% Physical health problems 4% Would interfere with education or career 7% Not mature enough to raise a child 8% Don't want to be a single mother 19% Done having children 23% Can't afford a baby 25% Not ready for a child 6% Other |
Anonymous
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Abortion issue.
If you are not Pro Choice you are not a Christian. Pro Life is absolute BS |
Anonymous
Baby killers should be jailed. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Stay in your lane, misogynists. |
Anonymous
How many u wanted children have you fostered or adopted? What should we do with all the babies as they turn into children, teens, then adults? I have an adopted child. I’m thankful her bio mom chose life. I in no way think she should have been forced to though. No one should be forced to be a parent. Yes I’m a Christian. |
Anonymous
92% of abortions end the lives of healthy babies, who are killed only because they are an inconvenience to their mothers. No Christian believes healthy babies should be killed because they are inconvenient. Killing healthy babies is genocide. |
Anonymous
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The short answer to the actual question is yes.
There are many mistranslations of the Bible. It was written when a different language and vocabulary was used and had been translated so many times over 100s of years. You can’t pick one sentence or phrase and choose the exact wording that suits your agenda to be ignorant towards other people or to try and make choices for them. |
Anonymous
What was mistranslated? |
Anonymous
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“Homophobia” literally means “fear of homosexuality/homosexuals”.
I don’t know a single person who fears them, or their lifestyle. But the Bible is quite clear that it is a Sin. All peoples are deserving of love and are able to receive the mercy of God if they seek it. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t sinners. Homosexuals are sinners. But I don’t know anyone who fears them. |
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Virtually all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus of Nazareth existed in 1st century Judea.
Two events subject to universal assent from the life of Jesus are that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. Those two events being acknowledged as true are remarkable, as the person (Jesus) was a peasant and not a ruler or military leader. Among scholars, a growing majority considers the Gospels to be in the genre of Ancient Greco-Roman biographies, the same genre as Plutarch's Life of Alexander and Life of Caesar. Typically, ancient biographies written shortly after the death of the subject include substantial history. Scholars consider Luke's works (Luke-Acts) to be "pure" history. Luke is considered the greatest historian in the genre of history. Sir William Mitchell Ramsay was a British archaeologist and New Testament scholar. By his death in 1939 he had become the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor, and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament. At the time first went to Asia Minor, many of the cities mentioned in the Book of Acts were without defined location. Later in life he stated, "Further study… showed that the book could bear the most minute scrutiny as an authority for the facts of the Aegean world, and that it was written with such judgment, skill, art and perception of truth as to be a model of historical statement",[9]: p.85 also stating that one "may press the words of Luke in a degree beyond any other historian's".[9]: p.89 Specifically, Ramsay's studies in Asia Minor led him to accept the trustworthiness of Luke's account in the Book of Acts. He wrote: "I may fairly claim to have entered on this investigation without any prejudice in favour of the conclusion which I shall now attempt to justify to the reader. On the contrary, I began with a mind unfavourable to it for the ingenuity and apparent completeness of the Tubingen theory had at one time quite convinced me. It did not lie then in my line of life to investigate the subject minutely but more recently I found myself often brought in contact with the book of Acts as an authority for the topography antiquities and society of Asia Minor. It was gradually borne in upon me that in various details the narrative showed marvellous truth." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mitchell_Ramsay The Bible has proved remarkably accurate. By scholars and historians, people who love to find inconsistencies and errors. |
Anonymous
The bible is loaded with scientific errors: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Biblical_scientific_errors The bible is loaded with historical errors: https://thirdmill.org/answers/answer.asp/file/39817 The bible is loaded with internal contradictions: https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/biblical-contradictions/ In addition to being loaded with immoral stuff about slavery, the rights of women, incest, rape, and many other things we have covered here many times. Happy to cite again if you need. So there's a whole bunch of evidence your post is incorrect. |
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RationalWiki is an online wiki which is written from a scientific skeptic, secular, and progressive perspective. If you want to provide a source that is reliable from scholarly sources or historical sources, that’s acceptable. The source you offered is not from scholarship or historical sources, data, or records.
Who is the author of the information at your link? |
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regarding your 2nd link:
“We believe that Scripture is infallible, inerrant, and to be received, read, believed and obeyed as the written Word of God. We believe Scripture reveals only one living and true God, who exists in the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.“ https://thirdmill.org/answers/answer.asp/file/39817 |