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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That was a weak argument. Clearly she's grasping based on her own life.

I say this as someone who does believe that the Bible should be looked at from a cultural and historical lens, rather than at face value.[/quote]

OP - maybe that is so but am waiting to see the documentary to see how well the case is argued.

There is a lot of other academic work to support more tolerance for homosexuality.

Yes cultural and historical context is essential for interpreting scriptures.

[b]I do think the level of conservative contempt for homosexuality is misguided and unhelpful[/b].[/quote]
PP here. I don't disagree. Jesus was about love, not hate.

But, this person is reaching.

The reason why God did not tolerate homosexuality has to do with the pagans who practiced it.  Everything in the OT is about how God's chosen people need to set themselves apart from the Pagan culture.  The practice of homosexuality is one such aspect.

Having stated that: a sin is a sin, and Jesus talked more about greed than sexual sin, yet we have so many so-called Christians who care more about money than anything else. Jesus certainly never told people to stone sinners, whether figuratively or literally.  Quite the opposite, in fact.

But as to this person's argument, it's reaching.  [/quote]

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