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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leaving a church means leaving more than the church - it means leaving a social network and support system. It's not like walking down the street and joining another church is going to bring that back.[/quote]

I don't believe evangelicals are known for supporting the gray community.  Neither are MAGA Catholics.  [/quote]

I question whether either are actually Christians![/quote]

Yes, they are Christians and yes, Leviticus says homosexuality is an abomination. This is one of the many reasons atheism makes so much sense. [/quote]

[b]Not all translations of Leviticus say homosexuality is an abomination[/b] [/quote]

You're right, some say it is detestable or repulsive or defiled. But they all agree it's a sin. Leviticus 18:22[/quote]

Well [b]given that Jesus essentially tossed most of Leviticus [/b](burnt offerings, clothing and dietary rules), it’s amazing some Christian denominations continue to focus on homosexuality. [/quote]

When you say "tossed," is there a verse or verses in the new testament you could point me to that shows this? [/quote]

No, he can’t. Jesus never broke any Jewish law. Matthew 5:17. [/quote]

PP here. So many examples.

Matthew  38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a](A) 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(B) 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.(C)

Matthew 16“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

And Jesus hung out with unclean tax collectors and prostitutes. And communion replacing burnt offerings. And so on.

When Jesus talks in Matthew 5:17 about “fulfilling the law and the prophets” he is talking about a new covenant with God, one that’s less about ritual. See Matthew 35 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ c 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ d 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Emphasis on the word “test”—Jesus outwitted the Sadducee and still got his message across.  We hear this in the sermon every time these passages are read.

And if that doesn’t work for you, then let’s look at how you yourself practice Leviticus. PP, do you mix cotton and wool and nylon in your clothing? Do you offer up animals? No? Then why are you focused on just one line?[/quote]

There are no examples here at all. For example, the “eye for eye” had long been discounted by the Pharisees. Jesus commanded that we obey Leviticus. Matthew 8:4. [/quote]

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