Reply #20: I understood...

[theblasmo]

... that Leviticus was purely the set of rules set up to keep the people from behaving as the Canaanites, who had some parties in their temples, if you know what I mean. That means the actual "rule" isn't about homosexuality at all, but same-sex partying in the temple. Not gay, so much, but hedonistic (their belief, certainly not mine). Jesus did say he was here to enforce the rules of Moses, which would include this.

However, given that the Bible was put together by humans, edited by humans, and bits rewritten by humans, all they were doing was installing their own prejudices into law. Who knows what was actually spoken by Jesus at the time, and what he meant. My version of Jesus loves everyone, regardless, gays, straights, and GOP included (although I'm personally sure he'd have smashed their "temples", given the chance).

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