I think I might actually be able to help with this one. I come from a very diverse religious background, my father is catholic, my mom is the pagan daughter of a baptist minister, and I have been exposed to some degree to all of them. I did a lot of research into the original wordings of the bible(s) because I had a very similar internal conflict when I was about 13, right before I came out to my mother. That exact bible verse you mentioned above, "A Man shall not lay with a man as he would lay with a woman." King James for that one. This exact sentence has been translated, re-translated, and then back again so many times its original intent was completely lost. The most accurate translation into English from the original Hebrew would read something like this with all ambiguity taken into account. "A man shall not/cannot lay with/in another man as/if he would lay with a woman in that place." To sum it up it is a sin to have sex with a man if you would have sex with a woman in that same bed. In essence it is preaching less against homosexuality and more against extra-marital promiscuity. Further more a lot of people like to quote Sodom and Gomorrah. In Judgements the sins of Sodom are systematically listed off; they include but are not limited to - allowing woman to wear lavish jewels and pearls, giving woman gold, eating pig, inhospitability towards the messengers of god, greed, jealousy, and many others. Nowhere in judgements is homosexuality or "sodomy" mentioned simply "The sins of Sodom." If you really want to know what Jesus would do, and I take this from the golden rule, King James, He would save any man, woman, or child. A centurion begged Jesus to save his servant boy. Jesus did so without even a second thought. What is implied by servant boy is lover. MALE lover. Of a roman Centurion. I really hope this all helps you and if you need more I put a lot of time into this, I would love to share it with you. Don't hesitate to
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