Re: Sexuality VS Religion -
May 9th 2010, 03:31 AM
you also have to understand what the main audience was at the timeframe of the passage you're quoting. it's from Leviticus, and at the time when the book of Leviticus was written people were straying from the faith. it was in the time of idolatry even in the Hebrews led from Egypt but mostly in Sodom. the people were engaging in mass rape and homosexual orgies as a way of worshiping false idols. the passage could very well have been referring to homosexual orgies in pagan rituals.
and take into account the other nonsense rules in Leviticus.
finally, when Jesus was born he brought a new covenant, dictated by the New Testament. therefore, the old covenant with Abraham was broken and the rules in the old testament becoming void. it's nearly impossible to live by all the rules in the Old Testament.
take it whatever way you want, but God wants you to be happy.
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