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EmpathicDesign [2019-02-14 05:11:43 +0000 UTC]
He also said that men who lay with men committed an abomination and the act is detestable.
Being commanded to love the person doesn't mean we're obliged to love what homosexuals do; those two are mutually exclusive.
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RavyneSidhe In reply to EmpathicDesign [2019-02-14 13:47:25 +0000 UTC]
That's from Leviticus that was meant as holiness code for Jewish priests which no longer exist since the fall of Judea. It also says things like not eating shellfish and sending your wife to the next town when shes on her period. Also the word used is qedesh which means prostitute in Hebrew. Commonly confused for quodash which means holy. So really its referring to prostitutes, more specifically temple prostitutes.
If you want to call yourself a Christian which means like Christ or little Christ in Latin, then you either follow HIS laws or you sit back, Pharisee.
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EmpathicDesign In reply to RavyneSidhe [2019-02-15 03:15:18 +0000 UTC]
The Israelite's were also a different culture in a different time who used different literary devices than the ones used in modern times such as commonly metaphors and Hagiographic Hyperbole.
Qedesh - Holy, sacred.
Quodash - Apartness, sacredness.
Qadesh - Male Temple Prostitute.
The Hebrew Bible uses two different words for prostitute, zonah and kedeshah (or qedesha). The word zonah simply meant an ordinary prostitute or loose woman. But the word kedeshah literally means consecrated (feminine form), from the Semitic root q-d-sh meaning holy or set apart. In spite of the cultic significance of a kedeshah to a follower of the Canaanite religion, two verses make it clear that cultic prostitution had no place within Yahweh's worship. Deuteronomy 23:17-18:
None of the daughters of Israel shall be a kedeshah, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a kadesh.
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute (zonah) or the wages of a dog (kelev) into the house of the Lord your God to pay a vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.
I am Christian. Now, take a seat.
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RavyneSidhe In reply to EmpathicDesign [2019-02-15 03:59:00 +0000 UTC]
No you're not. If you use the Bible in anyway shape or form and do anything that is against Christ's law then you are a Pharisee. I don't make the rules. Have a nice life.
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EmpathicDesign In reply to RavyneSidhe [2019-02-15 04:02:53 +0000 UTC]
Just like you tried to undermine me by presenting an argument that you did not provide adequate study on.
You, who are apparently not a Christian, have no authority telling me how to interpret and practice my faith.
Inconsistent.
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Scorbuniis [2019-02-13 21:36:00 +0000 UTC]
Preach !!
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