Doormat said:
There is not one single verse in the entire Bible that states homosexuality per se is sin.
Well, that is a lie straight from the pit of hell.
Whoever taught you that nonsense?
I'm not lying, but stating what I believe to be a fact. The two verses in Leviticus are not about homosexuality in general, but are about a married man committing adultery with another man. Nothing in the law about female homosexuality, you agree. The verses in the New Testament that are allegedly about homosexuality don't stand up to scrutiny, and I gave you an example of that with the dubious translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9.
Doormat said:
A prohibition against male homosexuality in general would read, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind." Period.
No, it would state it exactly as it states it.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind (males) as with womankind (females).
The clause "as with womankind" is superfluous, and the underlying Hebrew has been mistranslated. You aren't aware how the Hebrew scriptures have been mistranslated in many places? Here,
read this.
Leviticus 18:22-23
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. |
These verses are very straightforward in their descriptions.
Men are not to have sex with men.
Neither men nor women are to have sex with animals.
In verse 22 the Hebrew word
mishkab is mistranslated to "as with." The actual meaning of the word is
laying place, and we find example of that word in scripture used in the context of adultery, which is evidence in support of my claim. The fact the verse uses the word for "laying place" and "wife" should be big read flags to you.
Furthermore, I don't believe a man can have sex with another man in the same way he has sex with a woman unless he is engaging in sodomy with women. Consider your interpretation necessarily implies heterosexual sodomy (oral and anal) was lawful at that time.
Doormat said:
The law is transformational when the person understands why behavior contrary to Matthew 7:12 is sin, and that understanding comes through grace not law.
Then you should try to understand why God declared homosexual sex to be a crime worthy of the death penalty.
Explain how two female homosexuals can violate the principle of Matthew 7:12?
If you can't, you've got nothing.
If you notice, the person that hates his neighbor will refuse to rebuke him and will allow him to continue sinning.
If it turns out that you are wrong about homosexuality you would be the one sinning, bearing false witness against acts that are not sin.