tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post8822977975202433078..comments2021-03-27T18:19:58.067-06:00Comments on Aunt BeaN's Third Blog: me and Mr. ShoreBarbNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-60109321211765772422013-06-11T10:23:53.824-06:002013-06-11T10:23:53.824-06:00Yeah, when it got to the point that I was having t...Yeah, when it got to the point that I was having to twist my brain into a pretzel to make it work was when I moved along, too. :-)BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-20852037522013465012013-06-09T13:32:18.881-06:002013-06-09T13:32:18.881-06:00I agree that nitpicking through the Bible gets you...I agree that nitpicking through the Bible gets you nowhere in the end. You have to use your mind, as you said, and your heart. If it said GOD HATES THE GAYS in big letters across the Bible, I'd say the Bible is obviously wrong and sucks. Cause if two people are loving each other, and not hurting anyone, then how could this possibly be a hateful thing?<br /><br />I was part of an evangeliccal London Mabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344685160375710889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-36682852035367870882013-05-22T08:41:21.493-06:002013-05-22T08:41:21.493-06:00yes, agreed. And if you could get them to ADMIT t...yes, agreed. And if you could get them to ADMIT that, it might be bearable. :-) BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-1577001399773230172013-05-21T07:15:48.417-06:002013-05-21T07:15:48.417-06:00I have read, and sorry about not having the refere...I have read, and sorry about not having the reference, that the New Testament writings that people have used to condemn homosexuality are not necessary about homosexuality at all, but about promiscuity, sex with prostitutes, adultery, sex with temple prostitutes. That it all depends on the translation, and, as glacierrambler wrote, we don't necessarily have the correct translation.<br /><br /KarenBhttp://karenb1963.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-24844234199475597902013-05-20T22:37:26.771-06:002013-05-20T22:37:26.771-06:00since I have absolutely NO skills in translating G...since I have absolutely NO skills in translating Greek, I appreciate the input. What you're saying makes complete sense to me. It's one of the reasons I have so much trouble with the fundamentalist mindset about scripture-- two thousand years later, there's just no way we can have the context (linguistic or cultural) to get all nit-picky about what certain verses say. It seems to BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-45984141940990416392013-05-20T20:26:33.187-06:002013-05-20T20:26:33.187-06:00Have you heard of Sex and the Single Savior by Dal...Have you heard of Sex and the Single Savior by Dale Martin? He argues (and I find this very convincing based upon my own skills in translating Greek) that we don't even have a linguistic basis for translating the Corinthians passage in a way that refers to homosexuality. He also argues that the Romans passage only refers to homosexuality if you come at it from a homophobic (the word he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com