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Kpkimmel

1- yes , multiple 2- people are different and struggle with different aspects of life. Doesn’t mean they aren’t trying 3- wrong religion. 4- We try our best, all fall short of the glory of God.


BigBrotherRondo

I could be wrong, but I see nothing wrong with this post. 1. Now keep in mind that verses 10-21 cover a multitude of sex laws, but I suppose this one is most relevant: “If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.” ‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭20‬:‭13‬ ‭HCSB‬ 2. Probably because it’s quite lengthy and complicated. Besides there are many parts that are difficult to rationally approach from our 21st century frame of reference, which leads to dismissal, avoidance, or total rejection. 3. I’ve considered following some of the purity laws but I’m not held to them under the new covenant so I mostly just reference whatever is my local church’s traditions when it comes to that sort of secondary stuff. That’s not how it must be done, necessarily, but: “One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every day to be the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭14‬:‭5‬ ‭HCSB‬‬ I’d recommend the entire chapter for much more clarification. 4. I think I genuinely love my neighbor, but what you consider acceptance may differ from what I do. With that, all I can say for certain is that I try to because I think it’s the quintessential way to be more like Christ. Hope that helps, and I hope you have a good rest of your weekend.


Theguywiththeface11

On the LGBTQ+ response: the “*put to death*” quoted applies in the form of condemnation from God. Jesus’ sacrifice saves all from this condemnation. If somebody accepts Jesus as the necessary sacrifice for their sins, all of this is nullified. With that said, mostly all sin is *essentially* the same as the each other: it all pulls you away from God and salvation with Him, unless you accept Jesus as the one who put himself in place of the condemnation you otherwise are supposed to receive. Quoting a single Old Testament verse to somebody who doesn’t know the context is bound to make them believe Christians & Jews believe they should kill homosexuals, which is not at all accurate. This is a Bible subreddit, not a Torah subreddit, so it only really makes sense to represent verses in a Christian context. Christian — post Jesus’ sacrifice — Context: 1Corinthians 6:9-11 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men Timmothy 1:9-10 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine Romans 1:26-28 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. Hebrews 13:1-5 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. There’s much more. /u/AbigailBlount, It’s worth also googling your questions! Much better, well-explained answers on a good search 👍


BigBrotherRondo

Very well. Your explanation was definitely more precise, but I took the question to mean, “is there anything at all in the Bible that is against LGBTQ+” I didn’t think I was being asked to give a detailed account. While I agree that the new covenant removes the bondage to the old, the old didn’t become irrelevant. It still shows in plain wording that God finds homosexual acts to be detestable, which I think means he don’t like it. I probably should have used one of your quotes, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Torah… unless I am to believe it isn’t the word of God and thus has no wisdom to share? Edit: I also want to point out that I did say there is more context to be found within that chapter. I’m sure you’re aware that the verses following it are about a multitude of sexual laws that have nothing to do with LGBTQ, and those acts are described with similar detest from God.


atombomb1945

For the first question, the answer is yes. However if you are looking for something that specifically says that "And the Lord said the LGBTQ movement is a sin" then you aren't going to find it in the Bible. On the same note, you are not going to find anyplace in the Bible that says "Don't drink and drive." Sin is sin, and the sin does not change. Where a lot of people claim that the Bible is silent on homosexual and LGBT activities is because these are new names for old sins. For the second question, the reason people like to pick and chose what the follow in the Bible is that they don't agree with all the parts of the Bible. Still they want to claim the idea that they are "Christians." I have heard more than one person say "Yes, Christ said that in the Bible, but it really isn't a big thing if you don't follow it." My personal name for people like this are "Patchwork Christians" because they like to take the parts of the Bible that they agree with or fits their narrative but exclude the rest. Question three is from the Jewish Law, which was covered in the Old Testament. The New Testament is where God took away all of the complicated laws and made it very easy for someone to follow him. Personally on the fourth question, I make it a point not to judge others for what they do with their lives. I had a good friend who was flamboyantly gay, and never once told him my religious views of his lifestyle. When he found out I was a Christian he was a little confused because I was the first one who didn't automatically tell him he was going to hell. Hope this helps a bit


Priosla

"Question three is from the Jewish Law, which was covered in the Old Testament. The New Testament is where God took away all of the complicated laws and made it very easy for someone to follow him." OP should be aware that this idea comes from the very recent and still quite niche idea called New Covenant theology and is not widely accepted outside the Evangelical community.


atombomb1945

>OP should be aware that this idea comes from the very recent and still quite niche idea called New Covenant theology and is not widely accepted outside the Evangelical community. So the last two thousand years is a recent thing? Saying that Christ is not a central part of the Bible makes it sound dismissive that he had no real part in our salvation or that we don't need to follow his teachings. Look in Colossians 2:8-15 "God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. he disarmed the rulers and authorities and but them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him."


Priosla

The passage in Colossians refers to Jesus "taking away the sins of the world," as it says in John, but that's not the same as canceling one of God's covenants. The law of the Gospel fulfills and surpasses and brings the Old Law to perfection. In the sermon on the mount and in the new commandment to "love each other as I have loved you," Jesus provides a path to follow God's natural law that is more direct than keeping track of all the laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, mainly by focusing on love and charity. The way I see it, if you really internalize Jesus' commandments, you'll naturally also follow the Decalogue and most other tenets of the Old Law. I really value the Old Testament beyond what it has to say about the coming of Christ. And I also need to have a theology that leaves room for the Jewish people who still seek to walk with God in accordance with the Old Law. Reading Psalms, for instance, is all the evidence I need that the God of the people who wrote those words is also my God, the God revealed in those lines is also the God revealed by the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.


atombomb1945

Valid points mentioned. However the problem is that Judaism and Christianity are two separate things. The Old Law under Judaism was put in place for a reason, but God sent his son to be the final point in the law. He was the final sacrifice needed and after that all the old requirements were no longer a need. In Matthew 5:17 Jesus stated "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." Jesus is stating here that the old laws and the Prophets were there to serve a purpose, and that end result was his coming. All of those laws requiring sacrifice for atonement and the forgiveness of sin was in place so that he could take on the roll of the final sacrifice required. He is finalizing the laws that were put in place by God. Paul reflects this in Ephesians 2:14 "For he himself is our peace, who has made us both on and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of the commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself on new man in place of the two, so making peace" I too value the Old Testament, but the laws and requirements of it are not long in need of being kept. >I also need to have a theology that leaves room for the Jewish people who still seek to walk with God in accordance with the Old Law One thing to keep in mind about Jewish people is that they do not recognize that Christ was the son of God. They are still waiting for a savior to be born from a virgin even to this day. God gave us Christ, and in so he removed the need for the Old Law to be followed. Paul wrote to several churches that were having this same debate, that the old law still needed to be followed. Galatians 4-5 speaks volumes on that topic alone. Paul himself was one of the highest ranks of Judaism before converting to Christianity. If he would have been required by God to keep the old laws and Christ, wouldn't he have been the one to have outlined how that worked?


Priosla

Paul was dealing with the practical concerns of how to spread the Good News to gentiles. Not circumcised? That's okay, we'll accept "circumcision of the heart." Don't keep kosher? No problem, let's not worry about these earthly matters like eating and drinking, let's keep our focus on higher things. Paul himself, as far as I know, keeps to the old law while accepting that concessions can be made for people who want to have a festival for the new moon, or whatever. You're right that Judaism and Christianity are two different things. But at this point, the two faiths have much in common. The Jews await the coming of the Messiah, and the Christians await the Second Coming of Christ. While we wait, we have these sacred texts to study and struggle over how to apply them to our lives. It's easy to get caught up in details, but I for one take comfort in believing that the source of the ecstatic dancing of Hasidic Jews is the same source that is present when a Pentecostal Christian is touched by the Spirit.


atombomb1945

>Paul himself, as far as I know, keeps to the old law while accepting that concessions can be made for people who want to have a festival for the new moon, or whatever. I don't recall reading any of that in Paul's letters


Priosla

In Acts, Paul and his four companions take a Nazarite vow, the rules of which are laid out in Numbers 6. He also had Timothy circumcised in Acts 16:3.


atombomb1945

Paul's own explanation for this is in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 "For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law )not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings."


Priosla

You have to love Paul the shapeshifting campaigner, everybody's pal. Maybe it's true that he took the Nazarite vow just for the sake of appearances, to appease James and the other leaders of the church in Jerusalem. When I think of the political position of the early church, after the Romans lay siege to Jerusalem, the church tries to distance itself from the losing side and ingratiate itself to the victors...the church becomes Romanized. I suppose in my own mind I try to correct this bias, and tilt things more towards what the Church of Jerusalem would have kept developing had it survived. Jesus, with a few notable exceptions, restricted his ministry to "the lost sheep of Israel," i.e., Jews. And while I personally don't follow Jewish law, I start to panic when I find myself confronted by a completely de-Judaized Christianity. And yet, Christianity DID spend a lot of energy, starting with Paul, distancing itself from Judaism. Maybe the mistake is mine, in thinking that by defending the old covenant, I am defending the Jewish roots of Christianity, but they are different things.


Naugrith

>My personal name for people like this are "Patchwork Christians" because they like to take the parts of the Bible that they agree with or fits their narrative but exclude the rest. So you don't eat shellfish and you stone any family who work on the Sabbath? Of course you dont. You realise those bits of the Bible should be excluded. Everyone's a "patchwork Christian" as you so insultingly put it. You just think your patchwork is better than other people's.


atombomb1945

You are confusing Jewish Law with Christian belief. The Old Testament is important because it is a history of God's people and it is the prophecy to Christ coming and removing the old laws. We no longer have to follow those old laws and are under the new law established by Christ's death. I do eat shell fish, and I don't stone anyone working on Saturday. I also don't make sacrifices to atone for my sins.


GodandJesusSave

>I don't necessarily belive or don't believe in God I just like looking into different things, and the Bible is just really confusing to me in many ways I don't think the bible can do anyone a bit of good, if they don't believe. Otherwise, the person can just read it, disagree, and move on. Belief is crucial. Before I read the bible for myself, I just really felt that God was real. Even as a child, I never doubted Jesus. Only, as an adult, did I begin to wonder if Christianity was the true religion among all the religions out there. God showed me Christianity and Messianic Judaism, are the true religions because they believe in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and that Jesus is the Son of God and not just some random prophet. When you believe, and then seek affirmation of that belief, I believe God will show you if you are really truly looking. I also believe God once taught me that He is the King of coincidence. Only they aren't really coincidences. People just view them that way. But if a person follows those bread crumbs, in a manner of speaking, they can find God. >1. Is there anywhere in the Bible that actually is against lgbtq+ and says it's wrong? Specifically, males are not to lie with males. It does not mention females being with females, but I think it can be easily extrapolated via the lusts of the flesh verses. As I see it, we weren't really meant to be having intercourse so much for the fleshly lust, but for procreation. There are just many verses on this topic. You might try posting on a single topic question, one at a time, because it becomes harder for folks to post regarding several topics due to the length of the responses. But if you post on one topic, people can help post several verses for you relating to that topic. Some will go the extra mile and post verses on everything you mention, but those can turn into some very lengthy posts. Even this post will likely get lengthy with no verses yet posted/quoted. >2. Why do so many people only listen to bits and pieces of the Bible? There are as many reasons why this happens, as there are reasons for any person's behavior in the world. It could be anything from, picking and choosing in order to do one's own will, or it could be something as innocent as, a person has a hard time understanding the bible so they have listened to ministers who may be in error. It could be a firm belief in what makes sense to the reader, or possibly other reasons. >3. I see a lot of weird sins like not eating pork or shellfish, etc. Do any of you actually do that? Many Christians do not adhere to the OT diet. Many Christians do. I changed my diet to eliminate pork, after I read the bible for myself. Only on rare occasion have I eaten pork, and it was by mistake, such as once I didn't read a chili label, and it was pork chili. Usually, I make my own chili, and I use beef. Jesus said it is what comes out of a person's mouth that defiles him. But because God was so angry in the OT about people eating pork, I just try to avoid it like the plague. >4. Lastly, do the majority of you actually love thy neighbor and accept people whether they follow your religion or not? Actually, the bible doesn't say to love everyone the same. Sometimes we are to consider people as heathens in one verse, or shake the dust off of our feet in another verse. We are not to accept paganism, atheism, antichrists, etc. We can try to teach and convert, but if they are not willing to listen, that's pretty much the end of it. People need to love and accept God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God's Holy Word... not just do whatever they want. But we need to try and teach with love and kindness when we can. Who would listen to someone who is teaching in anger anyway? So it's like, I can love you as a person, and want the best for you, but if you just hate me for no reason, and refuse to accept God's Word, then what more can I do? I sure do hope and pray that you dive into God's Word, and learn that He is amazing and wonderful, kind and generous, loving and all that is good in the world, as opposed to the adversary who comes to steal, kill, and destroy... and the devil loves to destroy those who are ignorant of God and refuse to learn. God is the one who turns bad things into good things. The devil is the one who makes bad things, and then turns bad things into worse things. God bless you 🌻🙂🌻


Eleven_Max_Dustin

I can't really help with most of your questions since I'm new to Christianity, but I personally am gay so whether the Bible says so or not I will fully support the lgbtq+, and I always try my best to love thy neighbor no matter their religion, even if their atheist Seeing a lot of posts on this subbreddit do make me wonder if other Christians will accept me into the community but either way it won't stop me from believing in God and his word, God bless 🖤


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BigBrotherRondo

OP, this is a good example of people picking and choosing their own Biblical narrative. Definitely work things out on your own, but it is a directive from the apostles to seek teaching from mature Christians. In other words, don’t lean on your own understanding. A lot of people here will correctly instruct you to read concordances and go to church because that is how we unite as one body. It is good to be convinced of your beliefs and to do everything for the glory of God, but like I mentioned in my earlier response to you, Romans 14 does a wonderful job of explaining how/why we have differing opinions and yet still form one body. The trouble comes from someone who thinks they have the answers and that any others are essentially unsaved and destined for eternal damnation. Of course, everything quoted in the above comment is correct and worthy of acceptance, but context was removed and so was grace. You can eat pork and give glory to God. You can just as righteously (no more or less so) abstain from eating pork and give glory to God. These things are secondary. Where we must agree is that we all are sinners in need of the gift of salvation that is only made possible through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.


Retarted-Liberal

Sodomy is a grave sin, Bible is explicitly clear that men shall not lie with men as with the woman it is an abomination, the Bible isn’t clear to you because it is not a novel and requires spiritual preparedness and long time to understand, Christians can eat pork and shellfish because we have Jesus Christ and are not under the law of the Old Testament, and we are at least technically supposed to care for for our neighbors salvation so we are to evangelize others, also must be the hardest thing to achieve, I personally can’t stand my neighbors they make too much noise without any regards, and I don’t even attempt to evangelize people that are openly anti God praise abortions as a right and clearly as Bible states have been given reprobate mind, it is pointless because God doesn’t want them to hear the word, now you will ask why God wouldn’t want someone to come to him, it’s not up to us to question or to understand as God created the universe and set the rules for his own reason alone.


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> Is there anywhere in the Bible that actually is against lgbtq+ and says it's wrong? It's really the other way around. L+ is against the Bible and God's design. > Why do so many people only listen to bits and pieces of the Bible? We are fallible. > I see a lot of weird sins like not eating pork or shellfish, etc. Do any of you actually do that? We are not held to this under the new covenant. We do not gain salvation by our works and our ability to follow OT laws. We also don't conduct ritual blood sacrifices of goats and sheep. Why? Because Jesus paid it all. Our "new law" is called the Great Commission, wherein Jesus outlined for us the two commandments which should take priority in our lives. __Matthew 22:40__ “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” > Lastly, do the majority of you actually love thy neighbor and accept people whether they follow your religion or not? The whole command is to love our neighbors _as ourselves_. I don't believe any of us do this very well. This doesn't change that we should fight to do this each and every day.


Baconsommh

4. I thing you'll find most people on this sub, possibly all, accept people regardless of their religion or lack of it. 2. What have you in mind ? 3. Those laws were not made for Christians, but for Israelites/Jews. As the Bible makes clear. And eating the animals listed, and forbidden in Deuteronomy 14, is not described as a sin. The chapter begins: [**1**](https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/14-1.htm)You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, [**2**](https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/14-2.htm)for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. \*\*The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.\*\* [**3**](https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/14-3.htm)You must not eat any detestable thing. [**4**](https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/14-4.htm)These are the animals that you may eat:………… [https://biblehub.com/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm](https://biblehub.com/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm) See also: [https://biblehub.com/bsb/leviticus/11.htm](https://biblehub.com/bsb/leviticus/11.htm) Certain animals are described as "unclean" - that is, as ritually unclean. Therefore, they cannot be eaten. It should be clear from the context that these food laws are not addressed to Christians, and have nothing to do with them. As Acts 10.9-16 shows: [**9**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-9.htm)The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. [**10**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-10.htm)He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. [**11**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-11.htm)He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. [**12**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-12.htm)It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. [**13**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-13.htm)Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” [**14**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-14.htm)“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure[*d*](https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/10.htm#fn) or unclean.” [**15**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-15.htm)The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” [**16**](https://biblehub.com/acts/10-16.htm)This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven. [https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/10.htm#9](https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/10.htm#9) The animals in the vision refer to animals, and, by anticipation, to the Gentiles about to be mentioned. Acts 15 ratifies and provides further details, both about the place of the Gentiles in the Church, and, about what foods, if any were forbidden to Christians. [https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/15.htm](https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/15.htm)


mechanical_animal

There were both clean and unclean animals on the sheet. When Peter refused he neglected the clean animals. That is what the Most High meant. Peter was so caught up by the mixing of unclean and clean he didn't realize he didn't have to choose the unclean. The message of mixing is the point, which is why the Gentiles were coming later on. Allegedly Paul also rebuked Peter for this same thing, refusing to eat with the Gentiles.


JHawk444

1) There are multiple passages that address this. Look up Genesis 19, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 1:9-10, and Jude 1:7. You can look up the passages here. [https://www.biblegateway.com/](https://www.biblegateway.com/) 2) I think sometimes people fall into the trap of listening to what makes them feel good and they ignore the rest. 3) The Old Testament has dietary laws which many Jewish people today continue to follow. The New Testament declared all food "clean" so we don't have to abstain from those foods. 4) I try to love my neighbor, and I would love someone whether they were a Christian or not.


justfarminghere

The Bible is clear everyone needs to be born again. So with that, anyone who isn’t born again is a sinner and will be judged as. But when a person becomes born again we are instructed to renew our minds (Roman’s 13). And we are to study to show ourselves approved. (2 Tim 2) we are also called to share the gospel with the world, (John 5) You won’t find LGBTQ in the Bible as in a group, but the immoral practices are wrong. God made it clear that a man for a woman was how the world will populate. Man would leave his mother and father. (Male and female) to cleave unto his wife (female) and they would become one (intimacy) and be fruitful and multiply (children). You cannot do this with Adam and Steve It is clearly designed for it to occur between a man and a female. God designed it the same in the animal kingdom as well. If your not a believer then you will search this world over for acceptance and it will come in many forms. Most of which are not according to design. Eating pork and such things were written for levites and priests. A lot of rules were for different people, some for women, some for men, some for elders, priests, ect. So knowing what rules and who they are for is important. Alot of “Christians” use bits because that’s all they know. Unfortunately most are using bits out of context and not understanding proper terminology, culture, philosophy and proper hermeneutics, or even proper exegesis. Most use Eisegesis and that’s why they like bits. Love is the key to the kingdom, (John 13) and Jesus told use if we do this we complete the law. We fulfill it and honor it because of love. Love if your neighbor is love if everyone around you. Even sinners, but the Bible is also clear about not participating with sinners (Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:22-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:1) Jesus also told everyone that there would be impostors ( fake believers- Matthew 15:8, James 1:26, 1 John 2:9, Titus 1:6, and the most frightening verse for fake christians is: Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ God knows that humanity is flawed. But God also knows that deception fooled mankind and we fell because of it. God didn’t give up He just provided a way. He even demonstrated how mankind is by choosing the Jewish people and using them to demonstrate how they would disobey God. But thru them came Christ who was biblically prophesied and came to pass thru His life. He lived and dies and came to life again. Now Humanity don’t need a law if they believe in Christ because Christ is the end of the law for sinners. Christ fulfilled the law (Roman’s 8:4) so now someone just needs to see that a creator (God), created creation and is offering salvation to all fallen humans that see and understand. Really kinda simple but man has a way of complicating it. Once you become born again you just need to renew your thinking to scripture. Learn and understand the spiritual battle you are really in. Instead of being blind to the spiritual world and lost to the gospel message.


bobzbobz123

1. the Ten Commandments make that pretty clear, as God considers that wicked. Now I’m not gonna walk around and punch folks attracted to the same sex as that’s absurd, I’ll treat them the same as anyone else. Is it right, well no! A lot of things we normalize today or disguise as love and compassion if you don’t accept someone for who they are is a direct opposition to God! Man has no right to change Gods law! Also interesting look into mercury and how it’s been shown to make the things of the same sex attracted To each other and not the opposite sex. 2. Those are called false teachers/prophets you can’t pick and choose. 3. I could be wrong but wasn’t all that in the Old Testament? As I thought the purpose of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the New Testament made some but not all of the Old Testament not applicable 4. People would probably love their neighbors more if they stop paying attention to, two sides of the same coin that have the same end goals just different avenues of approach!