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It is in no way a 'clear' condemnation of homosexuality, and the 1917 Masoretic text is absolutely NOT a word for word translation of the original Hebrew. If you'd read my post, I did point out the important missing word in this verse, but just for clarification I will point it out again:
The word BED is missing in translations of Leviticus 18:22.
A much, much closer reading of the original text is as follows:
"A man shall not lie down with another man in a woman's bed, for it is prohibited."
I'll explain again why this is crucially important:
The term prohibited is used; meaning restricted or forbidden by law or authority. The specification is made that this incident is happening in a woman's bed (if this were about homosexual relationships, then why not the man's bed?). So essentially, all this passage is stating is that it's forbidden by law for two men to be in a woman's bed. Now, if you have any historical understanding of the culture and laws of the time period, this makes perfect literal sense. There were many laws regarding a woman's bed at the time. It was, in fact, even forbidden for a husband to lay down on his wife's bed at certain times of the day. And, most assuredly only her husband was allowed to do this. Any sort of promiscuity or a woman having more than one sexual partner (more than one man in her bed) was a completely restricted offence. Leviticus is simply a restatement of these laws. This line is referring absolutely and directly to promiscuity, having more than one partner, or indeed threesomes and orgies. It is in no way, shape or form a condemnation by God of homosexual behaviour.
You can either place your trust in commissioned translated releases of the Bible that contain tens of thousands of translation errors, and fail to take into account grammatical mistakes that can directly alter inference and meaning; or you can examine the actual base texts from a scholarly and historical standpoint. You need to understand the original texts from a literary basis, and understand how they relate to the time period culturally from a historical basis.
I never said that I have made my choices on a bible, quite the opposite, but it's not just my opinion about the bible that had me come to my spiritual path.
You claim to be a believer in a Creator and you infer that a bible of your choice makes you this believer.
originally posted by: undo
personally, i think jesus was the last pharaoh of egypt, and son of cleopatra, who's egyptian name was isa. he was a descendant of king david via the ptolemy line of cleo. when julius caesar was killed, cleopatra sent isa on the silk route to escape the roman assassins, who knew he was the next heir to the throne of the roman empire and a threat to their plans. this made him the rightful heir to the throne of the egyptian empire, the roman empire and the throne of israel. he had it all going on, and had a huge target painted on him. i think after his escape, she faked her own death, and met the caravan in israel - its last stop on the silk route before egypt. it's my view that cleopatra was known as mary in israel. the actual story is much more interesting than what we are taught.
originally posted by: Jesuslives4u
reply to knoledgeispower:
Earlier in one of your post you stated once you die you will ask God to forgive you of your sins.
You have this wrong. You must ask for forgiveness BEFORE you die not after. Once you are dead it is too late to receive forgiveness. So if your plan is to wait until you die......well then you will be surprised.
If it was that easy hell would be empty.
originally posted by: knoledgeispower
originally posted by: Jesuslives4u
reply to knoledgeispower:
Earlier in one of your post you stated once you die you will ask God to forgive you of your sins.
You have this wrong. You must ask for forgiveness BEFORE you die not after. Once you are dead it is too late to receive forgiveness. So if your plan is to wait until you die......well then you will be surprised.
If it was that easy hell would be empty.
oops, I did mean to say ask for forgiveness before I die.
I was told all the time at church, "that as long as you ask for forgiveness & you truly mean it, God will forgive you. God is a forgiving loving God who wants you to walk his path." (not exact wording as that was many many years ago but pretty close.) So by that logic, it doesn't matter what sin you commit, as long as you ask for forgiveness & you truly mean it, you will be forgiven. That doesn't mean that hell would be empty because I'm guessing not everyone would truly mean it when they asked but it does mean that for all we know, Hitler could be up in Heaven because he truly meant it when he asked for forgiveness.
Ammit (/ˈæmɨt/; "devourer" or "soul-eater"; also spelled Ammut or Ahemait) was a female demon in ancient Egyptian religion with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians. A funerary deity, her titles included "Devourer of the Dead", "Eater of Hearts", and "Great of Death". Ammit lived near the scales of justice in Duat, the Egyptian underworld. In the Hall of Two Truths, Anubis weighed the heart of a person against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth, which was depicted as an ostrich feather (the feather was often pictured in Ma'at's headdress). If the heart was judged to be not pure, Ammit would devour it, and the person undergoing judgement was not allowed to continue their voyage towards Osiris and immortality. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever; this was called "to die a second time". Ammit was also sometimes said to stand by a lake of fire. In some traditions, the unworthy hearts were cast into the fiery lake to be destroyed. Some scholars believe Ammit and the lake represent the same concept of destruction. Ammit was not worshipped; instead she embodied all that the Egyptians feared, threatening to bind them to eternal restlessness if they did not follow the principle of Ma'at. Ammit has been linked[who?] with the goddess Tawaret, who has a similar physical appearance and, as a companion of Bes, also protected others from evil. Other authors[who?] have noted that Ammit's lion characteristics, and the lake of fire, may be pointers to a connection with the goddess Sekhmet. The relation to afterlife punishment and lake of fire location are also shared with the baboon deity Babi.
Text Did you know that they actually have a very interesting Bible which is an accurate translation from the original text?
originally posted by: Seede
a reply to: pleasethink
Text Did you know that they actually have a very interesting Bible which is an accurate translation from the original text?
I am interested pleasethink. I am aware of the complete Aramaic bible by Lamsa which does look promising but have not heard of this of which you are describing. Would appreciate a line about it . Thank you pleasethink.
What is interesting is that the Earth has always been called "Earth", the other planets are named after other gods.
originally posted by: undo
personally, i think jesus was the last pharaoh of egypt, and son of cleopatra, who's egyptian name was isa. he was a descendant of king david via the ptolemy line of cleo. when julius caesar was killed, cleopatra sent isa on the silk route to escape the roman assassins, who knew he was the next heir to the throne of the roman empire and a threat to their plans. this made him the rightful heir to the throne of the egyptian empire, the roman empire and the throne of israel. he had it all going on, and had a huge target painted on him. i think after his escape, she faked her own death, and met the caravan in israel - its last stop on the silk route before egypt. it's my view that cleopatra was known as mary in israel. the actual story is much more interesting than what we are taught.
originally posted by: knoledgeispower
I will no longer discuss my own personal beliefs as it has nothing to do with this old bible/book & if it is credible or not. If you have something to say about the book/bible than great, if not & you wish to debate my beliefs I've said all that I want to say on the subject.
originally posted by: Power_Semi
What is interesting is that the Earth has always been called "Earth", the other planets are named after other gods.
The days are also named after Gods and/or heavenly bodies:
Monday - Moon
Tuesday - Tyr (although have seen it said to be after Zeus also)
Wednesday - Wodan
Thursday - Thor
Friday - Frigg
Saturday - Saturn
Sunday - Sun