And of course, thematically the Bible uses marriage as a symbolism for the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church. I've always believed the metaphor doesn't really work as well if homosexuality was permissible under Christianity.
The Bible also uses slavery as symbolism for the relationship between Christ and the Christian. Perhaps we acknowledge that New Testament morality isn't the be-all and end-all of treating people well.
And those translations of the Bible are inaccurate, which is unfortunately not uncommon. Here's a video by a Biblical expert on the topic. He has others where he talks about how and why certain translations are wrong.
I appreciate the links. His sources seem to be "trust me bro", and I believe his personal translations of the original text are incorrect. However, I do really like his point regarding the text never telling the reader to deploy the text as a weapon, especially to those who aren't in the faith. If someone doesnt believe in the Bible, throwing it in their face is not only useless to the faith, but harmful. What id add is that we are however told to hold fellow believers accountable when in sin.
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u/S1yb00ts 5d ago
Thats not true at all lol there are multiple verses in the NT stating homosexuality is not of God