| William Countryman, Professor of New Testament,
Church Divinity School of Pacific, Berkeley. "A close reading of Paul's discussion of homosexual acts in Romans 1 does not support the common modern interpretation of the passage. Paul did not deny the existence of a distinction between clean and unclean and even assumed that Jewish Christians would continue to observe the purity code. He refrained, however, from identifying physical impurity with sin or demanding that Gentiles adhere to that code." |
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| John Boswell, Professor of History,Yale University, New Haven: "The Hebrew word 'toevah,' here translated 'abomination,' does not usually signify something intrinsically evil, like rape or theft (discussed elsewhere in Leviticus), but something which is ritually unclean for Jews, like eating pork or engaging in intercourse during menstruation, both of which are prohibited in these same chapters." Its OK to be gay and Christain at the same time. 1. Jehovahs_Messenger's message that Christ's passion is our salvation is good 2. Israel obsession bad. |
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