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Great posts Ken, I've been arguing some of these same points for years. It's refreshing see your articulate response to the often peculiar inerpretation of religion.
First the word "homosexual" was not coined until 1869 by Karl-Maria kertbeny. So how it happens to be included in a TRUE reading of a particular biblical passage should make you ponder how accurate the interpretation actually is. So is man changing the words of the Blble to spread hate?In Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 --both verses refer to heterosexuals who participated in fertility rituals in order to guarantee good crops and healthy flocks, not homosexuals, and there is absolutely no mention of sexual orientation or homosexuality. Also the word, abominations was used for anything that was considered to be religiously unclean or dealing with any type of idol worship.The Hebrew word "toevah" was used in Leviticu 18;22 and Levitucus 20:13. Toevah has been translated in our bibles as "abominiation" or "detestable. The "toevah" was used throughout the Old Tesstment for activity involving ethnic contamination and religious idolatry. Toevah refers to things that were ritually unclean-like eating pork. It is significant that another Hebrew word "zimah" also tranlated "abomination" which means intrinsic evil or evil by it very nature, was not used in Leviticus 18:22 or Leviticus 20:13. it is also significant that female homosexual relationships are not mentioned in the old testament. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IDOLTROUS PRACTICES.