![]() The Bible is concerned, as with heterosexuality, only when practices violate other moral requirements…. Even more, this research shows that the Bible is basically indifferent to homosexuality in itself. Put the Bible back into its original cultural and historical setting, and it becomes blatantly obvious that the Bible conceived of the matter very differently in a very different world. Recent research on the Bible shows that, at the very least, the same-sex acts that are the focus of biblical concern were not what we mean by “homosexuality” today. ![]() Thus has it always been.īut more reasoned voices also emerge from within religion. Of course, bigotry will have its day, and it will claim to have God on its side-against Jews, against Muslims, against Blacks, against women, against gays. ![]() Human Authenticity: The Key to Human Spirituality-An Interview with Daniel Helminiak Chapter 1 Sexual Orientation versus Religious Commitment ![]()
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