Neptuner
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There are many translations…That is an incorrect translation of Leviticus 18:22
With the diacritical signs? …The original Hebrew was:
וְאֶ֨ת־זָכָ֔ר לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אִשָּׁ֑ה תּֽוֹעֵבָ֖ה הִֽוא:
Perhaps having a preconceived notion isn’t doing you any justice. Refer to Roman 1:24-28, I shall guide you like a goat herder?translated in common English versions as:
1) Lesbianism is perfectly acceptable according to this, so homosexuality is not outright condemned by the bible.
Tutu said: “If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.”
So Tutu defies his own god, openly. May I add he called his own god homophobic, and prays to his god with the same tongue…
Here’s the thing why defend Tutu’s paradox? does Tutu condemn homosexual behaviour to death before or after he accepts it? or does he put his god’s rage locked in a box at every upset caused,
Tutu told journalists that “I am deeply disturbed that in the face of some of the most horrendous problems facing Africa, we concentrate on ‘what do I do in bed with whom’.”2) It says "thou shalt not..," or "You shall not" - so if it is a woman reading the verse does that mean she should not lie with a male as with a female?
Well seems like a political statement which Tutu concerns him not with who lies with who. But to answer you refer to verse above.
This verse is self explanatory and you merely proving a point that distorting them is more exhausting than accepting the clear meanings. Check main stream bible scholars commentary on this.3) What does lie with a male as with a woman specifically mean?
Here again you exhausting all avenues to carve a way for homosexuality. Romans 1:24-28 further expounds on the seeking sexual pleasure from the same gender, FYI Tutu’s god only mentions two genders, Im seeing a trend with Tutu’s god…Is it a prohibition of penetrative sex specifically?
mishkav zakur or “lie with a male” is also used in the bible to distinguish women who are virgins from those who are not, which indicates it refers to penetrative sex so what about other forms of sexual pleasure between men aside from anal sex?