Lets Talk: Why I Believe My God Thinks Gay Is Okay

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Hello everyone! I don't have much to say in the desc bc i yap a bunch in the project, but i felt this needed to be said, so here it is. Official Lets Talk Studio: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/51652289 Next Episode (Let's Talk: History was Super Queer!) https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1322794643/ ~~why is every christian i follow homophobic ToT~~ EDITED VERSION, AS MENTIONED IN PROJECT ↓ Let's Talk: Why I Believe My God Thinks Gay Is Okay Hello everyone! It’s PJOHoOTOA fangirl ^^. So, you know how being queer is unfortunately believed to be sinful by much of the Christian community? I am aware I am opening myself up to much controversy by saying this, but here it is: I disagree. And even if it /was/ because I know there is a fairly low chance I will change any minds of that, I still believe that god is okay with it. So, let's talk: why I believe my god is okay with the gay (hehe I made it rhyme >:D) There are going to be 7 chapters to this! { } Intro { } Let's break down commonly used anti-gay verses { } If it is condemning homosexuality, it's probably not applicable today. { } Pro-queer verses { } Queer is /not/ a choice { } umm so.. it is natural? { } Outro {Intro} So, guys, in conversations I have had with homophobic Christians, they have often been ended with agree to disagree and I respect your opinion. But I just realized: I don’t. You don’t like the songs I do? Opinion respected. You think theyna is not a good ship? Opinion respected. You think gay people should be banned from marrying? Opinion not respected. You think transitions should be outlawed? Opinion not respected. You think people must use the bathroom that correlates to their sex? Opinion not respected. Because when your "opinion" takes away people's rights, it is no longer an opinion. It is an attempt to harm a minority. You say you're doing it in the name of god, but whatever god that is, is not mine. {Lets break down commonly used anti-gay verses.} First, let us turn to Leviticus 18:20. "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." At this time, the only same-sex relationships really known were child x adult. There's a reason this says ‘woman, not male’ rather than ‘female, not male’ or ‘woman, not man. Because it's not talking about men. It’s about boys; this verse is criticizing adult men with male children. This is further supported if you look at the original copy in Hebrew. There is a companion verse to 18:22. it is leviticus 20:13. "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination..." The first "man" is translated from "ish" in original Hebrew, which means adult male. However, the second "male" was translated from "zacher", meaning a male of any age. if it was condemning consensual MLM relationships, why not use 2 adults? {If it were condemning homosexuality, here's why it's not applicable today} If you disagree with those interpretations and still believe queer is a sin, we still have 5 more chapters to go! ^^ If you think those verses are still against the gays, here's a bit more! There are 3 main reasons those rules would not be applicable today. Many rules in the bible are outdated. They were made to be rules to help at the time, not eternal moral laws. For example, let's take 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: "The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church." There are also verses 1 Timothy 2:11–12. "Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet." Are you going to tell the woman in church, your teachers, your mother, and higher-ranking women not to talk, teach, or ask something of men? If these rules are allowed to be broken, why not homosexuality? One other argument that these rules are outdated is that they were written when as much reproduction as possible was needed to expand cities. Because homosexual lovers could not reproduce, it was considered a waste of a possible child. Because of the growing issue of /over/population today, I think we can all agree that this is no longer an issue. Finally, the New Testament says Christians are altogether 'released from the law' (Romans 7:6) and that Christ is the fulfillment of it. This means that the laws condemning homosexuality in the Old Testament are now released. If we are still strictly bound by every Old Testament law not explicitly mentioned by Jesus, then Christians would still be forbidden from wearing blended fabrics or eating pork. (cont in notes and credits bc i typed to much -_-)