SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
I just don’t see the letters written between first-century house-churches as personal commandments from God to me. What you’re reading is the story of the early believers, not divine instruction.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
I just don’t see the letters written between first-century house-churches as personal commandments from God to me. What you’re reading is the story of the early believers, not divine instruction.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Gay sex is disparaged in various verses, some of which come from Old Testament commandments. It’s not just in letters.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Those were conditions of the covenant God made with the nation of Israel. They have nothing to do with Christianity.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I believe you are right for the old testament commandments, but it does seem like cherry picking to say the early restrictions should only apply to the Israelites, and later verses that would expand the scope in letters from Paul shouldn’t be accepted.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
It’s not cherry picking to recognize who was talking to who, and whether or not their words should be taken as divine instruction to each individual who reads them. It’s just using your head instead of letting religious authorities put onerous demands on the populace. Jesus said love your neighbor as you love yourself and do unto others as you’d have them do unto you. Anything that contradicts that is obviously not to be taken seriously.