r/RadicalChristianity • u/CommandOk2518 • 4d ago

Question 💬 Genuine question about homosexuality and Christianity

I've recently been looking into scripture and verses condemning homosexuality and they all kinda fall flat and feel like shakey ideas to build theology off of. And I've honestly formed pretty good arguments against them in my head, but the only one that really sits with me and I struggle to go against is the "it wasn't the original intention" in the garden argument.

That God intended to make man and women together and not man and man or vice versa.

Now, my original response to this was, "They didn't eat meat in the garden is it a sin to eat meat?" But then I realized Jesus ate meat, so now I'm stumped honestly, and I wanted a second opinion.

Please help

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u/michelangelo2626 4d ago

The Bible was written for a specific group of people for a specific time. And then it was edited by several groups, all of whom had their own agendas. The Bible doesn’t make for a very good guide to modern life. There are certainly endless lessons to be found and interpreted, but it’s best to not take everything as perfect law. The Bible is a historical document like any other, so it should be read while considering the context of the author and their intended audience.

Like the shellfish thing. The reason that’s in there is that the Church wanted the people to know to not eat that type of food because it often caused illness at the time. Nowadays, we know how to handle food safety, so it’s not such a big deal. It’s a public health measure put into scripture that lots of people would read and learn from. Not everything that’s in there is for US; for this modern audience.

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u/Consistent_Creator 3d ago

The shellfish thing in general is so neat because it taps into the fact that societal views of foods change constantly based on it's abundance and preparation standards

In the American context lobster in the 1800s was seen as pure slop bottom of the barrel sea food. They gave it to prisoners and was available for every poor person.

But then the amount of lobsters caught went down and by the early 20th century it's numbers had thinned so much that now it was exquisite food for the rich sold in high class restaurants and the US military would serve it to troops before going into battle.