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Originally Posted by AlexMack
Oh, one more thing-the New Testament was written largely in Greek. According to my knowledge, there's no word for homosexuality in Greek (the Greeks kinda liked that stuff), so it was shoved in much later, let's say, 10 translations down the road to be generous.
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Not exactly. You're right that the Greeks did not have a word for "homosexuality," nor did they have anything like a modern understanding of "homosexuality," despite their "kinda liking that stuff." They did, however, have words referring to male same-sex activity, and Paul did use some of those words.
I always think the choice/not-a-choice debate is a red herring. All of us miserable sinners are born with traits, conditions and leanings, or we learn them at such an early age that we might as well have been born with them. The crucial question to me is: What decisions will we make given the hand we've been dealt?
And, again for me, a second question follows: Will my own struggles to make the right decision teach me some humility regarding the struggles of others to make the right decisions?
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