Every thing and anything can be taken out of context or distorted. The Bible is often subject to this happening. The Bible no where teaches sexist behavior or homophobia. When people see this happening, it is only cause of the sinful human being misrepresenting. A recent example of this is the "Christians" boycotting soldiers funerals--that is NOT Biblical by any means. Likewise, I feel the same way about Christian homophobes and Christians' who are sexist! That is NOT Biblical by any means!
The Bible clearly teaches to do EVERYTHING with a pure heart and out of love. Putting a certain gender down or being scared of people is NOT displaying this. As for homophobia-- this Bible states marriage is to be for one man and one woman, and he even says that woman essentially "completes him." It also talks about how two men acting sexual is "abnormal and corrupted" and makes him angry like shown in Sodom and Gomorrah. However, no where in the Bible does it say to criticize them or "be scared of them" or put them down. No it talks about how when a brother is sinning-- go to them in love! Another human issue which gets in the way is the "rating" of sin. Christians will say "homosexuality" is one of the worst sins when in reality it is no different in the eyes of the Holy God than using His name in vain or occasional stealing. If anything, the Bible does NOT teach this because it clearly reveals all sins are equal. It is human fallenness which rates them and therefore builds their own prejudice.
As for the issue of sexist being taught in the Bible-- that is outrageously absord. As I said earlier, Eve literally "completes" Adam. On earth, male and females have the same general roles! They just do them differently. And both very clearly are made in God's image-- it's just differently. Who is to say that one sex is better than the other then? Or how does God's word display that? It's once again human's misunderstanding and verses taken out of context which leave people believing this lie. People associate different as one better than the other which could not be farther from the truth. While males and females clearly have different roles in a relationship, they complete each other very nicely that way. God knows our innermost hearts-- he created them! And He knows what we want most-- deep down. So wouldn't you trust the different roles He made are to bring the most happiness and satisfaction? The same applies to His view on homosexuality. God loves man so much He does not want any of them to live these corrupt lives which leave people empty. I fail to see how this love can in any way equate to hatred that so many ignorant Christians seem to teach, which in turns gives a false reputation to the Creator.
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