Yes, I find it telling that Jesus hadn't a word to say on the topic of homosexuality despite its widespread practice at the time. Since Jewish men of the time were supposed to marry and reproduce, any man who did not risked a whispering campaign accusing him of being a homosexual.
Besides the religious implications in light of the Torah, homosexuality was frowned upon as being "too Greek." (Why do you think anal sex is sometimes referred to as "Greek sex?")
Paul, was a Roman citizen, and just who do you think had the biggest interest in distancing themselves from Greek culture? You got it--The Romans.
The Romans felt the same way about Greek civilization (upon which their culture was based) as modern mainstream Christians do about the older religions from whence their religion(along with their jealously guarded "Christian" holidays) came. The idea in both cases is to take all you can from it, then demonize it, lie about it, and pretend that everything you stole from it was yours all along.
(Incidentally, on the topic of not having to follow the old law, Jesus said he had come , "not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it." This passage is frequently used by victims of the opt-in mental illness known as fundamentalism to justify adherence to the parts of the Old Testament that serve their particular forms of bigotry. To be fair, it is worth noting, that Jesus himself adhered to Jewish law except for in certain circumstances--But still, when asked about what sorts of things were important, although he mentioned other points from the Old Law, he is never once recorded as saying anything about homosexuality.)
Yes, I find it telling that
Yes, I find it telling that Jesus hadn't a word to say on the topic of homosexuality despite its widespread practice at the time. Since Jewish men of the time were supposed to marry and reproduce, any man who did not risked a whispering campaign accusing him of being a homosexual.
Besides the religious implications in light of the Torah, homosexuality was frowned upon as being "too Greek." (Why do you think anal sex is sometimes referred to as "Greek sex?")
Paul, was a Roman citizen, and just who do you think had the biggest interest in distancing themselves from Greek culture? You got it--The Romans.
The Romans felt the same way about Greek civilization (upon which their culture was based) as modern mainstream Christians do about the older religions from whence their religion(along with their jealously guarded "Christian" holidays) came. The idea in both cases is to take all you can from it, then demonize it, lie about it, and pretend that everything you stole from it was yours all along.
(Incidentally, on the topic of not having to follow the old law, Jesus said he had come , "not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it." This passage is frequently used by victims of the opt-in mental illness known as fundamentalism to justify adherence to the parts of the Old Testament that serve their particular forms of bigotry. To be fair, it is worth noting, that Jesus himself adhered to Jewish law except for in certain circumstances--But still, when asked about what sorts of things were important, although he mentioned other points from the Old Law, he is never once recorded as saying anything about homosexuality.)