Kill Gays - Isn't that sick?

Kill Gays? That sentiment is so sad. A lady wrote to me recently after discovering this website. Her approach is typical of many non-gay Christians. She quoted three Bible verses including one which some Christians believe is about killing gays.

"If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.

They will surely be put to death.

Their blood shall be upon them." Leviticus 20:13

"Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of the error which was due." Romans 1:27

"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals nor sodomites..." 1 Corinthians 6:9

Far too many Christians these days read the above verses and instantly conclude they are referring to gays and lesbians yet gays and lesbians are not the context of any of the verses quoted above.

The verses quoted above are in the specific context of shrine prostitutes or cult prostitutes or temple prostitutes. Religious prostitution in worship of the fertility goddess was the cultural, historical and religious reality those verses addressed.

Therefore it makes no sense to insert modern gays and lesbians into ancient texts as if they are the subject of the ancient texts. Those verses do not in any way advocate we should kill gays today

1. Do you personally believe God advocates that gay people should be killed?

2. Who should be in charge of killing gay people today?

3. If you are allowed to disregard the killing part of the verse, why are gays not allowed to disregard the "men with men" part?

4. Do you also believe adulterers should be killed? Leviticus 20:10 says to kill adulterers.

5. Who should be in charge of killing adulterers today?

6. If its wrong to kill adulterers why is it okay to kill gays?

7. Is it possible Leviticus 20:13 is not talking about gays?

8. Is it possible your understanding of Leviticus 20:13 is wrong?

I've always marveled at the thought processes of some Christians. They seem to operate in a make-believe world almost entirely divorced from rational thought.

1. Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 - NOT about gays and lesbians!

2. Romans 1:26-27 - NOT about gays and lesbians!

3. 1 Cor 6:9 and 1 Tim 1:10 - NOT about gays and lesbians!

Hook, line and sinker, they've swallowed what they've been told at church without any thoughtful reflection, without any study and without any prayer.

Armed with what they assume are incontrovertible proof texts, they charge into battle, determined to vanquish their homosexual foes. Like Don Quixote, they vainly tilt at imaginary windmills.

I once heard an Independent Baptist preacher named Jack Woods (from Houston, Texas) who loved to talk about his "Kill A Queer For Christ Club." What a perverted thing for an alleged man of God to say!

Thank you for writing to me. Its always nice to hear from our readers. You asked an important question.

I've answered your question at great length throughout this website. Click any button on the NavBar and begin reading. Unfortunately your question makes several false assumptions.

1. You falsely assume that the verses you quoted are talking about committed, faithful, non-cultic same sex partnerships.

2. You falsely assume that my lifestyle is not right in God's eyes. Since you don't know me, what possible basis in fact could you have to believe my lifestyle is not right in the eyes of God?

One of the verses you quoted, Leviticus 20:13, says the men involved should be put to death. So I have a question for you."