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Leviticus 18:22<\/a> (NIV) says \u201c\u2018Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.\u201d Leviticus 20:13<\/a> says more or less the same thing. 1 Corinthians 6:9<\/a> often loses something in translation, but the term\u00a0arsenokoitai<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0which nowadays is often translated with some reference to homosexuality, is literally a compound word made from the roots for \u201cman\u201d and \u201cto lie down.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems clear from these texts\u00a0that Biblical literalists should have no objection to homosexual intercourse, provided that it is not done lying down.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 18:22 (NIV) says \u201c\u2018Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.\u201d Leviticus 20:13 says more or less the same thing. 1 Corinthians 6:9 often loses something in translation, but the term\u00a0arsenokoitai,\u00a0which nowadays is often translated with some reference to homosexuality, is literally a compound word made from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA Biblical Literalist Perspective on Homosexuality<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leviticus 18:22 (NIV) says "'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." 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