{"id":13957,"date":"2013-04-09T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2013-04-09T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T02:06:10","slug":"john-corvino-on-homosexuality-and-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/04\/john-corvino-on-homosexuality-and-the-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"John Corvino on Homosexuality and the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Homosexuality & The Bible 2: Sodom and Gomorrah - John Corvino\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDN-ZbpVSP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2013\/04\/08\/a-more-honest-look-at-homosexuality-in-the-bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta<\/a>. If you find those videos of interest, you may also be interested in some of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/johncorvino?feature=watch\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corvino\u2019s other videos<\/a>, and his recent book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00AWOTA7S\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00AWOTA7S&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What\u2019s Wrong with Homosexuality? (Philosophy in Action)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00AWOTA7S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>. Corvino is a philosophy professor at Wayne State University.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HT Hemant Mehta. If you find those videos of interest, you may also be interested in some of Corvino\u2019s other videos, and his recent book, What\u2019s Wrong with Homosexuality? (Philosophy in Action). Corvino is a philosophy professor at Wayne State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1140,1846,3245,4563,4745,5309,6521,9130,9530,11411],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","tag-bible","tag-christianity-religion","tag-exegesis","tag-hermeneutics","tag-homosexuality","tag-interpretation","tag-lgbt","tag-picking-and-choosing","tag-principles","tag-slavery"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>John Corvino on Homosexuality and the Bible<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HT Hemant Mehta. 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