04-18-2018, 10:59 AM
(04-17-2018, 12:13 PM)jaybreak Wrote: People forget a crucial bit of context: recording things wasn't nearly as easy as it was today. The NT writers aren't likely to waste energy recording a teaching of Jesus that wasn't really out of the ordinary, in the case of the NT letters: reiterating things that weren't big issues. The Jews were already aware of God's laws against homosexuality, so it's not likely that the gospel writers would find it remarkable if Jesus said as such.Eisegesis, a new word for me so I looked it up. Jay, you have once more expanded my vocabulary. I like new words, thank you.
One of the re-interpretations of Paul's anti-homosexuality verses claimed he was saying heterosexuals pretending to be homosexual was the real immoral part--genuine gays were fine. When I read that, I thought we had reached peak eisegesis, but maybe not.