i would also argue that the reason Jeshua never brought the issue to attention was because, while He was on earth, His area of activity was in Israel. When He taught, He clarified the issues of the Torah that were contentious/ambiguous, and remained silent on what was settled or needed no clarification.

The reason Paul went into detail was because the Greeks had a culture of homosexuality going back hundreds of years (if not more), which was also adopted (in part) by the Romans. So while his fellow Jews had no need to be told not to lie with man as with woman, the gentile converts to the faith needed to be told this.

The bible is incredibly edited. If it fits together, which is heavily does not, it’s because someone arranged it to be that way. Books that didn’t match up were discarded. It’s nothing more than a collection of short stories, cultivated in a vain attempt to convince generations of people to pass judgement on others. There’s not a shred of evidence a word of it is anything more than personal delusion. Believing is just buying into that delusion.

anti-christophobia:

thescienceofapologetics:

Actually, the Bible is the most authenticated ancient text known to man. What does that mean? A lot of things actually…

The Bible has the smallest time gap between the time it was first written and the earliest manuscripts we have. That is VERY important when we are dealing with ancient documents because it greatly increases probability of reliability. We are going to take a few moments to compare the New Testament to other ancient historical accounts that are considered trustworthy and reliable.
I usually just link to this whole video but I felt like throwing in pictures this time because I’m Extra like that

By historical comparison, the earliest manuscripts we have of the New Testament were written in a shockingly short time span from when the original document was penned – a mere 50 years. But there is so much more…

Every single manuscript out of the 24,633 we have of the New Testament alone matches up virtually perfectly, which means they were copied, not edited. They were not perpetuated like a game of telephone, they are true to their original content. How does that compare to the works of other ancient text? Look how many we have of Caesar, Plato, and Tacitus in comparison to the New Testament:

The next closest in regards to the number of manuscripts we have would be Homer’s Iliad with a total of 643 manuscripts

That still leaves the Bible leading by 23,990 manuscripts.

The foundational points of Caesar’s life, the preservation of the Iliad, and the reliability of Tacitus’ writings are considered rock solid. We believe those events happened, we believe the stories told are ones the authors wrote. So why do we doubt the Bible which is FAR more trustworthy than anything else we have? 643 x 38.31 to be exact.

So internally it’s accurate, but what about externally? How do we know it is not simply the writers perpetuating a lie? Glad you asked! Next slide…

Apart from the Bible, we have 9 non-Christian outside sources and 33 Christian outside sources. That brings us to a total of 42 outside sources affirming the events and authenticity of the Bible. Compare that to the second place who would be Caesar of which we only have ten outside sources documenting his life.

We don’t doubt the events of Caesar’s life, we don’t say that there is no evidence to prove the words about him are true, we don’t claim that these other books are so heavily edited that we can no longer believe anything they say is accurate. So why do we doubt the Bible is true?

The Bible blows everything else away. It passes every test of authenticity by a massive amount. If we disregard the validity of the Bible, we have to discard everything we claim to know about ancient history because the Bible is the absolute highest standard for historical accuracy. That’s a fact. (You can watch the whole video including why the four eye-witness gospel accounts are important here)

We don’t doubt the events of Caesar’s life, we don’t say that there is no evidence to prove the words about him are true, we don’t claim that these other books are so heavily edited that we can no longer believe anything they say is accurate. So why do we doubt the Bible is true?

“There’s not a shred of evidence a word of it is anything more than personal delusion.”

Because we all know that Urfa, the Hittites, Egypt, the Tigris and Euphrates, Jericho, Jerusalem, Cyprus, Sennacherib, Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Amel-Marduk, Belshazzar, Persia, Cyrus, Xerxes, Greece, the Seleucids, Rome, Augustus, Tiberias, Claudius, Cornelius, Herod the Great, Herod Agrippa I, etc. never really happened, right? All that history, all that archaeology, all that geography, it’s all fables just because it was in the Bible?

I’m confused, who is the one who’s supposed to be ignoring facts again?

reformedwoman:

I went a year without falling back into either of my addictions. Last year is when I fell, for the first time with masturbation and I have yet to fall with pornography..by Gods grace and strength I pray He keeps me from falling into that as well. But anyways, I met a guy last year and he was the wrong kind of guy, he seemed godly and I got pulled in. I let my guard down and I sinned. It took me awhile to finally walk away from him, block him and move on. Ever since that night, I have never been the same. It’s been hard for me to quit again. I just I don’t know guys, I’m so utterly broken and my desires seem to be everywhere except where they should be and that’s with God. I don’t want to be addicted again and I don’t want to do this. I hate it so much and it grieves me so much. I’ve always been open and honest here since day 1 is this blog. I haven’t been honest in awhile here. Just please for those admiring me for overcoming, just know it wasn’t anything of me, it was Christ that caused me to overcome and He is the only one you should trust in, confide in and admire. He is the all perfect one and He’s the one who can truly help you. Who can deliver you and get you to overcome a sin in your life. Don’t give up, because I’m not either. The hardest thing for me to realize each day is that I’m forgiven once I’ve repented. But have I truly repented if I keep going back to the very same sin. I don’t want to use Gods grace as a license to sin. Lord please deliver me from this, again. There is such a void left by my father leaving and so much pain. My flesh just wants to fill it with all the wrong things. 😦 All I know is I sought the Lord when I was like this, I cried out to Him in my distress day and night to help me until He did. Please help me Lord. 😥

i wish i could hate it this much