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Bravo my sister (i hope that is ok to say)
As I write this book I am working on, I find more and more, that who I am is a drive and impulse I can never chain to a post. ok maybe if I want to be chained to the post. lol! anyway…
I struggled with this topic for years, growing up in the 70s, in “liberal” madison wi usa. it was cool to be a hippie here, but not so cool to be gay. really odd when you think about it. I went into the service and was outed as a marine. a few years later, I would find a small church in florida. I thought that who I was was wrong, that is until I did my own investigating further into the “word”.
the epistles and gospels were not who paul, an pharisiee by nature and a greek with roman citizenship. was refering to when he said “the word”. they were refering to torah, the law of moses. after further investigation, I found that the book of leviticus was for the tribe of levi, or “for the priests”. the book of deuteronomy was what the average Jew would read, not the hebrews. it wasn't published yet. the book of leviticus 18:22, “you shall not lay with a man as with a woman, it is an abomination” is a rather basterdized version of what the text actually says. Qodesh and qadeshaw are references to the surrounding “pagan” tribes that were not the Hebrews. it literally means, male and female temple prostitute. the passage was saying that to practice this method in the tabernacle was an abomination, which is T'obeth (i could be off on the spelling, i'm going from the top of my head! hehe i'm blond too!) it means, that the male and female prostitution is not pleasing to G*d, and isn't what is wanted. the book of deuteronomy like i said was for the common folk. it is almost word for word as the book of leviticus, but…. 18:22 is not there. why? because it was only meant for the priests. :)
ok I just paraphrased my book. lol !
its linked on my pod, Garden of love; i'm looking for folk's input on what's been written too :)
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