The central thesis of the film “1946” is 100% correct

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[minaguta]

The Bible should never be used as a weapon against the marginalized. Thank you, Dan, for helping make such a future a reality.

[IheartDogs]

THANK YOU! My late sister-in-law was a lesbian. I'm glad you included the information that the mistranslated Greek words were not about women.

[silviu-georgepantelimon]

I love you Dan for correcting misinformation and dismantling bigotry❤!

[realitywins]

As a straight White Christian, I couldn't care less who people love or what gender they identify as. I'm outraged that billionaires want even more tax cuts while homeless people die on our streets and children go hungry! The only person described in the Bible as burning in hell was a rich man who refused to help a homeless beggar

[LambentIchor]

There was a whole aspect of choosing to identify as gay or lesbian in the beginnings of gay liberation because of the word “homosexual" having its origin as a clinical term.
Many people might not know that it was coined before the word heterosexual.

It did pathologize same-sex relationships, and its focus on sex was felt to leave out all the other aspects. The fact that as gays and lesbians we also were oriented romantically towards the same sex.

Another great video.

[LarryGarfieldCrell]

I think the crazies have been getting to Dan. His closing dismissals have been getting steadily spicier. 🙂

[tim]

The New Oxford Annotated Bible Fifth Edition has notes at 1 Cor 6:9 agreeing with Dan's claim in this video. This includes the NRSV. I can't immediately tell whether the relevant note is from the NRSV or from the Oxford annotations.

[dethspud]

Never heard of the film but it is definitely on my radar now.
Appreciate all you do, Dan.

[MusicalRaichu]

Thank you so much Dan. Apparently someone wrote a book attempting to debunk the film based on a five minute trailer.

I think it's important to stress that the text fails to specify what these people were doing, so any meaning we impose is conjecture. We should not base our beliefs on unproven theories. In fact the term "soft" had a much broader scope (as understood for example by John Wesley) that actually makes more sense in context. And it doesn't matter what those words mean because Jesus gave as a much better way to know right from wrong e.g. Mat 7.12.

[alanb]

What good is religion if you can't hate someone with it?

[OldMotherLogo]

Never heard of this film, will have to look for it.

Thank you, Dan, for continuing to take a stand against weaponizing the Bible.

[StaffordM]

This topic is very interesting to me, but it has me wondering... were there no homosexuals in ancient times as we understand the term today? Were there no loving, monogamous, equal, non- abusive homosexual relations back then?

[retromacman]

Considering all the bad takes the Bible has...I wish it was easier to argue with some people that it should never be used as a prooftext.

[RickyVis]

The word used in 1 Corinthians 6:9 is ἀρσενοκοῖται and is a reference to Leviticus in the septuagint.

καὶ μετὰ ἄρσενος οὐ κοιμηθήσῃ κοίτην γυναικός βδέλυγμα γάρ ἐστιν

ἄρσενος male κοίτην bed
ἀρσενοκοῖται male-bedders or males who share the bed.

[HumbleHerman]

You're a great man and (I think) essential to working out the issues and paradoxes of American faith.

[Myperfectshell]

Contemporary same sex relationships are overwhelmingly equal, monogamous, loving, long term, family… I’m not against same sex relationships, I agree with everything you said up until that utterance, and I’ve been sitting here enjoying your vids for almost an hour. But this is statement truly makes me wonder if you have any real world connection to the gay community anywhere currently in this world.

[Nymaz]

I initially thought you were referencing the comedy WWII movie "1941" and was REALLY confused for a while there.

[epronovost]

I would add a an addendum to the third reason Dan proposed (that the sexual roles of homosexuals are fixed in filled with a power imbalance dynamic). Not all homosexual practices between men involve, by necessity, penetrative sex of any kind.

[BrandHilton]

Recently discovered Dan. Can someone drop links of relevant prior videos? Thanks!

[nancyhope]

This sounds like “top” or “bottom”. In the parlance.