RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoWhat was the first record of Homophobiamessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the first record of HomophobiaRavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt was in Zoroastrian tradition around the time Persia was conquering Greece. Definitely not a “Christian thing”.
minus-squareCephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoLeviticus’ proscription of homosexuality in the Torah predates Grecco-Persian wars
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThere is debate though over whether that was referring to homosexuality or age gap violations.
minus-squareCephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoLeviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination”. It sounds pretty clear to me and at best could be proscribing both male homosexuality and pedersasty in one statement.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOh. I was thinking of the other one.
It was in Zoroastrian tradition around the time Persia was conquering Greece. Definitely not a “Christian thing”.
Leviticus’ proscription of homosexuality in the Torah predates Grecco-Persian wars
There is debate though over whether that was referring to homosexuality or age gap violations.
Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination”. It sounds pretty clear to me and at best could be proscribing both male homosexuality and pedersasty in one statement.
Oh. I was thinking of the other one.