Paul, the Bible, and Homosexuality
Answer the following questions based on chapter three of the book by Furnish. All of the questions in this set will be displayed in this session.
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What is the nature of the same-sex sexual conduct discussed in the stories of Sodom (Genesis 19) and Gibeah (Judges 19)?
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Homosexual rape
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Pederasty
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Homosexual relations between consenting adults
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Sexual slavery
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Later biblical writers
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said that the “evil deed” at Sodom was homosexuality
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did not specifically mention homosexuality when discussing the sins of Sodom
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appear to be unaware that there had been a problem at Sodom
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The Holiness Code (Leviticus 17—26)
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clearly condemns the homosexual conduct known to the author of that document
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does not clearly discuss homosexual conduct
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mentions homosexual conduct, but gives no clear statement of what to do about it
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Which of the following is not something commanded in the Pentateuch?
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Do not wear a garment whose cloth is woven from two different materials.
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Stone a disobedient child to death.
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Torture homosexuals.
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Do not eat shell-fish.
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Which of the following was least likely to have been known to the author of the Holiness Code?
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Cult prostitution
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Same-sex life partners of equal social status
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Pederasty
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The term "pederasty" means
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Sexual relations with a slave
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Sexual relations between an adult male and a boy
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Sexual relations between two adults of the same sex
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Which of the following famous figures from the ancient world was probably Gay?
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Alexander the Great
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Herod the Great
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Julius Caesar
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What did Paul say is the cause of the homosexual conduct that he knew about?
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idolatry
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improper influences in childhood
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seduction by other homosexuals
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The notion of homosexuality as a sexual orientation
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is a modern concept that would have been difficult to understand at the time of Paul
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has been around for many centuries, and was widely know in Paul’s time
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implies that homosexuality is a freely chosen lifestyle