came across this article and thought I should post it

We’re used to thinking of the
Bible as a book, but it really has
more in common with a library.
There are literally hundreds of
different viewpoints crammed in
there, many of which flatly
contradict one another. That’s
how you get books like Leviticus
—which unequivocally condemns
homosexuality—sitting alongside
things like the New Testament
scene where Jesus heals a gay
man.
It’s true: In the “faith of the
centurion” passages of both
Matthew and Luke, Jesus is called
upon to heal a centurion’s dying
servant. However, the original
Greek uses the word “pais” for
“servant”—a word which can also
mean “young gay lover.” And, in
the context of a teenage boy and
a powerful, older man, this is
almost certainly what it does
mean. In his book on Greek
homosexuality, the world’s top
scholar on Ancient Greek, Kenneth
Dover, gave hundreds of ancient
examples of “pais” being used in
an erotic context—almost always
featuring a man and a young boy.
And there’s more to back him up
than a single archaic word.
The Bible pretty explicitly states
that the centurion begs on behalf
of his “pais.” No matter how good
or diligent the servant, this simply
wouldn’t happen in the ancient
world, for the exact same reason
that none of the British
aristocracy ever really ran off with
their gardeners. Class simply
forbids it. At the same time, we
know for a fact that Roman
soldiers had homoerotic
relationships with adolescent
boys—it’s a central plot point in
Satyricon (one of only two
partially surviving Roman novels).
So, if the “pais” is the centurion’s
lover, then that means Jesus
almost certainly healed a gay
man. This, in turn, would mean
that God’s not actually the
homophobic hate-monger Fred
Phelps and his ilk want you to
think he is. In fact, this would be
a pretty solid argument for
Biblical-based tolerance . . . oh
well. Still, it’s nice to dream,
right?

knowledgenuts.com/2013/10/14/when-jesus-healed-a-gay-man/

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