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I think it's interesting that that line is thought to be misinterpreted by Christians. Jewish people believe, and have quite a bit of evidence to support their ideas, that the line should be "A grown man shall not have sex with a young boy". This is also known as "pederasty".
Here's an article from The Jewish Standard about it that goes into far more detail than I can provide: https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/redefining-leviticus-2013/
And here's a wikipedia article about pederasty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty
Edit: Sorry that this got posted 4 times. I'm on fedia.io and it seems like it's not correctly posting things. I think I removed all the other posts now.
This type of stuff absolutely blows my mind when it comes to religion. Thousands of years ago, some guy basically wrote "hey dudes, don't fuck kids." Then several thousand years later that sentence was rewritten, translated, and misinterpreted - and now we have millions of people who think gay people shouldn't exist.
One of my favorite facts about what you just described is that "Christ" in Jesus' name isn't his last name but instead essentially means "the annointed". Annointing is a religious practice in which a holy figure puts oil on you. And the name "Jesus" can be translated throughout the ages to basically be equivalent to the name "Joshua" in today's English. So "Jesus Christ" today is basically "Oily Josh" lol
Lmao Oily Jesus
I agree, almost like an almighty god who created everything, couldn't tell the future or didn't care.
I think this verse is less about pederasty and more about sexual violence directed against adult men. I’ve read elsewhere that it was common in Bronze Age warfare for men to rape other men. “Sexual orientation” is more of a modern concept.
What's funny is I've known Jewish people who also interpret it as literally meaning gay men can't do anal