All of you have been weighing heavy on my mind

We can unpack them separately if you want, and we can look at the historical and cultural backdrop, and somewhat determine intensity, cause and frequency; but inevitably, what we are going to find, is that a) the text in the Bible does reflect the history and culture of the time (women should be silent, homosexuals and adulterers should be stoned to death, etc) and b) our values have changed.

As far as God approving or not approving of these actions, the first obvious question is, is the Bible the word of God? If the Bible is the word of God, then it follows that, at best, God doesn't disapprove of those actions. The Bible goes to great lengths to tell people what to do and not to do, and it is very specific in things God disapproves of, many of them rather trivial, yet it says nothing about slavery being wrong (it actually tells you how to enslave people and who to buy them from), or stoning people to death being wrong (other than perhaps you should be righteous before you do so, although it seemed that was just a way to outsmart Pharisees) .

But, if you want to unpack them separately, we can start with homosexuality, since the Bible straight up condemns homosexuality. Do you believe homosexuals can inherit the kingdom of God?

I'd like to either discuss this via pm, or do this in a different venue. We would have to agree on some basic ground rules before taking this on. Considering I'm still looking for work and my time is limited, it will take a while for me to work through all of the considerations of each issue, including homosexuality. So, pm or a thread for specifically a serious religious theology discussion. I feel like I've gotten away from enjoying this thread for what it is. So, I'd like to discuss this in a different thread or venue.