I have noted in the last week of being here in D.C. on reserve duty that many of my friends believe the meme that “the Bible has been translated and retranslated so many times that nobody really knows what the original meaning was”. I’m just shocked that these really bright people would fall for that crap.
“the Bible has been translated and retranslated so many times that nobody really knows what the original meaning was”.
That’s easily fixed. Learn the original Hebrew and Greek. And the Greek word porneia that has been translated as fornications that Jesus used in this passage:
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” Mark 7:21-23
means this
illicit sexual intercourse:
a) adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.
b) sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18
c) sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11,12
They can have their own opinions about this topic but they cannot have their own facts.