[Mrs. Don-o]

Exactly right, TC. I see where the so-called "gay Christians" are now saying that the centurion's "pais" whom Jesus cured (we just had this in the daily readings in Luke) was ... well, "pais" (Greek) could be child, boy, servant, so the gay "scholars" are saying he was a catamite, i.e. a youth used for sex. And therefore, Christ was telling the centurion that servile pederasty was A-OK with Him.

My fingers feel dirty for having typed this.

But this is the next thing in line, the sex-and-gender-progressive "next big thing," which is that pederasty was a noble aspect of Greek and Roman civilization, Christ saw nothing to condemn about it, and it only stands to reason that if you like masculine beauty, you'll like 'em young. It's mentoring, you know.

:o/

Where's the brillo pad. I need a scrub.

[Tax-chick]

OMG, blarg and dreck, I never thought about the centurion and the doulos who was "dear to him" or "valuable to him" as being in a sexual way until ... just this minute. YUCK!

Surely not .. the centurion "loved the nation" of Israel. He built them their synagogue in the community. Jesus, who knew everything about everyone, would not have presented him as an exemplar of faith if he were a pederast ... even though He would have healed the servant for the servant's sake.