{"id":56551,"date":"2023-12-27T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/verses-murder-and-abuse-of-homosexuals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:47:57","slug":"verses-on-murder-and-mistreatment-of-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/verses-on-murder-and-mistreatment-of-homosexuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Verses on Murder and Mistreatment of Homosexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56551\" class=\"elementor elementor-56551 elementor-17511\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-667c68f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"667c68f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be1f5b1\" data-id=\"be1f5b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ee712 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49ee712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AVOID HARM IN CHRISTIANITY! MURDER AND ABUSE OF LGBT PEOPLE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20e247c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20e247c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfe9262\" data-id=\"bfe9262\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36ef8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c36ef8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-ORDENAN-EL-ASESINATO-Y-MALTRATO-DE-LOS-HOMOSEXUALES.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"VERSES THAT ORDER THE MURDER AND ABUSE OF HOMOSEXUALS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-ORDENAN-EL-ASESINATO-Y-MALTRATO-DE-LOS-HOMOSEXUALES.jpg\" alt=\"VERSES THAT ORDER THE MURDER AND ABUSE OF HOMOSEXUALS\" width=\"544\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Both the Old and the New Testament prescribe the murder and abuse of homosexuals and the degradation of the LGBTI community.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MURDER AND ABUSE OF HOMOSEXUALS<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Old Testament:<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus%2020%3A13&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3DLev%25C3%25ADtico%252020%253A13%26version%3DRVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xlJfdvvjlDLF_RZNe4DMS\">Leviticus 20:13<\/a><\/span><\/span>: orders the <strong>killing<\/strong> of men who have same-sex intercourse<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>New Testament:<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jude%207&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3DJudas%25207%26version%3DNVI;RVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-wEh0S9Pjhviw6_Ly57-n\">Jude 1:7<\/a><\/span><\/span>: the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah <strong>deserved to be killed, burned by the fire<\/strong> that fell from the sky, as well as eternal fire, for having sex outside of marriage and engaging in homosexual acts, so that it may serve as an example to others.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%201%3A26-32&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3DRomanos%25201%253A26-32%26version%3DNVI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KIZtP_uxpHkvTd9kbUmN1\">Romans 1:26\u201327<\/a><\/span><\/span>: Saint Paul states that gay, lesbian and bisexual people who have same-gender intercourse are misguided and commit shameful acts <strong>deserving of punishment<\/strong> (despite being innocent people who do not harm anyone).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment is harm inflicted on someone to discourage the act one seeks to prevent\u2014in this case, a harmless act. And in Saint Paul\u2019s time, such harm was often cruel and degrading, typically involving physical and psychological abuse that caused often great suffering.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of the above has resulted in great suffering, to this day, caused by:<\/p><p>1. <strong>Religious and civil authorities<\/strong>, such as <strong>burning at the stake, horrific torture<\/strong> such as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Judas_cradle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuna_de_Judas&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03UWG-lP_vMfjKUD794L9G\">Judas Cradle<\/a><\/span><\/span> or the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/museodelainquisicion.es\/la-pera-infernal-instrumento-de-tortura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/museodelainquisicion.es\/la-pera-infernal-instrumento-de-tortura\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ze98sOvGiY28pJYKPOhl_\">Pear of Anguish<\/a><\/span><\/span>, cutting off testicles without anesthesia, or humiliations such as making them parade naked in public after having inserted a stick into their penis. From the Enlightenment onward, punishments tended to shift to prison sentences or concentration camps (where physical and psychological abuse occurred and occurs), which in reality are kidnappings of innocent people.<\/p><p>2. <strong>Society<\/strong>, such as <strong>beatings, verbal assaults, psychological abuse, bullying<\/strong>, parents who kick their children out of their homes, employers who fire their employees, friends who reject them, social exclusion, making life a living hell, etc.<\/p><p>And therefore, homosexual people in societies with a conservative Christian majority have had to live from childhood to death in a bubble of fear and existential anguish, always afraid that someone might out them and their life would be ruined. Such poisonous doctrines have created provincial, mediocre societies in which people obsess over what goes on in other people\u2019s pants, gossiping and pointing fingers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING!<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/think-for-yourself-and-say-no-to-toxic-indoctrination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Think for yourself and avoid toxic indoctrination<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/never-harm-the-lgbti-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Not even the LGBTI community<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike most harmful verses in the Bible, which convey oppressive values shared by most religions and cultures that emerged since the Neolithic, homophobia is typical of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) in their traditionalist forms, but not of other religions and cultures.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-sexism-in-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID HARM IN ISLAM! Reform its cruel side <\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? See the harmful side of religions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, in Europe the Germanic peoples did kill homosexuals, but other cultures (Greek, Roman, Celtic, Slavic, Viking) were tolerant, and homosexuality\u2014as well as the probably far more widespread bisexuality\u2014was generally normalized. The same can be said of almost all cultures and religions in Africa, the Americas and Asia.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Possibly, the origin of homophobia was some ruler\u2019s interest in increasing the birth rate in order to grow the population of their ethnic group with which to subjugate or defend themselves from other peoples. In fact, this was the case with Genghis Khan, who introduced the death penalty for homosexuals to increase the Mongol population, since it was very small compared to the ethnic groups they had subjugated in his vast empire, which stretched from China to Ukraine. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/learn-the-history-of-homophobia-to-solve-the-problem-at-its-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Learn the history of homophobia in order to eradicate it<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Therefore, the logical approach is to understand those harmful texts in that context and not as the will of a good and just God. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><br \/><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/understand-every-religious-precept-within-the-historical-context-in-which-it-was-created\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Understand each religious precept within its historical context<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-daninos-de-la-biblia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID HARM IN CHRISTIANITY! Contextualize its harmful verses <\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>DEGRADATION OF THE LGBTI COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-DEGRADAN-AL-COLECTIVO-LBTBI.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"VERSES THAT DEGRADE THE LGBTI COMMUNITY\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-DEGRADAN-AL-COLECTIVO-LBTBI.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-DEGRADAN-AL-COLECTIVO-LBTBI.jpg 432w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-QUE-DEGRADAN-AL-COLECTIVO-LBTBI-300x235.jpg 300w\" alt=\"VERSES THAT DEGRADE THE LGBTI COMMUNITY\" width=\"432\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Old Testament:<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus%2018%3A22&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3DLev%25C3%25ADtico%252018%253A22%26version%3DRVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zVzSU38yny6GgCmH48JSY\"><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Leviticus 11:28<\/span><\/span><\/a>: states that homosexual acts are abominable, seriously damaging the honour of the LGBTI community.<\/p><p>Leviticus 18:22: same.<\/p><p>Kings 14:24: same.<\/p><p>Kings 15:11-12: Asa did what was right in the eyes of God, like his father David, because he removed homosexuals from the land.<\/p><p>Kings 22:43-46: and his son Jehoshaphat also does God&#8217;s will by sweeping from the land the homosexuals who remained.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy%2022%3A5&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3DDeuteronomio%252022%253A5%26version%3DRVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LI8ww0tI5dobZASZhgN17\">Deuteronomy 22:5<\/a><\/span>: tramples on the dignity of transgender people and transvestites, saying it is abominable to wear clothes belonging to the opposite sex.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">New Testament:<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Timothy%201%3A8-10&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3D1%2520Timoteo%25201%253A8-10%26version%3DRVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XTZUrmyTZcFarnhQc66Q9\"><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Timothy 1:8-10<\/span><\/span><\/a>: Saint Paul unjustly deprives the dignity and reputation of homosexuals who harm no one by placing them on the same level as murderers, kidnappers, liars, and the ungodly.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Corinthians%206%3A9-10&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search%3D1%2520Corintios%25206%253A9-10%26version%3DRVR1960&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830123000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06rllOSlU3V_0Iw-TKiCX2\">Corinthians 6:9-10<\/a>:<\/span><\/span> Saint Paul again defames by calling them unrighteous and equates those who have homosexual relations and effeminate men with thieves and swindlers, despite the fact that they are innocent people who do no harm to anyone for having consensual sexual relations or for being effeminate.<\/p><p>All of this has had devastating consequences for the LGTBI community in societies where the majority were or are traditionalist Christians. Some of these include physical, verbal and psychological abuse, bullying (90% experience it), widespread social rejection and fear (70% suffer anxiety in the USA, a figure likely much higher in countries with a fundamentalist and conservative Christian majority). Also, anguish, depression (57%, a figure surely much higher in countries with a traditional Christian majority), low self-esteem and other mental health problems (over 80% in the USA).<\/p><p>It is also characterized by high percentages of people who consider suicide (45% of LGBTI people and 59% of transgender people in the USA, but these figures are considerably higher in countries with an ultra-Christian social majority) and lower percentages of those who have attempted it unsuccessfully (33%) or successfully.<\/p><p>A benevolent God would never want any of that. Therefore, let&#8217;s eradicate it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-aspects-of-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID HARM IN CHRISTIANITY! 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color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other<span style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\"> articles<\/span> from LET US NOT HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d789470 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d789470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>With the <b>Living Without Harm initiative<\/b>, we strive to prevent any kind of suffering or harm from being caused to you, your loved ones, and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVOID HARM IN CHRISTIANITY! MURDER AND ABUSE OF LGBT PEOPLE Both the Old and the New Testament prescribe the murder and abuse of homosexuals and the degradation of the LGBTI community. 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