According to some books I've read about Roman culture, there was anti-gay sentiment in pre-Christian Roman society, which was heavily Patriarchal in its family-structures among the upper classes.
The influx of Greek ideas moderated that, somewhat, and set up the clash-between-ideologies that I think allowed Christianity to take root in the Roman civilization, since there existed a number of "traditionalist" people who disdained the Greek openness (just as in modern America, where we have liberals and conservatives who hate one another's ideas, and the latter group tends to cling to severe religious beliefs as a way to combat the laissez-faire attitudes of the former).
What began as a cult of anti-sex radicals eventually morphed into the machine we see, today, but it kept its loathing of the (Greek) attitudes toward sexuality, from Paul's railing against temple prostitution to the OT ideas about homosexuality.
The influx of Greek ideas moderated that, somewhat, and set up the clash-between-ideologies that I think allowed Christianity to take root in the Roman civilization, since there existed a number of "traditionalist" people who disdained the Greek openness (just as in modern America, where we have liberals and conservatives who hate one another's ideas, and the latter group tends to cling to severe religious beliefs as a way to combat the laissez-faire attitudes of the former).
What began as a cult of anti-sex radicals eventually morphed into the machine we see, today, but it kept its loathing of the (Greek) attitudes toward sexuality, from Paul's railing against temple prostitution to the OT ideas about homosexuality.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
