I have seen these seemingly contradictory views particularly from Muslim comrades. However, this is not limited to them.
This post is a genuine question not a rant, so please treat it as such.
I have seen these seemingly contradictory views particularly from Muslim comrades. However, this is not limited to them.
This post is a genuine question not a rant, so please treat it as such.
Plenty of religious people contradict the blatant teachings of their religions, Abrahamic religions most of all. Love, compassionate, selfless service to those in need, destruction of oppressors to liberate the oppressed, these are all themes in Abrahamic religious texts that are often ignored today.
The story of Lod is the reference that Abrahamic religions use to bash queer people but queer scholars would point out that the story of Lod is not at all about queer people and is about people doing sex crimes and assault. Religious people misinterpreting and misusing religious texts to justify their personal positions is pretty common, and it is no different here. We live in an age of war and hyper capitalism, and have suffered centuries of colonialism which has enforced very specific ways of thinking on the whole world. People being ignorant and wrong about things is to be expected
I haven’t heard that viewpoint before. As you mentioned, usually when the story is told, there’s a huge emphasis on the queer part which in their eyes usually justifies homophobia. I’ll re-read the tale and try to look at it from that angle.
I just found this and didn’t read it all but it looks like it covers what I’ve seen a gay imam discuss on another video that I can’t find right now because the search engines are only showing me AI slop videos
https://reformationproject.org/was-homosexuality-the-sin-of-sodom-and-gomorrah/
Edit: here’s a different gay imam than the one I was trying to find talking about it: https://www.gaytimes.com/life/as-a-gay-imam-i-know-that-islam-is-not-anti-lgbtq/
thx