People who've known Elliot only as Ellen for many years are going to slip up and call him by his former name or refer to him as "her" or "she" because it takes longer than a day to break a habit. One of my dearest friends is trans and I supported him 1000%, but it took some time to automatically think of him as "him" or "he" or call him by his chosen name. It's possible to love, respect and support the trans community and need an adjustment period at the same time. When I messed up, I said sorry and corrected it. It was literally the simplest thing in the world.

Fair enough sneaky ninja.The pretenders try to hide behind the bible when they judge others.

That is not the only reason, and I don't agree with people hiding behind the bible to treat people bad. To me, the bible is full of judgement and hypocrisy. I could go on all day. I go to a site called Christian forums sometimes. All the Christians there do is argue about how their view of the bible is right and slot if times they are downright rude to other Christians. Alot of them also say the bible says the earth is flat. So I have many reasons for turning my back on Christianity.

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The SneakyNinja; no, it wasn't a trending social media article. It's been verified by many people who study ancient/dead languages. The only people who are "changing the bible" are those who are accepting blatant misinterpretations. This isn't "new." People have been studying ancient languages for a very long time and have been able to interpret the bible and know how the words used in it compare to other writings from the same region at roughly the same time in the same language. MANY things in the bible have been misinterpreted. Where the bible uses the word "virgin" in reference to Mary....it should say "maiden." The Red Sea should be the sea of reeds, which was basically a shallow river. The most glaring and maddening thing about how the words "aresenkoitai" and "malakoi" weren't REtranslated to mean "homosexual" or the act of homosexuality until 1946. That's right. Before then, ALL bibles in ALL languages referred to pederasty, not homosexuality. Look it up.

I think it is likely that you may have heard of that article a month ago on Bored Panda that said this exact same thing. Or somewhere else, as it's becoming a rather popular argument on the internet. However, it did not address all of the passages in the Bible that discuss homosexuality, and it was debunked in the comments of that Bored Panda article. The Greek translation is different from the Hebrew and the Greek word is what people refer to as being changed, not the Hebrew word that means homosexuality. As I said, it's your choice whether or not you follow what the Bible said, but don't change it. I sincerely hope this was a misunderstanding.

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As for transgender individuals, while that was not around a lot at the time, we can look at the Bible to see if it is wrong. Genesis 1:27 states that God created people with the biological sexes of male and female. Deuteronomy 22:5 states that a man shall not wear a woman's garment, so when transgender individuals wear clothing of the opposite sex it is wrong. Women and men also have different roles in the family unit, as stated in Ephesians 5:21-33. If someone is transgender and Christian they will not be following this. God clearly separates men and women on the basis of biological sex, and transgender people do not follow certain commands by being transgender. I can't change what is in the Bible. I do not mean to be hateful to anyone, and I do love the people in the LGBT community. They are people and deserve respect. I am simply stating that true Christianity does not support this. You don't have to follow it, but don't use it to make arguments that it does not make.

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There are several passages about homosexuality in the Bible, so I am not sure which you are referring to. Here are a few: 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, and Romans 1:24-32. God also defines marriage between one man and one woman (Matthew 19:4-6 and Genesis 2:24) Of course, many people in the Old Testament had more than one wife, but there are many things that Christians are held to that Jews were not, such as loving their enemies. (Matthew 5:43-48) There is a huge difference between Old Testament Judaism and Christianity and I am not sure how many people realize that. Please do not use the Bible to support this. You don't have to follow it, but don't change it. This is what so many Christians do already. They participate in all sorts of sinful things like lying, fornication, and other sins even though it is stated that they should not do that, and they act like it is alright by taking verses out of context and ignoring others (such as citing Romans 6:14 but ignoring Romans 6:15).