There is deep and exhaustive scholarship on these texts which credibly refute the interpretations. For one thing, the word "homosexual" did not exist until about 100± years ago.

The problem with the Bible is that people worship the text instead of the Word of God, which the Bible tells us is Christ – not the book. The book is actually some collected texts put together first by Constitine to organize his state religion, then by King James – specifically oriented to uphold the divine right of kings, among other manipulations and mistranslations.

Today, not only do scholars have a broader and more accurate understanding of the ancient languages, they have discerned and understood linquistic and period nuances and an evolution of meaning for terms.

As Dr. Mickey Efird taught, the overarching theme of the Bible is God's desire to be in right relationship with humanity, and humanity's struggle to understand God and humankind's place in existence. The story of that overarching theme is that God is love and that we were created in the image of God. Dr. Efird also said that we must study (not just read) with discernment, seeking a revelation of the true nature of God – i.e., "love." If the text doesn't give that true revelation, then we should study it in context of the period, events, and culture in which the writer set down his attempts to grapple with those things in terms of his own inspiration toward God.

Being created in God's image does not mean in God's likeness. That idea is a mistranslation. The term in the oldest texts meant something more like "representative" in the context of the ancient idea of speaking in the king's voice. In other words, we are meant to be reflections of the image of God who is love. Love is the one theme repeated throughout, from era to era, cultural condition to cultural condition, event to event. It is our responsiblity to live that love into the world.