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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I understand their point. I just think that:
1. It's quite a leap to assume that simply because they weren't married that they were gay, and
2. That calling a servant "dear" means "lover." According to Strong's, the word simply means "valued."
The only other thing I read was that the word used for "servant" in the greek was a word commonly used for "same sex lover", but there were no real sources provided, so I don't think I'm buying it.
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Yes. I'd like to see it in the Greek source itself to be absolutely certain.
But, knowing what we know about Roman culture it wouldn't be a great leap to accept that the centurion was involved in ungodliness.