Interpretation of The Bible

Interesting.

Yarbar said she knows at least four homosexual couples who have been together for more than 15 years who first met at an “ex-gay” seminar.

“They went there thinking they had sinful desires ... and yet they met their life partner there,” she said.

Yarbar said when she felt called to ministry, she studied Hebrew and Greek to read the text of the Bible in its original languages and social context. She said it is difficult for modern readers to understand that one word in Hebrew can have 75 different meanings in English.

For example, she said a verse in Leviticus, interpreted by some scholars to condemn homosexuality, is believed by others to be a prohibition against Jews taking part in a ceremony worshipping the fertility god Ba’al, which involved male concubines.

“If we write a letter about (the war in) Iraq and bury it in the sand for a thousand years, then Chinese-speaking Canadians dig it up and translate it with no knowledge of U.S. history... They’re not going to understand it,” Yarbar said. (source)