Poor God, like Churchill and Mrs Thatcher "He" always seems to get co-opted into support third party points of view (Mrs T would have supported Brexit/ Churchill would never have amalgamated the Green Howard's regiment) etc, etc ... Jesus of Nazareth has nothing at all to say about homosexuality, although the letters of Saint Paul (Inevitably!) does. But as Paul also condemns "Abusers of themselves"* almost all men and teenage boys are presumably doomed... The Old Testament has plenty, most of it negative, although David and Jonathan sounded very "Handsy" yet seemed to escape any kind of censure, so go figure!
I once saw the phrase, the supernatural has always been here but religion is man made. Seemed very appropriate. Religion is mankind's attempt to make sense of the world around us. It is necessarily imperfect because only career politicians have all the answers
Those who fulminate that the word of their particular god is perfect and the only true word, are those who have set the agenda for this century so far, with Muslim fundamentalists on one side and Christian fundamentalists on the other. Look where that got us all.
I have long assumed that the sexual thrust (Bad term there I guess) of the Old Testament, can be summed up as "Make sure you impregnate your woman as often as possible". That is, no adultery, no homosexuality, no Onanism**. I suspect that is because infant mortality was so high that you needed a lot of "Heirs and spares" to ensure that some of your children would reach adulthood, generate income and provide for you in your old age. Also the Old Testament is in large part a contemporary- ish history of the Jewish people. Written in a tribal epoch when a large population equated to the ability to raise a large army. Also a large population can be a justification for expansionism; the Romans started having expeditions into Egypt as they required grain imports to feed their population.
To sum up? Follow your inner voice. Decide for yourself how bad dating another male really is. Don't let feelings of guilt guide you, some religious people will want you to feel guilty, most of us just want you to be happy and safe.
*When I looked this up Wikipedia gave all kinds of derivations based on the Greek "Man bed", as some authorities rendered it to mean homosexuality/ the place where homosexuality happens/ perversions, maybe best just to translate it into army slang; "Wanking chariot!" Some translations give it as "Abusers of themselves with others"- no circle jerks for Sau of Tarsus, then!
**More chin stroking spilling seed can be interpreted as Whacking your noodle, or pulling out at the last minute.
