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Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
This is exactly what he meant in my opinion. He was an agent of the authorities at the time who wanted to keep the people submissive and subservient. The best way to do that was to paint God as wrathful and the OT god was a perfect fit, so they merged Jesus' teachings with that of the OT god in order to keep people afraid and submissive to all authorities, including the governmental authorities.
Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, which means his true message does not condemn them.
It might appear ego-centric to the uninitiated, because it's absolute freedom, including full and free self expression as we are, so it's like a celebration of the self as love, which is an almost giddy, joyful, even hilarious experience, to both care with the utmost compassion deeply, while at the same time not caring as much about what the world thinks or what "normal" people
I truly believe there are psychological answers for why we commit the sins that we do