Now, in order to conclude that Paul doesn’t like gay people, we must establish that Paul is in fact talking about the same people Plato is talking about here. Has anyone done that? I haven’t seen it. What I have seen is a possible demonstration that in at least one instance, Paul was talking about a specific political figure (Claudius) whose strange sexual practices included incest, rape, etc. I am no New Testament scholar, so I can’t pretend to have done the research into this, but the author of the article (the chaplain at my church) did.

So, until someone establishes that Paul is talking about ALL gay people in general, and not just making a political point, I don’t know if we can conclude that he’s talking about the same people Plato is here.