Interesting, in that you already admitted you cannot read the ancient languages the Bible was written in. One of the great things about this country is we can readily access the Bible. That's not true in many countries. In fact, we have many resources at our disposal, including commentaries, topical bibles, Concordances, linguistic dictionaries, scholarly dissertation, different translations to cross compare, as well as Bible scholars, theologians, ministers, priests, pastors, etc. I love God, value His Word, and work to study and understand it (though I need to do more of that). I haven't based my beliefs on any one resource. I could challenge the one authority you've chosen, but why? Frankly, I could go down that road with you to expand on the words used in the Bible, but I think it'd get into some pretty uncomfortable conversations regarding homosexual acts in parsing the words, which would be inappropriate for this forum, potentially hurtful and ultimately would not serve a purpose. No need for us to get down to the level of parsing what the definition of "is" is in addressing this teacher's post. It is interesting, IMO, that you seem to think you know what Christians know, think, and believe better than they do. :shrug: I have no desire to fight with you, we just disagree, and that's ok.