TIL when the Bible was translated into American English, homosexuality was still considered a perverse disorder. It was with this mindset that the translators interpreted the Greek word 'arsenkoitai' for a homosexual, even though theologists have argued the word is way more likely to mean molester.

http://www.academia.edu/2507704/_An_Argument_Against_the_Use_of_the_Word_Homosexual_In_English_Translations_of_the_Bible_The_Heythrop_Journal_51_no._5_2010_723-729



Submitted January 21, 2015 at 03:50AM by Tsukamori http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2t3mmm/til_when_the_bible_was_translated_into_american/