homosexuality and the bible

[jacobjc73]

For all the people that claim that homosexuality is a sin because it says so in the bible you should check this out.

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female.

That is the quote from the leviticus that says homosexuality is bad.

Here is just one of the many ridiculous quotes from the leviticus.

"A woman who has a flow of blood in her body shall be a "niddah" for seven days, and all who touch her shall be ritually impure until sundown."

I don't understand how people can take things on gay marriage and the bible so seriously, yet other things just completly ignore.

I am not gay....lol

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[Beta69]

Because it's easier to hate someone if you can justify it as correct or just.

One of the books often quoted against homosexuality is Leviticus, in it it also condemns such things as eating shellfish and wearing mixed fabric clothes.

[Dragonsthrone]

Leviticus is a book of laws written to jews, and it doesn't apply to gentiles. (thats how we 'pick and choose') look at the context

[Beta69]

Yep.

Maybe christians shouldn't quote from it when attacking homosexuality since it doesn't apply.

[Dragonsthrone]

No we shouldn't, and your steriotyping

[sikkoabbadon]

I personally do not have a problem with homosexuality, or homosexual marriage.

Its pretty simple - we are all human.

In truth, people should stop using a book, or set of texts which started out being handed down mainly by word of mouth... Ever hear of the game Chinese Whispers?

It isnt exactly - erm - reliable, now - is it?

Plus as far as I can see - the christian faith is almost as contradictory as that of the chaote - and chaotes often pride themselves on their contradiction!

EDIT:

quote:I am not gay....lol

Yeah but I'm bi.

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[ohhi]

quote:Originally posted by Beta69:

Yep.

Maybe christians shouldn't quote from it when attacking homosexuality since it doesn't apply.

So it would mean that you can just pick and choose whatever suits you best? That's so hypocritic.

[Fanglekai]

I pick there is no God and I get to buy your daughter if I rape her. Sweet...

[ArgonPlasma2000]

quote:Originally posted by sikkoabbadon:

I personally do not have a problem with homosexuality, or homosexual marriage.

Its pretty simple - we are all human.

In truth, people should stop using a book, or set of texts which started out being handed down mainly by word of mouth... Ever hear of the game Chinese Whispers?

It isnt exactly - erm - reliable, now - is it?

Plus as far as I can see - the christian faith is almost as contradictory as that of the chaote - and chaotes often pride themselves on their contradiction!

EDIT:

Yeah but I'm bi.

Chinese whispers affects the message when you have 20 or so people participating.

However you cant tell me that the texts have any significant error when translated from the original texts writen by the disciples. That gives very little room for error.

It amazes me that people like you eem to believe that the Bible has been copied down millions of times over the course of a few thousand years when that is not the case at all.

[Hematemesis]

You just said yourself that Chinese Whispers contains around 20 people, but yet you then say that everyone acts as if it has been translated millions of times. Even if 5 people are in the game, the original message loses some of its meaning. The original message doesn't just magically get distorted when it reaches the last person relative to how many people were in the group, the change is gradual. So even if it was translated only 3 or 4 times, there is room for error to be made. And I think most of as have seen how broad or general translations can be.

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