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Originally Posted by Thor
Would you consider the religious book whichever you adhere to be divine in origin or written by men and therefore flawed.
I don't believe you can just say its both in the same book, its an either or proposition.
Theologans for example in Christianity routinely agree that the old/new testaments are not divine, they are written by men and often a number of different writers. They contradict routinely, say outrageous things that most people today religious or not would find deeply offensive.
What I'm trying to say is why trust a book from 2000yrs ago or whatever your book is, when its written by flawed humans in a time where slavery was not only normal but had the blessing of the bible in terms of telling people how to handle their slaves.
The amount of nonsense in the bible, Koran and other holy books is incredible; I read them and wonder how its possible people believe this bunk but I find the vast majority of my friends who do haven't read them or just know what they know from hearing things at church which their pastor/priest/imam have decided to talk about with them.
Either way, if you give power to one thing from a religious text concerning this issue you should give all of the text the same seriousness, including all the stuff you yourself would laugh at or cringe at, which is often the case.
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Meh.
Gay marriage is all about the rights of the people, and anyone with an ounce of common sense would realize that because those rights are controlled by the government, and the government should be separate from the church, its pretty stupid to apply Biblical teachings to how a government should function.