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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Tolerance and the acceptance of others moves slowly in our society. Mostly on account of institutions like "the church" which hold people back from embracing plurality - "the bible says its a sin" - contrary to rationality and in many cases (like FireFly's statement that she hates "the sin", but not "the sinner") the personal beliefs of its members. FireFly doesn't hate gays, and has said as much. She just doesn't think they should have the right to marry because they aren't equal according to scripture.
I have to wonder - if the bible was silent on homosexuality, would people still oppose gay marriage?
What if scripture opposed Asian marriage instead? How would you feel then? Does it seem worthwhile to deny a right to people because of what a book says; contrary to all other facts surrounding the issue?
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This is the 'famous' verse from the bible that Christians always quote for their stance on homosexuality.
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Originally Posted by Leviticus 20:13
'If a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
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But here is why I have problem with people using the bible so literally. The whole Genesis/creation story can't be taken literally, but other passages have to be followed exactly, while others ignored? You are just picking and choosing things from the bible that you want to follow. The bible says lots of things that Christians don't follow. Let me take a page out of Penn and Tellers show Bull****. These are acutally verses from the bible.
Stoning disobedient children.
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Originally Posted by Deuteronomy 21:20-21
"They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.' "Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.
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Selling your daughter into slavery.
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Originally Posted by Exodus 21:7
"If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
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Workin' on Sunday, that's a hangin'.
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Originally Posted by Exodus 35:2
"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
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What was that guys name, that Christians really like, the one with the long hair....?
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Originally Posted by Corinthians 11:14
Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
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I'm not trying to start a whole thing here with the bible, but because it was mentioned above I thought I would share some information that counters it. If there are other reasons why Christians are so against homosexuals I would like to hear it, because if it is just that one verse, which I believe it is, that is a pretty poor reason IMO.
EDIT: Should have mentioned, Bible quotes from here
http://bible.cc/