Originally posted by 99SESPORT:

...Homosexuals on the other hand are living a life of sin. They have chosen to specifically pick and choose verses from the Bible. There are those here that say that it isn't mentioned much, that it's just a small thing, 10% or less, but the point is, is that the Bible mentions it specifically as being a sin. It is unnatural, for 1)obvious reasons and 2) because God said so...




Again, you have to understand the complete tone and topic discussed in each book, not just take pieces of it and run with it. In that case, Eqyptians would still be a damned people...and no, the Bible doesn't unequivocally state homosexuality is a sin. It's been up for lively debate for quite some time, as have a number of other topics that the Bible is about as clear as mud on...

All of this has me asking if you are familiar with how the Bible came into existance. How oral stories were finally transcribed into Old and New Testament books and how many other works were left out and why they were left out? How it took centuries for this process to take place and how that many of the books that were left out contradicted some of the edicts and history in the New Testament? How councils were set up by the Church to decide what particular "brand" of written scripture would be spilt forth among the masses, thereby omitting any documents or writings contradictory towards their wishes?

The Bible wasn't faxed to us from Heaven. It was written by divinely inspired men, fallable and imperfect and compiled by a religious and political force in the very first part of the millenia through a process that took centuries.

I have and do keep the faith, but somewhere along the line wisdom and common sense has to kick in as well. I'm fairly certain God didn't give the human race these gifts for us to simply turn them off in the face of religious bigotry, self-righteous zeal and intolerance that seems to border on the absurd.


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