Leviticus: 19:20:And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 19:21:And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. 19:22:And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
To sum this up, the rape of a slave woman is to be punished by scourging the victim (the slave woman), but the rapist's sins "shall be forgiven him."
Ezekiel: 18:5:But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right 18:6:And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman
To sum this one up, a "good" man never gets near a menstruating woman.
That may have been what fetch was referring to.
quote: And why would a book written thousands of years ago be any less accurate than one written today?
Because back in BC times, people didn't have technology and were quite ignorant (e.g. they believed the earth was flat, weather was controlled by different gods, etc).
Does God or religion have to be part of this conversation? Why can't you argue against homosexuality from a religiously neutral possition? And tell me, why should they be thrown in jail, what are you afraid of? Isn't that just bigotry?
...you do realise the bible was written thousands of years ago? And that it treats women as less than men (considered nothing if she isn't a virgin and isn't allowed to touch anyone if she's on her period). Also, the bible includes slavery and so on. Do you really want to live by that?
And if you do- don't you need a reason to go fro something? I mean, sure, you think homosexuality is wrong "because the bible says so". But WHY does the the bible say it's wrong, do you know? I've found most people don't.
Alright guys, I havent been online in a while to check this out but it seems the longer I stay away the dumber people get. Okay for Amaris, I just want to say you have no grasp of reality I hope you are not a christian because obviously you do not read the Bible. But then again in pretty much any good book it makes some reference to this but since I am a christian I can only quote one for sure. In the bible it says, "Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with woman kind :it is abomniation" (Leviticus 18:22), and just to make sure how severe the Bible refers to this I go just two chapters beyond where it says, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman,both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them" (Leviticus 20:13). So for those idiots out there that say there are not reasons ***** are wrong then you need to take that statement and shove it especially if you are a christian. My goodness some people have no grasp of reality!!!!
Well, humanity is the favored species, having dominance over animals, ect.Gays and lesbians don't seem to be trying very hard to keep the race producing.
Why is homosexuality wrong? No one has given me an answer, except God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, or something stupid like that. But why would God care who you love as long as you are happy? Why can't anyone come up with a good answer as to why being gay is wrong, if people feel so strongly about it?
All people deserve their rights, despite their sexual orientation. None of us should judge anyone else becuase we do not agree with the way they live. Christians should know that only God should do the judging. So...treat everyone equally and stop the hatred and anti-homosexual behavior.
Check out the Kinsey Scale. It puts people on a sliding scale of Homosexuality to Heterosexuality. And according to studies
quote:60% of all men had some type of homosexual relationship before they were age 16.
There's a lot of "damned" people on earth.*sarcasm* And then, did you know that many of our greatest leaders, artist, and scientific minds where homosexual, here's a short list.
PrincessMonica12: I think it is gross and wrong. God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Adam or Eve and Eve. If I afended anyone i dont care.anyone who is one should be put in prison. Its just NOT RIGHT!
Ok first of all your an idiot. Second of all chances are your homosexual and trying VERY hard to deny it. And if your God is soo great then how come he punishes people for being who they are hm? You are a totally homophobic moron.
hmmm...I'm finding that since this is such a religiously biased thread that I really really don't care. It's against my religion too but who are you to make the decisions for the world? How do you even know your religion is right? Sure you can have faith in it but you can't prove it. You don't have the authority to make a decision like that, no one does.
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