tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post4357835578517490117..comments2024-03-19T22:06:41.165-04:00Comments on fromtheeditr: What the Bible Says About Gay Marriage and Other AbsurditiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217963475185024609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post-70681379542725620842013-06-29T03:45:16.346-04:002013-06-29T03:45:16.346-04:00Something you may enjoy on the topic. I haven'...Something you may enjoy on the topic. I haven't read the book, but I've seen many interviews with the author. www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEPAYO/Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566170310750488013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post-12973211658957216942013-06-27T16:02:58.326-04:002013-06-27T16:02:58.326-04:00Mike: I think what we do "get" about Lev...Mike: I think what we do "get" about Leviticus is the absurdity of picking and choosing to make a point that is invalid. I mean, let's talk about the slavery it not only condones, but encourages. The entire passage is out of date and hardly something on which to build a religious belief.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217963475185024609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post-80835289925415190502013-06-27T15:23:49.687-04:002013-06-27T15:23:49.687-04:00Dan, I think we are saying the same thing, right? ...Dan, I think we are saying the same thing, right? Yeah, I get the Jewish roots, but my point was that the people who use Leviticus to justify their 'christian' actions, don't get it.Mike M Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831782665983466798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post-35485568134006106342013-06-27T14:12:28.913-04:002013-06-27T14:12:28.913-04:00Michael: I'm not here to argue any of your poi...Michael: I'm not here to argue any of your points, but I will mention that Christian doctrine came from Jewish law and that the Jewish laws probably made a good bit of sense when they were written (you could get trichnosis from pork, for example). However, times changes, mores change, attitudes change and all those are adjusted to fit the reality of our time. There is nothing any more wrong with being gay than there is in touching the skin of a dead pig, but why is one frowned upon by a certain narrow segment and the other cheered by millions of football fans?<br /><br />The essence of the Christianity I grew up with and the part of it my parents strongly stressed were love, forgiveness, tolerance, understanding and giving people a wide berth to be who they are--never allowing the minutae of doctrine get in the way of trying to understand and accept people's differences. The Christian right (I prefer "Christian wrong") believes none of that and as much as I want to accept and tolerate their views, it becomes difficult when those views hurt--even destroy (consider the suicide rate among gays)--other people. That's unacceptable.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217963475185024609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077386656187888581.post-78828549310388160402013-06-27T11:05:59.902-04:002013-06-27T11:05:59.902-04:00First of all, this is not a religious issue, but a...First of all, this is not a religious issue, but a constitutional one. All citizens are guaranteed the same rights. That's how my rights are protected. I am a religious person, and it's not hard for me to support the idea that in this country, which I think is truly a remarkable place, we are all treated the same. That means other people are free to see things differently than I do and live differently than I do. I celebrate that, especially when it forces me to go outside my comfort zone. I can't learn to be a more compassionate person unless I am challenged.<br /><br />As to your scriptural citations, those are Jewish laws, and are not binding on Christians anyway, in spite of the intentional misunderstanding by many who profess to be such. On the other hand, there is this from I Corinthians chapter 6: Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure there are more drunken swindlers than gay people in the world, but I don't hear the religious right crying about that. In the end, whether or not a self-professed Christian believes being gay is sinful, they are still called to be compassionate servants to humanity. To quote another Jewish scripture, Micah 6:8 "He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" <br /><br /> Mike M Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831782665983466798noreply@blogger.com