CMike
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1) There is no actual evidence that 10% of the population is homosexualConservatives believe the Torah isn't Divine, but Divine-inspired, and therefore there was room for mistake. It doesn't mean they don't care about what God says, it means they aren't convinced God said all those things. (I think...)
And as Levite explains, because there was never a reliable precedent to teach us about homosexuality, he suggests that we are simply misinterpreting these words because it makes no sense to him that God would doom 10% of the Jewish population to a life of unhappiness.
Perhaps the correct way to debate this would be to analyze the sentence word by word and see if it can be interpreted in any other way...
2) There is no actual conclusive evidence what causes it. I think it's a psychological disorder. However, it can't be proved either way.
3) What about pedophiles? They have urges to have sex with children? What about if someone wants to marry their mother?
Why should someone have to surpress their urges? Because that's what makes us different than animals.
4) There isn't much interpretation needed. G-D clearly states an abomination.
To twist it around to make it mean whatever you want, means that you
a) don't believe that G-D said it
b) don't care.
It doesn't have to make sense to Levite. When the Torah was given to the jews, they said "we will do and we will understand". Doing is more important than understanding.
5) What precedent is needed? G-D said it was an abomination.
Dan creating an interpretation is not caring about what G-D said. The Torah is based on the intention of G-D, not based on leftist "stylish" jews.
That is what christians do with the Torah. They twist it around to make it fit their beliefs, rather than their beliefs be based on what G-D said and meant.