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No, it's not OK, because it's a very poor reading comprehension of the book (rather, as is more often the case, a lack of reading more than what is talked about in Sunday sermons) that gives legitimacy to those who use the Bible to justify their wicked deeds, because indeed the Bible has no shortage of verses that put them in the right according to Jehovah. It's this "whatever floats your boat" mentality with religion that allows for a toxic, poisonous, and deadly ideology to spread and thrive. This comes in many forms, such as not caring about Climate Change because god is going to burn up the Earth anyways, denying basic rights and liberties to the LBGT crowd, severe repression against women, and even violence than may be a Christian physically attacking an Atheist, or even a Muslim blowing themselves up and killing as many as they possibly can.
But this is a thread about Christian's bigotry against Gays, so we look to Jesus.
We are probably more exact about that because Christians choose several others for their Christian prophets!
But Christians can be such TERRIBLE thieves!!!!
Our prisons are FULL of thieves and many are Christians, and yet it's quite dangerous for gays to be amongst some of these, you know.
Jesus was against priests who were supposed to uphold laws protecting the working people, and they were doing NOTHING to care for such. Hypocrites all!
Read John the Baptist.
Jesus was not against Lesbians either. I just mentioned in passing how women were very very close to each other in that culture. I just mentioned in passing, that women together menstruate together, and at those times live together. I just though you'd be intertested, is all.
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Jesus.... last prophet?
Now many Christians would take you to task over that sentence, you know.
There are thousand of differing Christian Creeds and Denominations, and I suppose that some would be less inclined to Paul's bigoted rants...?
Jesus really attacked the priesthood hard!
With words and with deeds and actions.
Let's face it, many Christians just cherry-pick their way through the rules, ignoring what they want to, and picking on what they feel self-righteous about.
That's OK. Yes! It's OK! ....... until it impinges upon decent people who love each other and want to marry. And then somebody needs to just keep them back from interferring.
you know their thoughts and inner most beliefs?
Yes I do, I was a Christian for many years.
Wow! A rant?
Ah ha!..................... Wait one.......... next post of mine!
Ah ha!..................... Wait one.......... next post of mine!
Both are condemned in the Bible:
IOW, if that other person is sinning, that's sin between him and God and is none of your business. All you need to know is that God's got the situation under control.
Most people wouldn't. But a good part of the people who are willing, eager even, to kill people are very deeply religious.
I actually do interpret the Bible to not have any passages where someone can point to in order to justify discrimination or bullying. The Jews are forbidden from marrying non-Jews, we find nothing else regulating commerce or business practices and nothing really about shaming and bullying people.
I know Jesus didn't. However those laws that Jesus specifically states he is not doing away with do speak against homosexuality. Jesus' message isn't to ignore the law, it's to not judge those who have because we're all guilty of something. If it were not for his bit about how those who relax the laws will be considered lesser, I'd almost think he was anti-death penalty, but I suppose a better interpretation may just be he wants people to mind their own business over things that really matter, and especially in the case of fornication, there was probably no use with those ready to throw stones to pretend they themselves hadn't done it at some point in their lives. A modern equivalent I suppose would be smoking pot. Even before legalization gained favor, lots of people were doing it, and much the crimes of the woman Jesus spared, pot is a victimless crime.
so you know how you felt as a Christian going through your life. you may relate - but knowing what or how another person is thinking is impratical.
why does He need to?
It's no different than my own situation. I used to be a very Conservative Bible-thumping Baptist. I have insights and understandings into that mentality that many do not have because it's what I grew up as. When I say something like how they are very paranoid that the Devil is hiding in the shadows and the world is out to get them, I say that because I have set through countless sermons and am intimately familiar with what they teach and preach.
Because there is no problem with gay marriage, socially or ethically. So when Christians say that there is a problem they need to say why, not just claim God says. Because He didn't.
Simple to see you do not understand religion you speak about.
Oh - so homosexuality is like, say, the command to leave the edges of your field unreaped (for charity, to allow the destitute to gather that part of the crop for themselves)?
