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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
That is totally and completely wrong. The Bible speaks many times on the issue of homosexuality, and it references women sleeping with women as well as men with men, so the rabbi's individual translation of a single line is not only inaccurate, but also irrelevant in comparison to the number of times the Bible calls homosexuality "unnatural" and an "abomination".
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Not all Christians agree or give those bible verse any merit. Its not fair to lump all Christians together under the banner of what you and/or you church beleive. Of course you can always proclaim those who disregard the bibles strong perceptually hateful-language (yes- calling for the death of a person is perceptually hate speech) towards gays as not true to the faith, but that still doesn't make it true. Also, claiming a particular bible interpretation is innaccurate is quite the many-way street.
Durn it. I do hope this thread doesn't get locked becasue of religious discussion, but certain claims respectfully deserve a rebuttal.
BTW- sorry for all the replies spread out over all these posts, I kept getting struck by thoughts after I finished another. I will stop spamming now. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
edit- clarfied that the alleged hate speech is perceptual.
[ 03-01-2004, 11:13 PM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]