I interpret the Bible differently from you. I don't believe the God of the Old Testament was a hateful God. But I definitely do not understand the rationale behind such commands, and I certainly reject them with everything in me. It is for that reason that I offered (if you read several pages back) that much of the Bible is tainted by man's handling of God's word. I would love to discuss this further, as I feel it merits discussion. But instead, I want to first try to do the Christ-like thing.

Bingowings, it is clear that your sexual orientation is a very personal and deep subject (as I expect it would be). I've never tried to be disrespectful towards you in any way regarding that subject. If I ever have, I apologize. You'll perhaps recall that I defended homosexuals quite publicly on this site:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Renascent-NOW-AVAILABLE/post/545384/

(Sadly, it appears Anchorhead got carried away and deleted the worthwhile posts as well as the rubbish)

I will not argue with you further on this. Instead, I hope you'll see that I love ALL my fellow men--even those I fervently disagree with. If you wish to mock my beliefs and my religion, that is your prerogative. I will then likely ignore you so as not to be further hurt by your comments. But hopefully you'll see that I hold no hard feelings against you and forgive me for my own shortcomings as a human being.