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Post #683947

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RicOlie_2
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The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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16-Jan-2014, 6:01 PM

Ryan McAvoy said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Plus arguably the hateful and violent things people posted back are approved by the same passages from the Bible that disapprove of homosexuality. So again don't pick and choose from the bible if you are gonna claim to live it to the letter.

 As I have said before, it has to be read in context. God was giving the rules for a theocracy, and the Israelites had a history of not being able to worship God properly and giving up on their religion in favour of immoral, idolatrous religions. Thus his rules were harsh back then. The New Testament says in many places that the old law is no longer necessary and it doesn't have to be followed to the letter and the old punishments are no longer applicable.

 Exactly, then let's all decide that the bits condemning gay people are "no longer applicable" and everybody will be happy. Nobody is saying that the Bible hasn't got great things in it too, live and let live.

 Everything in the New Testament is still applicable within the context of the culture at the time. Homosexual sex is condemned in both the New and Old Testaments and thus is wrong according the Bible. I don't cherry-pick the Bible, I take it as a whole and read it in context.