- June 5th, 2009, 2:26 pm
#261832
Wear two different kinds of material (Lev 19:19).
OR
Cut your hair/beard (Lev 19:27-28 )
Those are just two examples, I didn't even go into the weird fascination with bodily fluids ( I hope you stay away from menstruating women!).
I'm sorry that it is basically impossible to take Leviticus as God's laws for the world (not to mention Jesus really didn't regard them highly). If you do take them as God's direct laws for the world, well, then you have much bigger problems with trying to live in modern culture than Gay marriage.
Leviticus lays out laws for an old israeli tribal society. I'm certainly not faulting them for it; they did the best with the information they had. They were trying to keep the Israeli people united in the face of the many challenges of the old tribal middle east. It worked great at the time, it is the only continuous history from a people from that time that we have and is probably the one of the main reason you worship a Judeo based God and not some other religion (Some polytheistic religion or Buddhism seems the most likely candidates).
truedrewdawg87 wrote:Excuse me, I didn't know I needed to go to 'How to post 101' before I posted.ATrain already kind of addressed it but, if that's the case I have no idea how you can do any of the following and still be a Christian.
Also, my boss is gay so I'm pretty sure I have an understanding of the way homosexuals think and how they feel about their lifestyle. He's a friend of mine but I definitely don't agree with his lifestyle.
I don't understand how someone can call themselves a Christian and not believe the Bible is the inherent word of God that can't be ignored. The fact that homosexuals disregard what the Bible says about homosexuality is a complete slap in the face to me as someone who believes the Bible is without question the word of God to be believed in and obeyed.
Wear two different kinds of material (Lev 19:19).
OR
Cut your hair/beard (Lev 19:27-28 )
Those are just two examples, I didn't even go into the weird fascination with bodily fluids ( I hope you stay away from menstruating women!).
I'm sorry that it is basically impossible to take Leviticus as God's laws for the world (not to mention Jesus really didn't regard them highly). If you do take them as God's direct laws for the world, well, then you have much bigger problems with trying to live in modern culture than Gay marriage.
Leviticus lays out laws for an old israeli tribal society. I'm certainly not faulting them for it; they did the best with the information they had. They were trying to keep the Israeli people united in the face of the many challenges of the old tribal middle east. It worked great at the time, it is the only continuous history from a people from that time that we have and is probably the one of the main reason you worship a Judeo based God and not some other religion (Some polytheistic religion or Buddhism seems the most likely candidates).
ATrain wrote:I am for equal government recognition of homosexual and heterosexual unions, which seems to be under the term marriage. However, I am not for a church or pastor being forced to marry two guys or two girls, as I also believe in the first amendment and the freedom to practice religion.Exactly my sentiments, although I don't have any problems with churches condoning gay marriage as well. But that is a separate issue.
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