The Bible Says Homosexuals Live an Acceptable Lifestyle

---"the folly is not mine for accepting these scriptures as valid, but yours for denying their credibility." + I do not deny the Bible's credibility but rather the interpretation. The book has been interpreted to justify slavery, suffrage and the Holocaust. To not try to correctly interpret the Bible is simply irresponsible. --- "Yes, this does in fact include the Leviticus, and the rest of the Old Testament for that matter. But wait... Does this mean we can't play football anymore? I mean, after all it is MY favorite sport... Of course we can play football. Yes, the Bible does outlaw playing with pig skin, but laws of this type are no longer needed today." + But the banning of homosexuality is? WHY!?!? Simply prejudice. That's why. If you can discount certain books of the Bible because they are vague and questionable you can certainly dismiss the six scriptures out of millions that reference homosexuality vaguely if at all really. What about these scriptures?: DEUTERONOMY 22:13-21 If it is discovered that a bride is not a virgin, the Bible demands that she be executed by stoning immediately. LEVITICUS 18:19 The Bible forbids a married couple from having sexual intercourse during a woman's period. If they disobey, both shall be executed. MARK 12:18-27 If a man dies childless, his widow is ordered by biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir. DEUTERONOMY 25:11-12 If a man gets into a fight with another man and his wife seeks to rescue her husband by grabbing the enemy's genitals, her hand shall be cut off and no pity shall be shown her. Or the Leviticus Bible code that bans tatoos, football, and round haircuts? That same code INTENDED FOR ISRAESLI PRIESTS is used to condemn homosexuality. Is that fair? Obviously not. --- "In short, baptism voided laws concerning "uncleaness". The Bible has nothing to say redeeming homosexuality after condemning it in such a way, however." + So if a person gets baptized they are allowed to break the rules of the Bible? Except for a homosexual? This is simply prejudice. Not debate. --- 1 TIM. 1:9-10--- "...knowing that th law is not made for the righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate...FOR SODOMITES, for kidnappers..." + A Sodomite is not a gay person!!! It is a person from the city of Sodom! They were homosexual and heterosexual alike. However, they were destroyed because of their arrogance. Listen to what Ezekiel 16:48-49 tell us: "This is the sin of Sodom; she and her suburbs had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not help or encourage the poor and needy. They were arrogant and this was abominable in God's eyes." --- "You say that Sodom and Gomorrah were not destroyed for their homosexual behavior? This verse accuses them of seeking after STRANGE flesh." + Strange flesh more than likely means animal flesh. The human body is not strange flesh to another human regardless of sex. --- 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10--- "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be decieved. Neither fornicartors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor HOMOSEXUALS, nor SODOMITES,nor theives, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." + There is no word for homosexual in Greek or Hebrew. So the Bible cannot say this. And a Sodomite is not synonous with a homosexual rather a person who lives in the city of Sodom. This is the translation error of 1958 Bible translator. --- Note that the verse also includes adulterers, implying that the unfaithful in marraige will not enter. If God considered homosexuality a legitimate marraige, then they also would be covered in the term "adulterer". + Gay marriages are just as loyal adn faithful as heterosexual marriage. How dare you imply that a gay marriage is a marriage involving adultery. --- "you can look through the WHOLE Bible and never find one verse supporting it." + I never said that the Bible supports homosexuality. I said that the Bible does not condemmn homosexuality. Very different. the Bible, however, never says thou shalt help old ladies cross the street. Although, I'm fairly sure it is not condemned. --- 'I will not debate the naturality.' + The American Psychological Association and every respectable scientist will concur that homosexuality is natural and not changable. --- There are however many cases in which Christians have overcome the sin of homosexuality with help from God, and fellow Christians. Homosexuality is not irreversable. + Homosexuality IS irreversible. There are cases where people claimed that homosexuality was reversed but these have typically been disproven. They are usually biased and the person has been pressured. The American Psychological Association states clearly that these practices are not scientifically proven. There are people who claim the contrary but they are typically proven false. I have NEVER seen a case of actual homosexuality reversal. And neither have you. --- God does not make people homosexual. + Science proves otherwise. I can't give you any source better than proven science. --- He condemns it so vehemently in the Bible. + No. He does not. As I have proven. --- It is our own fault that things like homosexuality are part of this world. + Wow. And I guess its our own fault that Asians and tall people are in this world as well... --- If you could, please support your next argument scrip[t]urally. + I've used this list before and I shall use it again: There are six scriptures that condemn homosexuality in the Bible. = (1) GENESIS 2:21-25 = Adam and Eve, not Steve. Adam and Eve is a tale for all people. Adam and Eve had to have excluded other peoples too. Are they immoral and unnatural? No. They are not. Adam and Eve are for all of us. = (2) GENESIS 19:1-14 = Sodom and Gamora was not destroyed because of homosexuality. There were heterosexuals there. They were destroyed for arrogance as Ezekiel 16:48-49 says. = (3) LEVITICUS 18:22 AND 20:13 = This was a holy code for Israeli priests not for the average person. A holiness code is for a certain people at a certain time. It also includes tatoo bands and round haircuts. = (4) ROMANS 1:26-27 = These priests were abandoned for reasons other than homosexuality. = (5) (6) 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9 AND 1 TIMOTHY 1:10 = Says homosexuality is abomination but there is no word for gay in Greek or Hebrew. It is a huge translation error. This is a great source for further reading: soulforce.org (Homosexual Reverend Mel White)