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I have a religion question re: gays

Posted by Dignan (aka Dignan) Mar 11 '10, 11:45

Is the seed of the anti-gay sentiment for most mainstream Christian sects taken from Leviticus?

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I just love how they jump on something like that as an excuse to publicly hate another group, good thing the bible doesn't mention skin color - zeitgeist Mar 11, 12:01
I would say Sodom and Gomorrah lays out how the Old Testament God felt about homosexuality. -- nm - Inigo Mar 11, 11:51 7
- But much of the Old Testament is disregarded in modern religion, right? nm - Dignan Mar 11, 11:54 5
  - not Judaism - 16 & pixie Mar 11, 11:57
  - I agree, but see my message below. It's cherry picking to me, but there's reasoning to them. -- nm - Inigo Mar 11, 11:56 3
    - i would agree that its cherry picking, but I would argue that the reasoning is not consistent. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 12:01
    - This is the reasoning: gays are icky. nm - Dignan Mar 11, 12:01 1
      - Yup, I agree. - Inigo Mar 11, 12:05
- "That's hot." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 11:52
i have no idear all thats apparent is that sex (or whatever you want to call it) is deeply troubled in some chirstian circles - Danedukenuuk Mar 11, 11:50
umm, i believe so, its from this passage (18:22) - tRuMaN Mar 11, 11:50 7
- which is all part of a series of 615ish old testament laws, many of which are just totally ignored today. - tRuMaN Mar 11, 11:53 5
  - The justification I've heard is that old testament social and cleanliness laws have been discarded, but the moral laws must be adhered to. -- nm - Inigo Mar 11, 11:55 4
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      - I'm not sure. I'd guess there's some fuzzy math that those are social? - Inigo Mar 11, 12:01
      - i think that depends on if you think they should be enforced or not. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 12:00
    - ok, maybe i by that, but then there should still be a bunch of them being "enforced" that arent. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 11:56
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- Entrapment not having been invented until the 3rd century. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 11:52 1
  - no no, the romans really had entrapment down, that's why catholic confessions are so secret -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 11:59
I thought the seed for the anti-gay sentiments was based on their own repressed homosexuality. -- nm - decline Mar 11, 11:47
that's what always seems to be cited. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 11:47 5
- I've always wondered why everything else (dietary restrictions, worship codes) in Leviticus is discounted - Dignan Mar 11, 11:51 4
  - Yep. Totally the best way to see how true a believer the believer really is. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 11, 11:55
  - That's the point of the Why can't I own a Canadian essay. -- (link) - Dano Mar 11, 11:55
  - I asked this of my quasi-Evangelical shrimp and lobster eating brother and he just said something stupid. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 11:53 1
    - "Also, that shirt looks like a poly-cotton blend." -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 11:54
iirc, I think Paul had some specific comments about it as well...not sure of the exact reference, though... -- nm - znufrii Mar 11, 11:46

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