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what i find fascinating about a portion of the debate on the bible and homosexuality

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Mar 11 '10, 13:13

is that in at least one popular passage, there is a debate as to what word means.

many want it to refer to one thing, but that definition keeps changing over time.

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if a book after 1400 years of debate still is unclear to people i'd say it's a monumental fail -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 11, 13:22 6
- i'm sure to the people who spoke the language at the time it was written it was very clear. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:23 5
  - Really? I somehow think it wasn't. They're all weird parables and wacky stories about magic stuff happening. - musubi Mar 11, 13:25 3
    - that's probably true, but in terms of translating a word? would not have been necessary. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:31
    - "for the demon shall bear a nine-bladed sword. NINE-bladed! Not two or five or seven, but NINE, which he will wield on all wretched sinners..." -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 13:28 1
      - "Vageta, what does the scouter say about his power level." "It's over nine-thousand!" -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 13:29
  - i'm sure most people regardless of language today can read the bible clearly - Danedukenuuk Mar 11, 13:25
As a homosexual and non-Christian, I don't see any doubt that Christianity considers homosexual sex a sin. - Dano Mar 11, 13:17 14
- Dano is smart. -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 13:25
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- I would agree with everything you said. The second part is a big part of Jesus' teaching that the supposed "righteous" are not so in the eyes of God -- nm - oblique Mar 11, 13:20
- but to argue A with anyone, you have to then argue - tRuMaN Mar 11, 13:18 10
  - what ever happened to separately of church and state? -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:25 8
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      - The whole "what did the founders want" thing always seems a bit like ancestor worship to me. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 13:30 2
        
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        I've never gotten it either. LIke the world and the morals and the minds of people in 1776 should rule what happens today. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:31
    - Only for tax purposes? (nm) - musubi Mar 11, 13:27 2
      - is that true? (i'm not american, i really don't know) -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:30 1
        
        No, it was just a joke. (nm) - musubi Mar 11, 13:36
    - separation -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 13:26
  - There's no laws on the books against coveting your neighbour's wife or honouring thy mother or thy father, so... -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 13:21
It is, to me, a really frustrating example of missing the forest for the trees. -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 13:14 6
- that is the second time this week i have heard/read that phrase, and i have no clue what it means -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 13:16 5
  - focusing on the details, and as a result missing the whole point. -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 13:18 1
    - ok, now I understand - tRuMaN Mar 11, 13:19
  - In short it means not seeing the big picture. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 13:17 2
    - and focusing on a small detail. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 13:18 1
      - must be an east coast thing -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 13:20
details, I had to look up how to spell the word, - tRuMaN Mar 11, 13:14

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