I also however am genuinely curious as to the exact biblical source of
this "abomination" belief. I have heard it quite a bit in my travels
through the bible belt and have never seen it substantiated. The above
quote seems to disapprove of men lying with men, but puts it in the
same category as gossip..
by the way, how ya been? Haven't heard from you in a while. Are you
still in Dallas?
Dana
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From: S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:25:56 -0400
Subject: RE: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Monique Boea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:04:15 -0400
> Subject: RE: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This is from the book of Romans and there are lots of
> instances thruout the
> bible that talks about "men laying with men, women laying
> with women and how
> it is an abomination"
> 1:24 Therefore God gave them over
> <http://netbible.bible.org/rom1_notes.htm#148> 48 in the
> desires of their
> hearts to impurity, to dishonor
> <http://netbible.bible.org/rom1_notes.htm#149> 49 their
> bodies among
> themselves. <http://netbible.bible.org/rom1_notes.htm#150>
> 50 1:25 They
<snip>
blah blah blah...
I find it very difficult to place much faith (much less important
selection of moral viewpoints) in a book which claims that rain water
is stored in large tanks above a metal scaffolding which holds the sun
and stars in rotation above a stationary earth. I'm pretty certain
that someone from this planet has landed on the moon, among other
things, which belies the possibility of the christian Bible
("authoritative text" on what?!) being very well grounded in reality.
Therefore my opinions of or about the unknowable cosmos (deity) are
grounded in human judgement (not narrative) and to some extent
intuition and I believe that moral decisions should be based on the
much more solid evidence of our own experience. I have to ask -- have
you as an individual ever experienced a homosexual couple as being
evil, and if you have, could you keep a straight face while
definatively claiming that the evil was a direct result of their
homosexual inclination? Have you personally experienced evil as a
result of consenting homosexuals experiencing consenting homosexual
experiences? :)
Aha! I thought so! :)
(Let me also qualify by saying that observing said consenting
experiences does not qualify as evil. Offensive to certain individauls
certainly, but not evil.)
s. isaac dealey 954.927.5117
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