Thread: Support it

Originally Posted by exphys88

I know this. So, since Jesus never condemned it, Christians shouldn't be against it. The problem is that Christians repeatedly quote Leviticus when calling gays sinners, yet they leave out the punishable by death part, or all the other things that are considered sins in Leviticus. They basically cherry pick scriptures to support their bigotry, while ignoring the rest of the Old Testament.

did I say anything like ignoring the rest of old testament ..hmmm ? wasn´t my intention . Jesus gave us freedom over the law . that´s what I was saying . BUT he dident give us the freedom to sin . question for you exphys if you don´t mind : do you believe in God and Jesus as our savior in your heart ?

Originally Posted by exphys88

what I'm referring to, and what you're missing is that christians criticize gays and cite the old testament as their cause to discriminate, yet don't criticize men for cutting their hair or eating seafood, or all the other wacky things that god labeled as sin in the old testament. Furthermore, not only do the criticize, they try to force their views into legislation. Should we be able to pass laws prohibiting men from trimming their beards since the old testament labels that as a sin?

There is no legitimate argument against homosexuality. No evidence that they are bad people, do bad things, or cause any more problems than straight people. All we have is scripture that condemns it, but because this is a secular nation, religious nutcases don't get to write their religion into law. If people want a country in which religion is written into law, they should move to Iran.

And, no I don't believe in god, I took biology in junior high and realized that the stories in the bible are just made up. I think with my brain not with my emotions.

I see . had to ask because I wasn´t sure . now I see better where you stand . you simply won´t get what I was after because a. you don´t want to ( your freedo ) and b. because you don´t know christinity well enough ( gain you free choice ) . I´m not gonna repeat for the third time what I said before . when someone is willing to live according God´s will ( and fails on every day basis like me ) and to be said is commonly said "in faith" , his / hers biggest guide in life is the Bible . theh faith doesn´t come only from reading teh Bible , but listening ( ie getting in His Kingdom w fellow believers ) to it as well btw . this said we believers ( to many as good as gays btw or worse , like you state nutcases etc ..) see this issue in different light . we selfish people always seek to fulfill our own needs tha often are masked under different reasons , i this gay matter it´s equality or whatever . it´s obvious you can´t see it . you may call believers all you want , that doesn´t move me one bit . but since you are so eger to seek justice for gays , why then call those who oppose in names ? aren´t they also entitled for their opinion ? like sid , I don´t get your word personally( nobody can get under my skin ) , but as a believer I´m one of those nutcases you are referring to . in a way you have a point there , since under faith´s name all kinds of sick things have been done . that however is not from the God but us humans .