Posted on 05/27/2006 9:45:47 PM PDT by fgoodwin
What is his argument based on for him to state that the Bible supports homosexual relationships?
Everything is totally relative to these liberals!!
Let me try one now: The Bible allows everyone to kill anyone they want and to steal everything they might like whenever they want.
A truly loving God would support my premise, right??
The bishop is wrong.
A truly loving God would support my premise, right??>"
Only if your gawds name is (b)allah!
Then it's commanded of you!
I'm fairly certain the bible doesn't condone homosexuality, being an agnostic, I won't presume.
I'm certain that nature abhors it.
Yeah, I suppose that bishop has a pretty solid grasp on the Bible. Definately no condemnation of homosexuality here! Go for it, fellas, live it up!
I believe that is patriarchy...might not be spelled correctly, but I am a mere woman. ;-)
Yeah, I noticed the good bishop conveniently left out any specific Bible verses that condone homosexuality.
The bishop is an idiot. How did he ever manage to become a bishop?
Probably in the same way that John Spong became one.
It's really a matter of translation :) (you do know that the Bible wasn't written in english... and was revised several times during the middle ages, to fit the requirements better)
and for the other part the Bishop might have been referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_and_David
I'm sure you know the story... but read the interpretations :P (I'm a bit too busy these days to go into depths of christian mysticism so wikipedia will have to suffice)
This is a weak tool of the ungodly. To quote wikipedia - "Some scholars (a strong minority) insinuate innuendo in David's "bowing three times" before Jonathan and David's subsequent "exceeding". It has been suggested this is a reference to oral sex and ejaculation. "
Perverts see perversion in everything. Those who know Hebrew know better.
and for the other part the Bishop might have been referring to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_and_DavidThe Bible, in Leviticus and by the Apostle Paul, clearly and unambiguously condemns same-sex intercourse as an abomination.
I'll take that clear language over an insinuation about David & Jonathan any day. Show me even one clear and unambiguous verse in the Bible in which God blesses such sex, and you might have a case.
Otherwise its just speculation, unlike the outright condemnation of gay sex.
Yes, that's one thing I have not done well is my spelling.
As I said... don't have much time :) so others will have to advocate my case. It deals with everything that some misguided people usually quote.
http://www.freeingthespirit.org/Homosexuality&Bible2.htm
You might want to find some time in your busy schedule to study the Bible and get the truth for yourself. Watching or reading The DaVinci Code and googling up a wikipedia article certainly will do wonders to find the latest screed against the Bible, but little to actually shed any true light. Take the time to read the Bible for yourself, and come to your own conclusions.
Sooner or later, you'll have plenty of time. You might want to go beyond a web search, and read the Bible. In other words, don't Ask Jeeves, Ask Jesus!
LOL!!! Amen...my wife bought me his book, "the Sins of Scripture"...I didn't know who he was and so to be kind to my wife I read it some...I got thru a chapter and felt dirty then I read another and became angry and the last words I read in that filthy book was that the Apostle Paul was gay and it was clear so when he said that he does what he does not want etc in one of his letters (I forget now which)...At that point I told my wife I can't read another page of this clowns perverted writings...
"Let me try one now: The Bible allows everyone to kill anyone they want and to steal everything they might like whenever they want.
A truly loving God would support my premise, right??"
Actually, I belive that would be the conclusion... and the only way for them to get the conclusion they got (that is, that the Bible condones homosexual "partnerships") was:
a) They ignored any parts they disagreed with.
b) They took some passages horribly out of context.
c) they haven't even read the Bible and/or understand nothing of its message.
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