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MrTeen14
December 1st, 2008, 05:31 PM
for all of the people who read the bible, or who love and beleive in God, how many of you have come across the book leviticus, chapter 18, i will quote it here,

"1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God. 3 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances. 4 You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God. 5 Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord. 6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord. 7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father. 9 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother: whether born at home or abroad. 10 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter: because it is thy own nakedness. 11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy father: and who is thy sister. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy father. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to discover her shame: because they are her flesh, and such copulation is incest. 18 Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.
19 Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness. 20 Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed. 21 Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination. 23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast: neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime. Because it is a heinous crime... In Hebrew, this word heinous crime is expressed by the word confusion, signifying the shamefulness and baseness of this abominable sin. 24 Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you, 25 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. 26 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations."

if you re-read part 22, as here,

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.

what do you all think of the bible vs homosexuality.

i disagree but please let me know what you think.

my statement,

God created people, and he loved them, for such a reason as homosexuality to no longer love, is silly, God loves all his creations, so i think Gay or Bi is ok.

Atonement
December 1st, 2008, 05:35 PM
Right so like, all of that is irrelevant except 18:22 btw if someone is going to say anything on this, then they know what the rest of leviticus says. Also...

http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28090

MrTeen14
December 1st, 2008, 05:38 PM
oops, didn't see that, well, just restart, what do members think?

ThatCanadianGuy
December 1st, 2008, 06:39 PM
oops, didn't see that, well, just restart, what do members think?

God doesn't exist... so it's ok! Yay! That's my take on it :D

MrTeen14
December 1st, 2008, 07:07 PM
thats your opinion, but for those who do beleive in God, what do you think?

theOperaGhost
December 1st, 2008, 07:21 PM
I believe in God, but I find the Bible to be very contradictory. Leviticus basically sets forth what God sees as "wrong" or unnatural, then at the end says that all of these sins can be easily forgiven. http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showpost.php?p=388182&postcount=38 Read that post. I don't have a problem with homosexuality. My personal feeling on what the bible says about it is that God doesn't like homosexuality, but when final judgment comes, homosexuals will be forgiven of their sins, just like any other person, because everyone is forgiven.

**I personally don't feel homosexuality is a sin, although I feel homosexual intercourse goes against nature. There is nothing wrong with homosexual love. The bible doesn't even explicitly say that homosexuality is a sin, it says homosexual intercourse is, but anyone can love whomever they choose to love.

Oblivion
December 1st, 2008, 08:11 PM
Moved to Ramblings of the Wise