Originally Posted by Grace

Yes Indeed. Think about that as you willfully disobey the Lord with your homosexual life style. Then call your self a Christian.

Originally Posted by forester814

Ah, there's the problem with our misunderstanding each other.

You see, I am not a Christian. I was brought up very strict Catholic, but God and I had a parting of the ways many years ago. Pretty bad break up, too.

So you try your controlling tactics on God too??

Now I don't feel so left out!



But I'm still a student of religion and belief, at least on an academic level. I find it interesting, the role it plays in people's lives.

My wife on the other hand, defines herself as a Christian. Not one of those holier than thou judgmental Christian-like people, but an actual love your brother, judge not lest ye be judged Christian.

So, we are raising our daughter to have an open and questioning mind, exposing her to Christianity and other belief systems, and answering her questions in ways that make her think, not conform. We don't know what role religion will play in her adult life, but we do know that it will be her informed decision to make.

Originally Posted by forester814

Ah, there's the problem with our misunderstanding each other.

You see, I am not a Christian. I was brought up very strict Catholic, but God and I had a parting of the ways many years ago. Pretty bad break up, too. But I'm still a student of religion and belief, at least on an academic level. I find it interesting, the role it plays in people's lives.

My wife on the other hand, defines herself as a Christian. Not one of those holier than thou judgmental Christian-like people, but an actual love your brother, judge not lest ye be judged Christian.

So, we are raising our daughter to have an open and questioning mind, exposing her to Christianity and other belief systems, and answering her questions in ways that make her think, not conform. We don't know what role religion will play in her adult life, but we do know that it will be her informed decision to make.

Originally Posted by tristanrobin

we also have to remember that King James was fighting to protect his throne from a homosexual (and fortune telling!) relative while the Bible was being revised to the King James Version. Think that MIGHT have had anything to do with the translations of the (admittedly, very very few) mentions of homosexuality and witches in his version of the Bible? LOL LOL LOL

There are certainly many scholars specializing in archaic languages who have disagreed strongly with the (admittedly, very very few) translation of parts about homosexuality.

Originally Posted by garysher

Originally Posted by gigg

Some people, of course, oppose same-sex unions and homosexuality by quoting isolated verses from the Bible. I know where they are coming from. I was raised in the Catholic Church, but I think it is important to remember that the Bible was also used to defend slavery, wife-beating and the subordination of women. We no longer quote Bible verses to justify slavery and domestic violence

Originally Posted by fxashun

The bible didn't specifically say "beat your friggin wife"
i am big enough to stand corrected on that point


in the same uncertain terms that it says "don't screw your own gender".
That comparison is weak.

Originally Posted by fxashun

Studies show that daughters of lesbians do tend to be more sexually "adventurous".

Znet: Youth Watch
Girls raised by lesbians tended to be “more sexually adventurous and less chaste” than those raised by straight parents, while boys tended to be just the opposite.

That may be an issue.