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10. The problem is that you have no religious justification

Sun May 11, 2014, 11:51 AM

May 2014

for deciding what's "good" and what's "bad", even though some religionists claim to have that wisdom from their "faith tradition".

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The Bible backs same-sex couples: Point by point, why the haters are wrong [View all] xchrom May 2014 OP

The bible does no such thing. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #1

Another Salon hack skepticscott May 2014 #2

What desperate drivel mr blur May 2014 #3

It's desperate drivel to counter the religious right's claims about cbayer May 2014 #6

When the author has to employ dishonest and tortured arguments skepticscott May 2014 #9

Interesting article. hrmjustin May 2014 #4

Please do skepticscott May 2014 #5

How so? Iggo May 2014 #22

I guess "interesting" is one word for that. Iggo May 2014 #24

More like sad and scary, but yeah. Iggo May 2014 #28

Well thats life. hrmjustin May 2014 #29

What's wrong with cherry picking? cbayer May 2014 #8

The problem is that you have no religious justification skepticscott May 2014 #10

Because you can then use the Bible to prove any thesis you desire intaglio May 2014 #11

So what? When the religious right has mounted the argument that cbayer May 2014 #12

So the bible can be used to prove anything intaglio May 2014 #14

I'm not making the argument that it provides a good basis for faith. cbayer May 2014 #15

An accurate headline would have been intaglio May 2014 #17

I like that as a headline, but I'm no editor cbayer May 2014 #18

why object? How about because it is intellectually dishonest? Warren Stupidity May 2014 #19

Nope intaglio May 2014 #16

The texts used are not your error. Leontius May 2014 #20

The Book of Leviticus puts the lie to this whole thing jmowreader May 2014 #26

Well it's not convincing... MellowDem May 2014 #30

That's pretty much the argument many of us are making... Act_of_Reparation May 2014 #31

I don't disagree with you here. cbayer May 2014 #32

I'm definitely not arguing for civil unions Act_of_Reparation May 2014 #33