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Act_of_Reparation

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31. That's pretty much the argument many of us are making...

Reply to cbayer (Reply #27)

Mon May 12, 2014, 10:13 AM

May 2014

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It's a collection of books, imo, not a book that can stand alone.

Right. One book says one thing, and another contradicts it. That's why I feel you cannot make statements like, "The Bible supports gay marriage", because the Bible doesn't really support anything with any degree of consistency.

And you certainly can't say "The Bible supports gay marriage" when, as far as I can tell, the Bible doesn't even mention it. Nor, for that matter, should we expect it to. The kind of marriage equality for which we are arguing is a secular license issued and recognized by state and federal government(s). The books of the Bible are quite obviously products of their time, and this issue would have been utterly foreign to the people who wrote them.

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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

Because it is interesting to see how different people interpet the bible. hrmjustin May 2014 #23

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

Well to a non-believer it seems odd and unnecessary but I find it interesting. hrmjustin May 2014 #25

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

Well thats life. hrmjustin May 2014 #29

Another click bait headline from Salon showing only that the Bible can be shown to prove anything intaglio May 2014 #7

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

"not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished" Leontius May 2014 #13

Nope intaglio May 2014 #16

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

Then I suggest you read the whole of my post which included those words intaglio May 2014 #21

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

The author is making the point that some things outlined in the OT were rejected cbayer May 2014 #27

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