Serenity7855
Lambaster of the Angry Anti-Theists
Why do you think that God was not literal in his description of events in Genesis. I have my opinions but I would like to know why you do not think the events actually happened.
This is, of course, your right. I am not going to try and convince you otherwise. It is partly my opinion as well. It really doesn't matter what the origins of the words are, what is important is the words themselves, and the message they bring to the world. It is not a history book. The New Testament is not even chronologically correct. It is a book of Commandments intended to bring man back to his father in heaven.
By what authority do you make these statements. If it is just your belief, well, fair enough, however, if you are peddling them as fact then you must support it with evidence.
It makes no difference when the accounts were written. God has selected the words that he wants to appear in his Holy Bible.
But all the text were selected by God. Whatever reasoning man had in compiling it is secondary to what God wanted. It is his literal words selected from a host of sources.
A man's wife is not his possession. But it is his responsibility to insure she is kept safe, feed and clothed and is treated with love and respect. That he would Covent his nieghbours wife would distract him from his moral obligations to his own wife and family. It brings disharmony to the family unit and can effect many individuals, so, God has decided that we shouldn't do that, and I, for one, agree with him. The commandment is relevant to men and women.
It does not say that. It says.
Matthew 6
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
The eye plucking refers to a different principle altogether. So the answer is that you have either misread it or someone is telling you lies. Even the eye plucking bit does not say you will go to hell. It says that if you allow it to continue you might end up in jail because of what it might lead to.
Once again, that is not what it says. It says:
Leviticus 20
13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 18
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
These versus are found in the Old Testament at the time when the Mosaic Law was in force. They were fulfilled when Jesus gave the Beatitude and brought in the Abrahamic laws but the sin remained. The sin is anal sex not homosexuality. It is sodomy not the love of one man to another. There is no scripture that condemns love, just the inappropriate use of the body, regardless as to whether it is man on man or man on women the bible condemn anal sex.
Lastly, there is absolutely no concrete evidence to say that Gays are created and not made. Science is desperately seeking for evidence to be able to point figures at religion, however, thus far no evidence exists. That is not to say that gays have a choice in their sexual orientation. I do not think they have, however, the fault lies with mankind and not God - nurture. Of course, to have an urge is one thing but to act upon that urge is another story. We are a society who lack self control and do what we want instead of what we ought to.
Does this even matter. Surely it is the principles it teaches that are of paramount importance and not the culture that enacted them.
He does. Someone has told you that. My advice is to read it's pages with impartiality and a desire to know the truth. If you do not understand any of it then ask someone. But read it for comprehension. There are far to many people willing to misinterpret it for you in their attempt to be right and thwart the perfect plan of salvation.
