[garinda]

Originally Posted by gynn

...and of course, any Christian with a rebellious offspring has a duty in the Bible to kill them.

Exodus 21:17 "He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death"

Deuteronomy 21: 18-21 "If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die"

Ludicrous? Of course. But there are supposedly intelligent people amongst us who use similar biblical quotes to justify their abhorrance of gay people.

Leviticus 18:22 - "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable."

Leviticus 20:13 - "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

So next time someone tells you that homosexuality is wrong because it is condemned in the Bible, ask them why they didn't slay their child when it misbehaved!

Yes, when it comes to religious crimes, and their punishments, there's not a great difference between all those faiths who were founded in the Middle East, Judaism, Islam...or Christianity.