Exodus 21:7
If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do.
Exodus 35:2
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
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There's a reasonWe call it OLD TESTAMENT and NEW TESTAMENT. There is the Old Law, the Old Convenant, and there's the New Law, and the New Convenant. Conclusion, we should be basing our morals on the New Testament. Again, being gay is NOT wrong(how can feeling a certain way be helped?) People can't FORCE themselves into heterosexuality, that's ridiculous. But the new testament also says that no FORNICATORS will enter the kingdom of heaven(gay or straight - !!). It has nothing to do with your sexual orientation, it has everything to do with acting morally and being righteous in the eyes of God.40% Voted for by Carpool, TeChNoWC.
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boobecause it serves as a widely accepted source of god's truth. an arguable version of proof, but nonetheless, it's seen as infallible by the largest of religious establishments.
pick and choose; absolutely. interpretation is key, and as the words are that of the holy text, they are inarguable by your peers and sanctioned by god.
it is just silly to me, that this flagrent misuse of language and morality has become a easy out for the spiritually scared and corrupt.
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Basically because they are human
All humans have a tendency to pick and choose the truths that make them feel better about themselves and their own shortcomings. By pointing fingers at other's faults, one can overlook personal faults because, after all, "I am not as bad as that one."I think it was Ghandi who pointed out that we Christians often do not represent our saviour very well.
In reality, I have never been able to find anywhere that Jesus actually mentioned homosexuality in the gospels. Some of the apostles mentioned it it letters later, but no where in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John will you find Jesus even mentioning it. He did, however, mention LOVING OUR ENEMIES. Funny how no one much wants to talk about that
Come to think of it, homosexuality did not even make the "top 10"
Adultry did, but we don't talk about that one either.
I think the real answer to your question is simply that human beings tend to be hypocritical but pompous. Being a Christian does not always alleviate our tendency to try to get the speck out of our brothers eye while there is a log in our own.
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