There are countless things which I simply cannot fathom, or care to understand, in the minds of homophobic people.
A lot of people easily dismiss, and even joke about, sections of the bible: usually through the notion that the quotations are ‘old-fashioned’ and have little relevance in the modern world.
“Neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.” — Leviticus 19:19
“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads.” — Leviticus 19:27
“If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them.” — Leviticus 20:13
The same author. The same Bible. The same God.
A lot of Christians in the modern age can accept the context of the 2000 year old book- it’s not, necessarily now, to be taken quite so literally.
On the other hand I cannot tolerate the hypocrisies of Christians that are willing to preach the old fashionned views on homosexuality- that it is an ‘abomination’- but disregard the other absurd, yet contextually affected, quotations shown above.
I shall never hold the time for people who believe they know the word of ‘God’.
Ollie
Religion is for the stupid 😛 People too stupid to accept that we have no purpose in life and also too stupid to make their own purpose or path; unless they are Buddhist or Deist – they are just ignorant. xxx
Ollie
Didn’t mean to make it sound like i was saying Buddhists and Deists are ignorant btw xP xxx
Pinkjumpers
I don’t think that we, as humans, have any evidence to support or disprove what you have said. Therefore I don’t agree with you on that note. Also, calling what you deem nonsense as ‘stupid’ makes YOU sound stupid- it’s annoyingly narrow-minded of you Oliver! xx
Ollie
Meh, religion is dying off, it’s almost gone amongst those below 30 in the UK and it’s starting to happen in the US. It’ll be gone within the next century and the world will be a better place for it! x
Pinkjumpers
I HIGHLY doubt that Oliver. If people want to believe in something- that’s their business, not yours to deem inferior. xx
Ollie
Suit yourself xP I don’t wanna argue with you, you scare me 😥 😛 xxx
Pinkjumpers
Haha, don’t talk bigger than your boots then! x (Is that a real phrase? I’m not sure..) lol xx
Ollie
My boots are size 10 xP So they are too big to talk bigger than!!!! 😛 c
Pinkjumpers
Did the Clarks woman not tell you about size 11? xx
Ollie
-___- Very funny 😛 xxx
GG
The problem is that people consider religion as a community entity but it should be an individual entity. A guide to know spirituality…
simon7banks
I thought I was going to disagree with this, but I find myself in complete agreement, only rejecting Ollie’s intolerance. Much of the Bible, as the Koran, consists of rules that made sense at the time (on safe diet, for example) but have lost their context – or in statements that reflect their time and environment. Read the whole thing through, though (not advised in one go) and, once you’ve cleared the creation myths of Genesis, it’s clear there’s a movement from a narrow and bloodthirsty perception to a much broader and more caring one, and that’s before Jesus appears. All holy texts are at the very least mediated through human minds with their limitations.
As for the idea that religion is stupid – consider the history of the abolition of the slave trade and then slavery, both led out of religious conviction, or Bonhoeffer and other German Lutherans resisting the Nazis. Some of the least stupid people in history – Einstein, for instance – have not accepted that life has no purpose. Nor would the world be a better place if we believed that, for we’d shrug and accept injustice and lies.