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Originally Posted by Angrist
Not sure if you were joking or if you really agree with me, but if you really believe in God, you'll probably believe that what he wants for us doesn't chance. If practicing homosexuality was wrong 2 millennia ago, it's wrong now.
And Typhoid, you're right. There's a difference between having feelings and practicing them.
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Didn't quite a lot change from the Old Testament to the New Testament?
And other things have changed from when the New Testament was written til now - it's no longer considered right or ethical to own slaves, for example.
I think every religious person ultimately ends up cherry picking the things they like and disregarding the things they don't. Religious homosexual people ignore the part that says it's wrong. Religious people who don't believe in slavery ignore that part. Everyone seems to ignore the book of Job.
Maybe 'ignore' isn't the right word, though. It's more like people want to gloss over the things they don't like, or just say "oh, it was a different time". But for some reason they can't let others do that to the things they do like.