Should homosexuals be given the death penalty?

[Sozo]

Here are the poll results, thus far. It tells you the how many votes, the precentages, and who voted.

Yes (24 votes; 41.38%)
Army of One, Christine, Clete, CRASH, Crow, DocHoliday, drbrumley, Dread Helm, dRock, Frank Ernest, GuySmiley, Imrahil, Jefferson, Mr. 5020, philosophizer, Poly, RightIdea, Shimei, Sozo, truthteller86, Turbo, Vaquero45, Wamba the Fool, Yorzhik

No (34 votes; 58.62%)
Agape4Robin, allsmiles, asilentskeptic, avatar382, beanieboy, BillyBob, Caledvwlch, death2impiety, deathwish, fool, Gaviidae, Granite, Greywolf, HerodionRomulus, HisLight, Inquisitor, inteltheology, Johnny, kmoney, Lovejoy, lovemeorhateme, Mr Jack, On Fire, Pepper, reverend, Rydo, shilohproject, skeptech, Skeptic, Surr, SUTG, The Berean, wickwoman, Zakath​

:BillyBob: :noway:

 

[Mr. 5020]

:BillyBob: :noway:

Kind of surprised me, too.

 

[Sozo]

Kind of surprised me, too.

I wonder if :cheers: was involved?

 

[Granite]

Kind of surprised me, too.

Me too, but probably for reasons different than yours...

 

[Lighthouse]

I voted yes.

Of course, I do not believe that someone having ssa [same sex attraction] should qualify. Especially if they reject it, and seek help to be what they are intended to be. Hopefully the help they seek is from God.

Now, if a homosexual were to act upon these desires, it should be a capital crime. God said it should be, and I'm with Him. And a capital crime gets capital punishment.

 

[kmoney]

well, I'm sure lesbians will be relieved to find out that God left them out of that capital punishment....

 

[Lighthouse]

How are lesbians left out?

 

[kmoney]

What verses are you using?

 

[Lighthouse]

Quite a few.

 

[kmoney]

Quite a few.

Care to post them?

 

[Lighthouse]

Before I do, I admit that, at least in the English translations, the death penalty seems to be reserved for men who lie with men. However, there are verses condemning lesbianism.

Lev. 20:13
"13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

 

[kmoney]

Before I do, I admit that, at least in the English translations, the death penalty seems to be reserved for men who lie with men. However, there are verses condemning lesbianism.

Lev. 20:13
"13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

Right, that's what I was using too and lesbians aren't mentioned at all. The only verses that include lesbians are in the NT (at least I think so) and none of them spell out what punishment is required.

 

[koban]

Right, that's what I was using too and lesbians aren't mentioned at all. The only verses that include lesbians are in the NT (at least I think so) and none of them spell out what punishment is required.

no, but the act is strongly condemned

 

[kmoney]

no, but the act is strongly condemned

In the NT sure. I just find it curious that in the OT God would leave out lesbians.

Are there any other sexual sins that God only speaks about from the man's angle? I'm trying to look, but maybe someone knows......

 

[Lighthouse]

I'm curious as to the meaning of the original language. Maybe it did include lesbianism, by definition.:think:

 

[kmoney]

I'm curious as to the meaning of the original language. Maybe it did include lesbianism, by definition.:think:

From what I've seen of looking up the Hebrew the translation is accurate.

 

[Lighthouse]

:think:

 

[lovemeorhateme]

The results of this poll... are... well... worrying. :shocked:

 

[shilohproject]

The results of this poll... are... well... worrying. :shocked:

Because the majority says "no," or because it is so close? What do you mean?

 

[lovemeorhateme]

Because the majority says "no," or because it is so close? What do you mean?

Because it is so close. I was hoping for a bigger majority to say no.