Should homosexuals be given the death penalty?

[lovemeorhateme]

You do realize that this was a command for the early Israelites, right? Sort of like not-mixing two kinds of material for clothing and not boiling a kid in it's milk?

I suppose you've taken it up on yourself to name all the animals?

Read the chapter of Leviticus 18 in context.. and then you try and tell me that homosexuality is not a sin.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

God doesn't decide what becomes law- men do. As for what God "says", well- we've been on this rock for quite a while and there is still no consensus on that.

Only for those who are blinded to the truth.

 

[Dopey Gigglz]

Read the chapter of Leviticus 18 in context.. and then you try and tell me that homosexuality is not a sin.

That isn't the point. The question is do we have any business enforcing heavily contexted laws to a specific group of people in a specific time period. Nevermind the fact that they had God as their nation's leader, while we are a democracy (and a secular one at that).

 

[Kimberlyann]

Fine. Let him kill the gays then and not take it up ourselves.

Yes, I agree. If God wants to kill homosexuals I think we should let Him do it.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

That isn't the point. The question is do we have any business enforcing heavily contexted laws to a specific group of people in a specific time period. Nevermind the fact that they had God as their nation's leader, while we are a democracy (and a secular one at that).

We're talking about what should be happening in society.. not what is happening in society. I would love to have a Christian government in the UK. Unfortunately.. that ain't gonna happen any time soon.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

Yes, I agree. If God wants to kill homosexuals I think we should let Him do it.

Use that same argument for murderers.. see what happens.

 

[PlastikBuddha]

Yes, I agree. If God wants to kill homosexuals I think we should let Him do it.

Perhaps the believers suffer from a deplorable lack of faith in God's ability to administer His own justice?

 

[PlastikBuddha]

Use that same argument for murderers.. see what happens.

You think back-door lovin' is on the same level of heinousness as deep-sixing your boss? You have issues.

 

[Silk Queen]

We're talking about what should be happening in society.. not what is happening in society. I would love to have a Christian government in the UK. Unfortunately.. that ain't gonna happen any time soon.

Would it be any less corrupt?

 

[Dopey Gigglz]

We're talking about what should be happening in society.. not what is happening in society.

Oh, I think I see now. We have a Christian Reconstructionist on our hands.
What should be happening in society is people should not want to do wrong. But when someone "sins" it very foreign to Christianity to bring the state in to enforce a Christian code of conduct. That is a very unhappy marriage (see Catholic Church in Middle Ages). Perhaps instead of killing them you could try and help them?

I would love to have a Christian government in the UK.

What's a Christian govt. and how does the NT describe it?

Unfortunately.. that ain't gonna happen any time soon.

Thank Jesus.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

Would it be any less corrupt?

One would like to say that it would be less corrupt.. but who knows. All I know is that there are too many people on this thread trying to justify behaviour which is repulsive and perverted.

 

[Dopey Gigglz]

Use that same argument for murderers.. see what happens.

Homosexuals are consenting adults. Murderers are not a helpful analogy.

 

[Dopey Gigglz]

One would like to say that it would be less corrupt.. but who knows. All I know is that there are too many people on this thread trying to justify behaviour which is repulsive and perverted.

I find the murdering of sinners much more repulsive than their original acts.

 

[Kimberlyann]

Perhaps the believers suffer from a deplorable lack of faith in God's ability to administer His own justice?

Yes, it appears that way.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

You think back-door lovin' is on the same level of heinousness as deep-sixing your boss? You have issues.

In a human level of thinking there are degrees of sin.

To God, it doesn't matter if I'm sleeping around every night of the week.. I've murdered someone.. or the only sin I've committed in my life is to tell one lie.. it is still sin! Stop looking at it from a human perspective, and look at it from the perspective of Almighty God.

 

[PlastikBuddha]

One would like to say that it would be less corrupt.. but who knows. All I know is that there are too many people on this thread trying to justify behaviour which is repulsive and perverted.

There are also far too many people here who have far too much interest in what other consenting adults do with one another. It's none of your business.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

I find the murdering of sinners much more repulsive than their original acts.

How many times does this need to be re-iterated.. if God advocates it, then it isn't murder.

 

[Dopey Gigglz]

How many times does this need to be re-iterated.. if God advocates it, then it isn't murder.

I have never seen God tell the US government to "kill" homosexuals. In fact, he has never told them anything.

 

[PlastikBuddha]

How many times does this need to be re-iterated.. if God advocates it, then it isn't murder.

Can you prove in a court of law that God advocates it? Many mass murderers have been convinced they were carrying out God's will- witness the inquisition and the crusades.

 

[lovemeorhateme]

There are also far too many people here who have far too much interest in what other consenting adults do with one another. It's none of your business.

If a man wants to have sex with a sheep in private.. I guess we should just ignore it.

What if a 14-year old and a 39-year old are having sex, as was the case of someone I knew when I was younger, and that 14-year old, as far as he was concerned, was 'consenting.' Should that have been none of my business, as it was done in private?