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lostmonk:
Originally
posted by
theHitch:
Bigots and racists circlejerking with other bigots and racists.
Hold onto your religious texts tightly, it's what you cherrypick to justify your hate.
Phil Robertson in 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDHr8GR-e-4
Eat any seafood lately? Wearing mixed fabrics? hypocrites!
~~you're going to die~~
Looks like it'll take at least another generation for the dinosaurs to die off.
If you want to argue religion, at least get your facts straight. Christianity believes what it says in Scripture that Jesus abolished all the laws of the old testament except for those which he reiterated. So throwing out old testament law to call people hypocrites just shows you are ignorant about what you're trying to argue about.
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Well we do have this
Matthew 5:17
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."
hmm Jesus displays not the slightest objection to the cruelties of the Old Testament. They stand as is, apparently unless specifically 'tweaked' by his word. And no where in the New Testament does he mention homosexuality.
So the Old Testament verses about homosexuality stand. As do most all the other ridiculous laws, of which I chose to paraphrase two in my previous post;
Leviticus 11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you
Deuteronomy 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Well except if you listen to Paul's POV in Ephesians and Romans, in which yes i guess much of the OT was just a sloppy typo and you can now disregard.
But even Jesus gets a little confused in Luke:
16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Well, unless you would prefer Exodus
12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever
or 1 Chronicles
16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations
or Leviticus
23:14 ..it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings
It's all very confusing. You would think the perfect word of God as given to us savage humans via The Bible would have a little less contradiction. When God laid out the Old Testament, he knew the New was coming around the corner, right?
A perfect word, from a perfect being, wouldn't leave all that wiggle room for cherrypicking. It is, after all, The Most Important Communication Ever. Or so It says.
Can't The Perfect Word be a bit more consistent?
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/otlaw.html
But back to Phil Robertson and his comments.. because in his own defense he states ‘All I Did Was Quote From the Scriptures’
What does Jesus say about homosexuality?
go ahead, google it.
Nothing. Nada. Zip.
Jesus does say in Matthew:
7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
So by Jesus' own words, it seems not many at all will get into heaven.
Especially if you have wealth:
Matthew 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
But Jesus says nothing about the gay. Paul is attributed to some anti-gay sentiments but prior to translation he may have been speaking of the child temple prostitutes (both male and female) or the practice (in Paul's time) of adult males taking teen boys 'under their wing' for tutorship and sexual favor.
Interesting (but not surprising) that this Ducky Phil Robertson only seems to hate on the male prostitutes btw lol
I'm glad I'm a straight (sorry to disappoint you scode), far-from-wealthy atheist, otherwise I'd be so confused by scriptures that I might have to play the odds at 50/50 no matter my predilection :
Luke 17:34
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke 17:35
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
There ya go. You can increase your odds of going to heaven all the way up to 50% if you, ya know, get your gay on.
and #1 on the list of cherrypicking by Phil R and sooo many other Good Christians, and most regularly ignored:
Matthew 7:1-3
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
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Phil Robertson doesn't just get his hate on for gays. Look at the spectrum of his statements.
That's why I added the link from 2010 in my previous post, it helps to provide a context for his ignorant views.
Or check out this article: When You Defend Phil Robertson, Here's What You're Really Defending
http://www.businessinsider.com/...-really-defending-2013-12
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