From: Paul Duca 

in article wtRNh.12967$un.4630{at}trnddc03, Patriot Games at
Crazy_Bastard{at}Yahoo.com wrote on 3/26/07 11:16 AM:

> "Paul Duca"  wrote in message
> news:C22B2581.EC01%p.duca{at}comcast.net...
>> in article yceNh.3037$un.1777{at}trnddc03, Patriot Games at
>> Crazy_Bastard{at}Yahoo.com wrote on 3/24/07 2:36 PM:
>>> "Paul Duca"  wrote in message
>>> news:C229FE2D.E8C7%p.duca{at}comcast.net...
>>>> in article MDRMh.35$un.0{at}trnddc03, Patriot Games at
>>>> Crazy_Bastard{at}Yahoo.com
>>>> wrote on 3/23/07 10:38 AM:
>>>>> "No One" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:87wt18zzdf.fsf{at}nospam.pacbell.net...
>>>>>> "Patriot Games"
 writes:
>>>>>>> "Anlatt the Builder"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>
news:1174522736.874074.231710{at}l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>>> On Mar 21, 3:20 pm, "Patriot
Games"  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> No, the Bible is extremely clear on the topic.
>>>>>>>>> Leviticus 18:12 "it is an
abomination for a man to lay down with
>>>>>>>>> another
>>>>>>>>> man
>>>>>>>>> as he does with a woman".
>>>>>>>> Are you aware of all the other
restrictions that are RIGHT NEXT TO
>>>>>>>> this one in Leviticus? Eating shellfish?
Wearing clothes made of
>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> than one kind of fiber?
>>>>>>> The topic isn't shellfish.  The topic isn't clothing.
>>>>>> Whatever you think the "topic" is, the
fact is that there are a large
>>>>>> number of prohibitions in Leviticus that sensible
people ignore, if
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> because these prohibitions were simply the rules
and taboos for Jewish
>>>>>> tribes wandering around the Middle East thousands
of years ago. There
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> also a prohibition against eating pork.  When fuel
is scarce, food
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> get cooked as well, and if you don't cook pork
adequately, you may end
>>>>>> up with trichinosis.  So some of the rules
obviously make sense in a
>>>>>> particular situation.  If some do, you should
evaluate each rule on
>>>>>> its
>>>>>> own merits.
>>>>> Feel free to do whatever you want.
>>>>>>> The Bible is extremely clear on the topic.
>>>>>>> Leviticus 18:12 "it is an abomination for
a man to lay down with
>>>>>>> another
>>>>>>> man
>>>>>>> as he does with a woman".
>>>>>>> Period.
>>>>>> Read the last sentences in Levicitus (Leviticus
27:34): "These are the
>>>>>> commands the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai for
the Israelites."
>>>>>>
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=3&chapter=27&version=31>
>>>>>> It says, "Israelites", not all of mankind.
>>>>> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
>>>>> Right!  So, only Jews can't be fags!!  HAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!
>>>>>> That it was purely rules for the
"Israelites" makes sense - at the
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> they were forging a unique cultural identity, and
that is easier to do
>>>>>> if you have customs that differ from those of your
neighbors.
>>>>> Feel free to do whatever you want.
>>>>> But remember God loves you and wants you to stop sucking dicks.
>>>> God wants a lot of things, but since He is not willing to pay for
>>>> the privilege...
>>> That's how it works.  I didn't make the Rules.  Humans pay now, God
>>> rewards
>>> later.
>> If at all...
>
> Gun people have a saying:  Its better to have it and not need it than to
> need it and not have it.
>
> The same can be said of a person's religious beliefs.
>
>


            Then Games will not cry when he learns God has rewards, but no
need to share them with him.




Paul

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