From: "Patriot Games" 

"Paul Duca"  wrote in message
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> 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
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>>>>> "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...

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