--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/25/06 12:35:05 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > The Bible says it is an abomination for a man to *lay* with > > > > another man they > > > > way he would with a woman. (paraphrased). I think that gets > > > > the point across without being too graphic. > > > > > > I am not a biblical scholar, but apparently, the bible adds > > > that it is within gods grace for a man to *lay* with a > > > woman in the ways a man lays with another man. > > > > > > There is no sin that can not be forgiven. > > > > There is no sin, period. It's an invention of those > > who cannot accept themselves and others. > > Until I see some holy book that explicitly and clearly > says that doing this or that particular homosexual act > is a sin, I would have to agree with Barry.
I know I'm in effect agreeing with myself to agree with Shemp here :-), but I'll not only agree, I'll see his agreement and raise him one heresy. I personally have never met a book I would consider "holy," so it really doesn't matter to me what *any* of them has to say on this subject. I know that might sound harsh, so I'll explain. In my opinion, EVERY SINGLE "HOLY" BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PLANET WAS WRITTEN BY MEN, FOR MEN. A few of them IMO may have been "inspired," in the sense that they were written by or dictated by human beings in higher states of consciousness, but to be honest not very many of them even achieved that. The norm in the realm of "holy books" is that most of the books that humans consider "holy" were written by NON-enlightened humans describing the actions of enlightened (or at least more enlightened) fellow humans as best they could (such as the Gospels). IMO *none* of them was either written by God or inspired by God. They were all written by men, doing their best to interpret their own experiences and hoping to inspire others to have experiences of their own. So it really doesn't matter to me what ANY of them says on the subject of sex and sexuality, be it between men and women, men and men, women and women, men and toasters, women and battery-powered objects, whatever. Whatever the "scriptures" say, to me they are merely words, and merely the words of other people just like myself. They are not necessarily any closer to "truth" than grafiti written on a subway wall. Others are free to believe what they want about the books they revere. But I'll believe that any of them are actual "scriptures" the day someone can show me a copy of one that was actually autographed by the supposed author. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
