William, your comments are right on: "Much of the Bible is, by todays standards, hate literature, and should be dealt with in those terms". As a gay American, I have personally experienced the no-stop hatred, stupidity and anti-gay violence preached by a large segment of the American "Christian" population. The Bible, which is so historically inaccurate that it's a joke, has for 2000 years been used to kill and maim gay people throughout the world. News flash-the Bible was written by goat herders who thought the world was flat. And Jesus never said a bad word about gay people....read the book! Sweden is a great and tolerant nation......and is right in not allowing hate to hide behind the Bible as a "religious beliefs". They also make great cars.
If Nazism was a "religion", would their undying hatred of Jews be allowed and justified as a religious belief? Hell, in the US, religious bigotry is even given a tax break. Talk about insult to injury. But hey, unlike many religious folks in my country, I'll forgive the hatred of me if they like Pentax cameras. After all, no one's perfect! Robert James > In the West the Left is currently telling us to give up what we hold to, even within the 4 walls of our meeting facilities. Specifically, in Sweden a pastor was recently sentenced to 30 days in jail for simiply reading Bible passages which dealt with a Christian view of homosexuality. > > So much for the lie of tolerance. Tolerance is disagreeing with something, but keeping your mouth shut. Showing intolerance and then using religion as an excuse is no longer acceptable, at least not on the society I live in. Much of the Bible is, by todays standards, hate literature, and should be dealt with in those terms. William Robb
