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Apollo Celestio

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I didn't even know guys liked guys and that stuff as a kid. XD I thought everyone grew up and just got married had kids and died. But unto the topic.

Arguments from silence are not very useful.
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I guess this is an exception seeing as the bible does condemn it as well as not mention that it is lawful!
 
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RegularGuy said:
At that age, the differences were slight. Though I expect that those outside the "norm" may have been aware of it.

Good night, Jet. God bless you and BabyGurl.
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I'm not an expert on child development so I can't really say.

thanks and bless you and your family also
 
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davedjy said:
Those studies might account for some people, but they definitely are not an accurate representation of all gays and lesbians. None of those apply to me, and I'm gay.
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Doesn't apply to me either. In fact, it doesn't seem to apply to any of my friends that are gay.
 
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Ishida said:
I guess this is an exception seeing as the bible does condemn it as well as not mention that it is lawful!
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My point being that we need to deal with what the Bible does say, and not what it does not say.

The Bible's condemnations of homosexual behavior are not as clear and explicit as some make them out to be. I don't think anyone doubts that the Bible condemns homosexual temple prostitution, pederasty, and homosexual rape. But to say that it condemns all expressions of same-sex love, or that it condemns gay marriage is to argue from silence.

Written with a pre-modern and pre-scientific understanding of sexual behavior, the Bible does not know about homosexuality as an innate orientation. It does not know about sexuality as a core constituent of human personality. It has no concept of gay marriage. In other words, it is mute on these subjects.

The Bible should not be used to condemn committed, exclusive, chaste same-sex relationships. On the other hand, it probably can't be used to defend gay marriage either.

That's right. I am suggesting that we need to look to another source of authority on these matters.
 
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tulc said:
Oh, ok. Then you should answer the question. Because what ever question you thought I was asking? You never answered what I did ask.
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Why? You know very well what the answer is that will come from me.
 
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RegularGuy said:
With all due respect, you are mistaken. There is no definition of marriage in the Bible as "one man/one woman." This is assumed as a norm, as it is today, but it is neither a definition nor a command.
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24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

Marriage as defined by God
 
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Zaac said:
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

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Actually, it is the norm of marriage described, not defined, and certainly not commanded, by the author of Genesis.

Let's be even more specific about it. I think that the Text Critics would say that the source for this verse was J.
 
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Zaac said:
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

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I fail to see the exclusion of same-sex marriage.
 
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