The bible and homosexuality: Round 3

were the Canaanite nations (about 8) for certain acts of depravity including homosexuality, burning children to their idols (sodomy, bestiality, loathsome vices, etal), when the earth itself begins to vomit for the foulness of such things. (See Leviticus Chapter 18, and Deuteronomy 7:1-5; 20:15-18).
Marked for extermination means.....when Israel left Egypt to return to the promised land then occupied by Canaanites, Israel was commissioned to end, eradicate, completely destroy said Canaanites for said reasons.The issue in its entirety does not hang on a couple of OT or NT verses. Study to show yourself approved.....search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life.

there is no condemnation of lobster or other food determined unfit for food.
Lobsters, pigs, shrimps, etc., are good for the purpose for which they were made. Garbage disposals. They eat scum, dead stuff, a pig will eat you if you are clumsy enough to get in its way. You want to eat stuff that eats filth is your affair.

Well, actually, there is no rhyme or reason to the food proscriptions just as there is no rhyme or reason to the proscriptions against homosexuality.From good old Leviticus... The Eagle and the Osprey are both hunters as well as owls, swan, pelicans, storks, herons, and bats. They in fact eat many of the same things that were allowed as clean food.Other than as a way to differentiate the Hebrews from surrounding tribes, there is little reason behind any of the proscriptions such as dietary or sexuality. It was far more a tattoo, a secret decoder ring or a gang sign than for any legitimate reason.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

!!!!????

Hey, I didn't write it.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

You know, it's funny because that verse is written by the very people that the literalist say we should us as the final Authority. This is an example of the belief system, of the folk that know KIND and that know secrets we have yet to discover.The Bible was written by people who did not understand the world around them. It is not a fault, but a fact. They simply did not have the thousands of years of observations that we have accumulated since then.There will the those that say "God dictated and directed every title and dot" but surely God did not warn folk about " All fowls that creep, going upon all four". Well, I tend to think that there might be other things in the Bible that kinda got mangled in the translation as well.I still believe, that when most Atheist and homosexuals die, they will find the Pearly Gates thrown open wide in welcome while the likes of Dr. "Beam the money up " Scott, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and almost all the other Evangelists will not even get near the backdoor.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Why not? I'm sure there are some that would argue that all of the fowl matching this description died in the flood - you see, the faster flying fowl got to the ark in time, while those slow creeping fowl didn't quite make it.I'm sure we'll find four-legged fowl fossils some day soon...

different translation. Modern King James; New English Translation.
"Peteinon" (fowl), formerly denoted all flying creatures. (for verse 20)So, don't wear a big smile while biking.

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Cactus and Scrub
and yellow grass

Translation issues are important.But it seems to be in a pretty bird-centric context to me...And your definition of "all flying creatures" seems to contradict the creeping-on-all-fours bit, since you would have creeping creatures and not flying creatures.What flying creatures do you know of that creep along the ground on all fours? Injured bats, perhaps?I'd say the intent of the verse was all flightless birds (like those dastardly penguins), but I believe that would rule out most chickens, no?

And that, my friend, is the beauty of the Bible as a source and guide. If you don't like what it says, then just pick a different translation.Find a reference in the Bible that is opposed to homesexuality? All that is needed to refute it is to find the version of the Bible that does NOT include such a reference. See... Message 6
Message 10
Message 14for examples.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

years in the desert, they must have understood something about the world around them. Food preservation, water filtration, cleanliness, (bury excreta for reasons of sanitation). Mathematics, finding their way.....by what? Using the stars for navigation? (Magi for example)
Enjoy!

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Cactus and Scrub
and yellow grass

But what does any of that have to do with the tpoic or most anything else for that matter?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

message 31 for on-topic.I responded to a remark made about lobster.Arie gur Yehuda is the only lion, Aslan by any other name, tame is how you know him now....but when he comes again with power and great glory, how will he appear to you?

Okay, but I still don't understand the relevance to the thread at all

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Hopefully bearing waffles. I haven't had waffles in ages.

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"Egos drone and pose alone, Like black balloons, all banged and blown
On a backwards river the infidels shiver in the stench of belief.
And tell my mama I'm a hundred years late; I'm over the rails and out of the race
The crippled psalms of an age that won't thaw are ringing in my ears"
-Beck