Thread:Jallybwan/@comment-32783587-20180109025223/@comment-31680260-20180214061921

Addfire wrote: Gay Rights :  If you aren't able to have sex or marry, then it isn't the same rights. That makes them on a fundamentally lower level than you. And I'm pretty sure it says that gay people should be stoned? '''Stoning (and other forms of death) was the most common punishment for pretty much anything, at least in the Old Testament (which is where Leviticus is). Now Christians (or rather, followers of Christ) don't believe gay people should be prosecuted - we simply think they shouldn't be allowed to marry or have sex, since that is against God's instructions.'''  Slavery :  But it also okayed slaves. If the Bible is the word of God, slaves just being part of society isn't an excuse because God could literally see the future in which they wouldn't, and look forward to a society where they wouldn't. '''And if He said "release your slaves NOW" do you think the people back then would have actually listened, especially considering the fact that a lot of slave owners didn't follow God? No. He released slaves over centuries, and now slavery is totally illegal. It's not non-existent, but the law cannot prevent all crimes. '''  Civil Rights :  I'm saying Abortion, Women's Rights, the whole shebang. '''What in particular? I'll go over some of the stuff here, though. The Bible (and God, for that matter) is solidly AGAINST abortion. Go here for a good argument on it. What's wrong with the Bible's view on women's rights? A lot of the arguments stem from "God punished Eve" - but that's not valid at all! God punished Adam as well. Plus, there are HEAPS of women who are important in the Bible. Deborah, Esther, Hannah, Huldah, Jochebed, Miriam, Noadiah, Rachel, Rebekah, Rahab, Ruth, Sarah, to name a "few". In the New Testament, women were treated as slaves, which is probably where you're coming from. HOWEVER, that is entirely on the Jewish society at the time - not God. Look through Jesus' life - He treated women as equals. And above all else - we are ALL brothers and sisters in Christ. Male, female, doesn't matter. We are equal, and I believe God has always intended it that way. Yes, I also believe the man should USUALLY be the head of the household - but if the woman will do a better job, I believe she should be the head. It really comes down to "which of them is better"? And that's not even counting the couples who choose to share headship. Here 's a good source of info ^-^''' I'm kinda sad about something... I dedicated a whole PARAGRAPH to women's rights, but only a LINE to the lives of unborn children. That kinda reflects society, doesn't it? We're more interested in people kicking up a shitstorm about how "women are oppressed" than we are on the lives of our children. Therefore, in response, I specified everything about the topic instead of "just going over it"...