5stringJeff
Senior Member
IControlThePast said:As for our UCC church, it believes that the Hebrew in Leviticus means "little boy" rather than "adult male," and that Leviticus also condemns many actions you have probably performed. Some examples include getting haircuts, eating shellfish, wearing clothing made from two fabrics, and planting two crops in a single field. In addition, even if the passages do ban same sex intercourse, that isn't the same as homosexuality. There are liberal views on a number of passages, such as Soddam and Gomorrah and Jesus's comments on that, etc, and I can go into those if you wish to present them.
The Leviticus comparisons to sanitary/dietary laws is pretty stale. It's clear from reading the New Testament that even though the sanitary/dietary/animal sacrifice regulations were part of the Old Covenant, and therefore not binding in the New Covenant (i.e. Jesus' death and resurrection), the moral laws are still binding. Not to mention, homosexuality is condemned in the New Testament in no uncertain terms.
But most of all I've seen Christians that don't wish to impose their view of morality onto other people. They don't think we can or should outlaw things just because they are sins, but that people should have freedom and free will to commit those sins if they choose, and that is should be Christian rather than legal doctrine that "saves."
I agree that homosexual behavior should not be outlawed. But I disagree that homosexual behavior must be accepted - and taught to children - as normal.