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- From: delancey@darkwing.uoregon.edu (Scott C DeLancey)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism,sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas be
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:40:24 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
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- In article <01050133.ohmnd7@distant.uucp> edw@distant.uucp writes:
- >
- >In article <1jo4trINNlp1@pith.uoregon.edu> (alt.atheism,sci.skeptic), delancey@darkwing.uoregon.edu (Scott C DeLancey) writes:
- >> In article <1993Jan20.213756.8012@hfsi.uucp> ata@hfsi.UUCP (John Ata - FSO) writes:
- >> >
- >> >I would be most greatful if you could point out to me the passages in
- >> >Scripture that support "treating gays badly".
- >>
- >> Well, one that leaps to mind is Leviticus 18, where among the many
- >> offences for which the offender is to be "cut off from his people" is
- >> for a man to lie with a man as with a woman.
- >
- >Not to inject reason into this, but could you ask these questions for me?
- >
- >Assuming, for the sake of argument, that God says homosexuality is immoral,
- >can you tell us why He says it's immoral? If it's because He says so, please
- >tell us *why* He says so. Now, we have your *real* reason for thinking that
- >homosexuality is immoral. Unless you can explain *why* God says homosexuality
- >is immoral, you're making your god look pretty arbitrary, or, alternatively,
- >you're making morality beyond human comprehension, which would make me wonder
- >why we're being held accountable for things that we can't even begin to
- >comprehend.
- >
- >You see, the Divine Command theory of morality doesn't work, even to fellow
- >believers. You're going to need to fall back onto some other moral theory.
- >
- >I'll be looking forward to your *real* justification for condemning
- >homosexuality.
- >
- >Ed
- >
- >> Scott DeLancey
- >
- Huh? Was this addressed to *me*?
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- Scott DeLancey
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