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		<title>By: Luke</title>
		<link>http://dignoscentia.com/2002/06/01/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-677</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think Hell hurts more, but maybe that is just me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Hell hurts more, but maybe that is just me.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda</title>
		<link>http://dignoscentia.com/2002/06/01/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-636</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank u this is very helpful...i needed help so I can explain it to people about what the bible says god bless u brother]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank u this is very helpful&#8230;i needed help so I can explain it to people about what the bible says god bless u brother</p>
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		<title>By: Billy Dixon</title>
		<link>http://dignoscentia.com/2002/06/01/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-635</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy Dixon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 1999 review by researcher Bruce Bagemihl shows that homosexual behavior has been observed in close to 1,500 species, ranging from primates to gut worms, and is well documented for 500 of them.[1][2] Animal sexual behavior takes many different forms, even within the same species. The motivations for and implications of these behaviors have yet to be fully understood, since most species have yet to be fully studied.[3] According to Bagemihl, &quot;the animal kingdom [does] it with much greater sexual diversity — including homosexual, bisexual and nonreproductive sex — than the scientific community and society at large have previously been willing to accept.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 1999 review by researcher Bruce Bagemihl shows that homosexual behavior has been observed in close to 1,500 species, ranging from primates to gut worms, and is well documented for 500 of them.[1][2] Animal sexual behavior takes many different forms, even within the same species. The motivations for and implications of these behaviors have yet to be fully understood, since most species have yet to be fully studied.[3] According to Bagemihl, &#8220;the animal kingdom [does] it with much greater sexual diversity — including homosexual, bisexual and nonreproductive sex — than the scientific community and society at large have previously been willing to accept.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Billy Dixon</title>
		<link>http://dignoscentia.com/2002/06/01/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-634</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy Dixon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If homosexuality is wrong or a sin...then why is it present in animals as well? the above scriptures say homosexuality is a result of rejecting god&#039;s will, but animals can not reject his will at all.  Yet you see it in nature time and time again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If homosexuality is wrong or a sin&#8230;then why is it present in animals as well? the above scriptures say homosexuality is a result of rejecting god&#8217;s will, but animals can not reject his will at all.  Yet you see it in nature time and time again.</p>
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		<title>By: Dee Brown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for posting these insightful scriptures about homosexuality. Regardless of what people say to you, you did right! People today use the excuses for being gay to hurt those who are just trying to tell them the truth. IF a person believes in the Bible, Torah, Qur&#039;an, etc, and have a natural fear of angering their Lord and Creator, they truly would NOT allow satan to lead them down a road to delight and hell. 

 As is said in Leviticus 20:13: The same is stated further in the chapter: “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”  This explains in plain words what God says about men having sex with men, women having sex with women. He did not bite His tongue and leave anyone out.

They young people coming along today are just fulfilling what went before them. God never created a&quot; gay gene&quot;, that&#039;s like saying God was confused about how He wants to create a human next! 

The satan already said what he would do to mankind,  the love of  homosexuality is just one item on his agenda.  There is so much he has in store for mankind it is unbelievable. Please do not let up on your thoughts and proofs. Because one day we all will have to give an account as to why we did not try to stop this abomination against true nature.  The ball is in our court to tell the people and it is in their court to either accept the truth from God Own words or satans desires and traps for mankind?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for posting these insightful scriptures about homosexuality. Regardless of what people say to you, you did right! People today use the excuses for being gay to hurt those who are just trying to tell them the truth. IF a person believes in the Bible, Torah, Qur&#8217;an, etc, and have a natural fear of angering their Lord and Creator, they truly would NOT allow satan to lead them down a road to delight and hell. </p>
<p> As is said in Leviticus 20:13: The same is stated further in the chapter: “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”  This explains in plain words what God says about men having sex with men, women having sex with women. He did not bite His tongue and leave anyone out.</p>
<p>They young people coming along today are just fulfilling what went before them. God never created a&#8221; gay gene&#8221;, that&#8217;s like saying God was confused about how He wants to create a human next! </p>
<p>The satan already said what he would do to mankind,  the love of  homosexuality is just one item on his agenda.  There is so much he has in store for mankind it is unbelievable. Please do not let up on your thoughts and proofs. Because one day we all will have to give an account as to why we did not try to stop this abomination against true nature.  The ball is in our court to tell the people and it is in their court to either accept the truth from God Own words or satans desires and traps for mankind?</p>
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		<title>By: Zander Ares</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zander Ares]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to insult anyone&#039;s religion but what is your problem? You&#039;re telling me that you seriously think that the bible meant to say that to have a sexual relationship with someone of the same gender is up there wit drunkeness and thieving. You can&#039;t honestly believe that that&#039;s true. Also, you&#039;re are telling young, confused homosexuals that it is their own fault that they are this way. You say they are asking to be killed. What happened to thou shalt not kill?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to insult anyone&#8217;s religion but what is your problem? You&#8217;re telling me that you seriously think that the bible meant to say that to have a sexual relationship with someone of the same gender is up there wit drunkeness and thieving. You can&#8217;t honestly believe that that&#8217;s true. Also, you&#8217;re are telling young, confused homosexuals that it is their own fault that they are this way. You say they are asking to be killed. What happened to thou shalt not kill?</p>
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		<title>By: teri</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[teri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[raul,
I am a christian who was actually confused on how homosexuals justify themselves through the bible.  I was doing an internet research when I ran across your   post.   All I have to say is WOW.... I have my answer in reading all the answers to your post .... Satan obviously just keeps these people blinded, selfish and very  defensive .... I don,t think I have ever read a more loving aproach to this SIN than you wrote ... But, even through all that love and compassion they are so mean and hateful ... I think it can be said you have had a taste of what jesus experienced and  all his apostles while teaching ... This has also opened my eyes to where our world is today.....&quot;pearls before swine&quot; keeps coming to mind as I read some of these replys ... I spent time in the world as one of satans with a sinful relationship (with the opposite sex ,i remember, justifying everything with averse from the bible here and there .... The problem is that ther e is more than a verse here and there .... The whole thing has to flow....it doesn&#039;t contradict itself so somewhere between all the love and forgiveness you have to consider the consequences for wrong choices yes....our god loves us and he is jealous when someone else gets attention .... Anytime someone sins.... Satan has their attention...... We are made in gods image......think back to the last time you were jealous....... We are made in gods image...... Think about it .... And again raul...... Pearls before swine.....love ya brother keep up the good work .... Our Father is proud of you]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>raul,<br />
I am a christian who was actually confused on how homosexuals justify themselves through the bible.  I was doing an internet research when I ran across your   post.   All I have to say is WOW&#8230;. I have my answer in reading all the answers to your post &#8230;. Satan obviously just keeps these people blinded, selfish and very  defensive &#8230;. I don,t think I have ever read a more loving aproach to this SIN than you wrote &#8230; But, even through all that love and compassion they are so mean and hateful &#8230; I think it can be said you have had a taste of what jesus experienced and  all his apostles while teaching &#8230; This has also opened my eyes to where our world is today&#8230;..&#8221;pearls before swine&#8221; keeps coming to mind as I read some of these replys &#8230; I spent time in the world as one of satans with a sinful relationship (with the opposite sex ,i remember, justifying everything with averse from the bible here and there &#8230;. The problem is that ther e is more than a verse here and there &#8230;. The whole thing has to flow&#8230;.it doesn&#8217;t contradict itself so somewhere between all the love and forgiveness you have to consider the consequences for wrong choices yes&#8230;.our god loves us and he is jealous when someone else gets attention &#8230;. Anytime someone sins&#8230;. Satan has their attention&#8230;&#8230; We are made in gods image&#8230;&#8230;think back to the last time you were jealous&#8230;&#8230;. We are made in gods image&#8230;&#8230; Think about it &#8230;. And again raul&#8230;&#8230; Pearls before swine&#8230;..love ya brother keep up the good work &#8230;. Our Father is proud of you</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Jesus died at Calvary for our sins this is also a time that depicts the changing of the Laws of the Old Testement and that of the New Testement.  Therefore some of those laws that sound so rediculous are actually in the Old Testement became void and replaced by the laws of the New Testement.  Homosexuality is forbidden in both the Old and New Testement therefore making it a sin.  I have a relative that is a lesbian and she tries to force the issue on our family and she states that homosexuality is ok.  Her reason is that when the bible was translated that is was translated wrong in that section and that homosexuality is not wrong.  I think she must have found that argument on gayandlesbianbible.com but if the bible was translated wrong in all the places mentioned above how could they have any faith in anything the bible says in fear that all of it may have been translated wrong.  The Dead Sea Scrolls tells us the translations have been very acurate and this is just another excuse that the homosexual community uses to justify their wrong position.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Jesus died at Calvary for our sins this is also a time that depicts the changing of the Laws of the Old Testement and that of the New Testement.  Therefore some of those laws that sound so rediculous are actually in the Old Testement became void and replaced by the laws of the New Testement.  Homosexuality is forbidden in both the Old and New Testement therefore making it a sin.  I have a relative that is a lesbian and she tries to force the issue on our family and she states that homosexuality is ok.  Her reason is that when the bible was translated that is was translated wrong in that section and that homosexuality is not wrong.  I think she must have found that argument on gayandlesbianbible.com but if the bible was translated wrong in all the places mentioned above how could they have any faith in anything the bible says in fear that all of it may have been translated wrong.  The Dead Sea Scrolls tells us the translations have been very acurate and this is just another excuse that the homosexual community uses to justify their wrong position.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, fine. But according to the bible we should also not eat shellfish, should stone women who have had premarital sex, and beat our children who misbehave. Sound a little outdated? Exactly. Just like the bible&#039;s ideas of homosexualiality. Times are changing. Get over it. Blind faith hurts more than homosexuality ever will.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, fine. But according to the bible we should also not eat shellfish, should stone women who have had premarital sex, and beat our children who misbehave. Sound a little outdated? Exactly. Just like the bible&#8217;s ideas of homosexualiality. Times are changing. Get over it. Blind faith hurts more than homosexuality ever will.</p>
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		<title>By: October</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[October]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an atheist.

And perhaps I have become a bit prejudiced towards Christians (i remind myself constantly not to be, but its a result of the &#039;Christians&#039; I&#039;ve met throughout my life, and the, hands down, negative and harmful effect they&#039;ve had on my life) but I have to applaud Raoul for a well-balanced argument that contrasts the bigotry and ignorance I see in the replies.

As an Atheist, I believe I am a good person, try my best to do no harm, even though harm is done against me directly by people such as you because of the religion you preach which you have chosen (or it has chosen you).

As an Atheist, I don&#039;t believe the laws of your religion, or the morals imposed by your religion, should be imposed on society at large. And I believe that it is wrong on your part to call for legislation against something like homosexuality on moral grounds.

Murder is a violation of a human right to live, rape is a violation of a human right to choose, homosexuality does not violate any human rights at all. If you believe it is sinful, based on your religious text or ideals, it does not mean that a chunk of society that make that choice should suffer as a result.

I tend to think that true Christians would know to seperate state law from their personal laws, and call for equal rights for all under the law. The moral laws you impose are in society, and suffer no punishment in this world, whereas state laws punish people corporeally in the world we live in today. Take as an example Uganda, which now wants to legislate legalized genocide of homosexuals under the law because of Christian extremism. If Christians understood the reprecussions of their words and ideals, they would think twice about voicing them.  Meanwhile, many countries around the world still imprison homosexuals because of religious influence on human laws.

Leave the law of God to God&#039;s world, and keep the human law to humans.

Or are you too afraid of doing that?
Fear is the only reason I can think of that would cause such a massive movement against gay rights from the religious right.
If you had utter faith in your God, as you always claim, then you wouldn&#039;t fight the equality rights, but have more faith in your God for his word to come true, no?
After all, God is supposed to have given us the CHOICE, as I&#039;ve often heard.
If we&#039;re supposed to have the choice to be homosexual or not,
how come you make it illegal and take that choice away?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an atheist.</p>
<p>And perhaps I have become a bit prejudiced towards Christians (i remind myself constantly not to be, but its a result of the &#8216;Christians&#8217; I&#8217;ve met throughout my life, and the, hands down, negative and harmful effect they&#8217;ve had on my life) but I have to applaud Raoul for a well-balanced argument that contrasts the bigotry and ignorance I see in the replies.</p>
<p>As an Atheist, I believe I am a good person, try my best to do no harm, even though harm is done against me directly by people such as you because of the religion you preach which you have chosen (or it has chosen you).</p>
<p>As an Atheist, I don&#8217;t believe the laws of your religion, or the morals imposed by your religion, should be imposed on society at large. And I believe that it is wrong on your part to call for legislation against something like homosexuality on moral grounds.</p>
<p>Murder is a violation of a human right to live, rape is a violation of a human right to choose, homosexuality does not violate any human rights at all. If you believe it is sinful, based on your religious text or ideals, it does not mean that a chunk of society that make that choice should suffer as a result.</p>
<p>I tend to think that true Christians would know to seperate state law from their personal laws, and call for equal rights for all under the law. The moral laws you impose are in society, and suffer no punishment in this world, whereas state laws punish people corporeally in the world we live in today. Take as an example Uganda, which now wants to legislate legalized genocide of homosexuals under the law because of Christian extremism. If Christians understood the reprecussions of their words and ideals, they would think twice about voicing them.  Meanwhile, many countries around the world still imprison homosexuals because of religious influence on human laws.</p>
<p>Leave the law of God to God&#8217;s world, and keep the human law to humans.</p>
<p>Or are you too afraid of doing that?<br />
Fear is the only reason I can think of that would cause such a massive movement against gay rights from the religious right.<br />
If you had utter faith in your God, as you always claim, then you wouldn&#8217;t fight the equality rights, but have more faith in your God for his word to come true, no?<br />
After all, God is supposed to have given us the CHOICE, as I&#8217;ve often heard.<br />
If we&#8217;re supposed to have the choice to be homosexual or not,<br />
how come you make it illegal and take that choice away?</p>
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