In the wake of all the “same sex marriage” proposals that went up yesterday, I have to raise a couple of questions.
Now, more than a few people are using the Bible as a moral compass. They invoke the Ten Commandments, the sermon on the mount, and all the parables of Jesus as examples of good, clear moral lessons.
Now, we all know that the Bible is very clear about homosexuality. In the OT, God comes right out and says:
Leviticus 20:13
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.
But God never says why. He says it’s an abomination, but he never tells us why.
Now, I can give you good, solid reasonable arguments for the immorality of murder and theft. Those two Commandments are good, solid standards of moral living. Of course, God doesn’t say why those are bad things to do, but we can look at them, discuss them, analyze them and come to pretty much the same conclusion. We’ll base our standards on things like innate human rights, the sanctity of life, the right of property, and other well-reasoned arguments for making murder, rape and theft crimes in our society.
But here’s where the problem arrises. God doesn’t say anything about pedophelia. Not once. Not even mentions it.
So, if we want to use the Bible as a source of moral instruction, we have to ask ourselves a question.
If we’re supposed to be listening to God and God never condemns pedophelia, can we assume God condones those actions?
After all, God condemns homosexuality without any kind of justification at all. Not one. (And he only condemns male homosexuality. Although, with some loose interpretation, there is a verse that kind of condemns lesbianism, although you do have to reach to get there.)
God gave us a set of rules. A clear set of rules. What we can do and what we cannot do. These rules do not cover rape or pedophelia.
God’s pretty arbitrary about being a fag, but he’s also very clear on it. You’d think he’d be just as clear on this subjects, too.
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QUICK EDIT: It was not a crime to have sex with a child in the United States until 1900 AD. That’s when the government recognized that children had the same status as animals under the law.
The same rights as animals.
A nation founded on Christian morals. Right.