This adds to another point. Man, and I mean that specifically, created the Bible. The Bible's chauvinism is blatant throughout the entirety of the texts. It's quite sad that people still live by this racist, sexist, piece of fiction that plagues humanity.
I think parts of the Bible like this are the work of men.
The entire Bible is the work of man. Whether inspired by the 'word of God', also known as 'voices in your head', or through their own free will. God himself said we are imperfect sinners. You don't think we could screw up a few words? The Bible also says that 'nothing shall be taken or added to or from the Bible' (paraphrased). This is contradictory considering there are over 5,000 mistranslations in the King James version from the original Hebrew version.
I read somewhere that the homosexual portion was a mistranslation also.
I agree with your view on the anti-homosexual view of the Bible. People have yet to see why this book is holding us back. In this day and age, prejudice and discrimination seems so immature to me, for us as a race. It's depressing to think people still discriminate because they've read in a book that 'God' has told them that being a certain way is a bad thing.
The original poster also brings up a very good point, but easily countered by "being gay is a choice," which I think is somewhere close to being disproved. I've read that they have discovered the 'gay' gene?
In conclusion, the Bible inspires prejudice and discrimination. It is unfair to pick and chose. Semi-Christian is a term I cringe at because that is just plain unfair in my opinion. Say, you like what morality the Bible has to offer, but the metaphysical claims are quite unprovable and somewhat ignorant. Then I would hold a bit more respect for you. I am not saying that I do not respect you, I am just not a fan of fence-sitters.
Edit : Star and Flagged.
[edit on 13-11-2008 by panda319]




