Deuteronomy spells out many laws given to the Jews under their covenant. Deuteronomy does not apply to Christians, just as all the other laws given to specific preChrist groups. Christians are bound by grace, not by law. Homosexuality, however, was reiterated as a sin (multiple times, amongst other things) in the New Testament.

Don't get me wrong, gay marriage is a stupid debate between people who will never see eye to eye, but to bash one group's source of argument by taking it out of context is dishonest.

Let's just say government gtfo of marriage and hand out civil unions to everyone. If anyone is still offended then fuck em and call it a day.

Everyone seams to forget the religion was established to keep a world under some control. in those days people were out of control doing with animals no law nothing. I think we have eveloved to a state were religion has been out dated. Ether update or leave the rest of us alone with your babble!!!!!

the world is NOT a better place with religion, most wars through history were about religious differences(money,power control ect..), doesn't say much about anyone's god!! only about mans greed and cruelty.

what if the receiver is a virgin and he chooses to be called a "wife"

I love the religious people who say a real atheist would stop protesting. Why would we, this is how atheism became acceptable in every day life. Say this is also how woman blacks and hopefully soon gays will have all gotten their rights too. What a novel idea to just sit down.

Ha, those were the days of the past and long gone of which girls and women were measured by their virginity, where is God's mercy in allowing humans to execute their fellow humans, and where is "Thou shall not kill".

Lets be real and stop being stupid and carry such silly slogans, girls and women have every right to live they way they want to and make their own decisions.
Wake up world and pay attention to more serious matters in life and let us work in saving the world from destruction rather than getting ourselves with such petty quotes from the holly books which may mean nothing these days.

Quoting any Religious Book can always prove any case that you are trying to make.
If people were really sincere about making this a better world for all, just follow the simple precept......
Do unto others.... you know the rest.
Having a good sense of humor, and not taking yourself too seriously, helps too.

i think so

Lotsa trolls trollin trolls ITT.

@Canaan Kootz
just because we are atheist does not mean we believe there is nothing better than us, yeah sure we dont believe in a geeza on a cloud who has supreme power, that might as well be bush. What is greater than us is the ecosystem, the fact we exist, evolution, creatures ability to adapt, star systems, the fact our biochemistry is basically mostly run by 5 tiny element......i could go on and on. The way everything works together is the amazing bit, and far more impressive than some guy who made the earth and totally fucked up because we are doin all the things he dont want us to.

BRAP BRAP theres nothing better than using opposing quotes to win the argument, it makes them look all the more stupid when they are proved wrong

Leviticus 27:3-7 God places a dollar value on human life; with women worth less than men. - Nice, huh?

I'm a christian who doesn't necessarily believe that the world was created in 7 days or in noah's ark or other stuff like that but I do believe in forgiving my neighbour and loving those around me. I am not against homosexuality- I think its fine, love who you want and be happy. But don't paint all us christians with the same creationist/extremist brush.

as long as there are wars going on on the single inhabited planet that we know of, we're all just some animals.

Mmmmmmm that's interesting actually, when pathetic atheists quote from the bible ancient laws to dismiss believeres, well learn to read and read again the teachings of Jesus. I'm tired of the bigotry and intolerance of Dawkins-esque atheists... they remind me of the inquisition

Science is the record of dead religions...Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Seems to be most fitting, looks to me like everyone has their own view on this one and dependng on religious orientation or which "theory" you believe, that view is gonig to differ from person to person. Its only natural to want to believe there is some greater power or w/e the fuck but the truth is we live and were gonna die... Period.

"Its only natural to want to believe there is some greater power or
w/e the fuck but the truth is we live and were gonna die... Period."

Yes, it is natural to be scared, but making up fantasy stories in
order to make us feel better about death doesn't help us. It just
causes us to be stupid during the short period of time we have on the
planet.

The thing I love the most about organized religion is the fact that all of these words are as per a saint, disciple, prophet or other scribe. This means that these words are undoubtably skewed to the direct vision of those who wrote them. Not to mention all the different interpretations to the Bible and other scripture that exist.
And I agree, yes to each his own. It has and always been that way with humans. And to be honest, the world would not be as infinitely interesting as it is without people like this.

I'm not a chriostian myself, and I'm deeply saddened by the fact that I don't believe in 'God' and Christ. In fact I envy the people who do. There's something appealing to a religion which teaches that no matter what horrors you do, as long as you say "I'm sorry, mr. Christ!" all is forgiven and well. It's actually a marvellous way of justifying whatever sick and twisted things you get your kicks out of (e.g. pedophile priests...=)
Man, it would rock to be a christian with rock-solid faith...

Godless Blogger... Your name starts with "God". You are Godless, yet all you talk about is God. Are you realy that 'godless'...? Then it's only consistent that you stop talking about god. Moreover, it would be worth your dignity and integrity by just... shut down your blolg.

You don't believe in god, so why bother? Because the religious started this fuss in the beginning? Then you're no better than the moslems, reactional faction.

Jagged do not judge others for their beliefs, just because someone does not believe in God does not make them a bad person. Remember God gave man Freewill so we could pick that witch was right for him, each individual one of us.

We must also remember that in the United States of America people have the right to speak what they think, just because atheists do not believe in God like you and I does not mean we have the right to tell them not to speak about God.

Do not judge others just because they do not believe the same as you and I, for when we judge others we judge ourselves. What I see in your post is arrogance, you should be humble. I can tell from your post you are probably a born again, my church goes back 2000 years, can you say that about your church ?

Take the time and learn how to talk to atheists without making it sound like you are being condescending for someone who is a true follower of Christ should never sound like they are putting others down for their beliefs.

Ajd, two things:

You do this all the time where you tell people not to do things and then immediately DO that very thing. You're telling him not to be arrogant and then "my church goes back 2000 years, can you say that about your church ?" THAT is arrogant. That's saying "my church is better than your church."

Secondly, God does not give free will. You do not have free will in a world with God because if you don't choose the way He wants you to then he'll KILL you. That's not free will. That is duress.

Knowing the history of my church and where the teaching come from and how old my church is, this is history not arrogance. The reason including this information is to make Jagged ask himself " am i being arrogant, am I preaching the teachings correctly, am I missing something in my beliefs ". And we must also remember many people who are of the newer faiths forget that there are faiths in Christ that go back many years before their church even existed, many of the people who claim to be Christians do not have a true understanding of what it is to be Judeo Christian. You yourself come from a young church the Jehovah's Witnesses, witch you have renounced for atheism, but if we look at the Jehovah's Witnesses we find that the movement is only about 140 years old, if we go back 130 years and looked at the Jehovah's Witnesses, I do not think you would not find the same church as you grew up in. If we go back 1500 or so years and look at the Catholic Church I would still see most of what I know and grew up with, I might find somethings that have not come to the church like the some of the prays using the Rosary, but I would still recognize the church for what it is. Something else the question was not ment for you but for Jagger.

As to free will, I am amazed that you still do not understand I do not believe in God as you used to and those who do not understand the truth of the bible they read.

Ajd, you told him not to be arrogant and then insulted his supposed church because it isn't as old as yours is. That is arrogant even though you are too arrogant to understand or admit it.

As for free will, do you believe that the wicked will be destroyed during Armageddon? Will those who do not follow God's laws be allowed to live?

If I put a gun to your head and told you that you can do anything you want, you hVe total free will, but that if you do A, B, C or D then I will shoot you in the head... That is not free will.

Jagged, so your assertion is that you're not supposed to talk about anything you disagree with? The reason he bothers (and I bother, and others bother) is because people need to learn that atheism is not a bad thing. In the US, being an atheist is the kiss of death for any politician because the Christian majority think we are evil. The reason we bother is because the majority of humanity makes their daily moral/ethical choices, their life choices, their policy choices based on a non-existent, invisible, intangible, FICTIONAL supernatural being. Not only do they try to live their lives according to texts written thousands of years ago, but they try to inflict those archaic structures on the rest of us as well. It is dangerous. It stands in the way of progress.