>>>>> As for homosexuality, I'm still waiting on your explanation of God's directives regarding a man laying with another man. Also, His total destruction of Sodom has to weigh heavily.
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>>>How do you know that the destruction of Sodom was punishment for the desire to gang rape rather than the sex of those involved?
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>>Well you juxtapose that event with the statement I raised earlier that a man should not lay with a man (as he would a woman) and there you go.
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>I of course missed the word "not" in my question. Should have been "How do you know that the destruction of Sodom was not punishment for the desire to gang rape rather than the sex of those involved?"
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>Since this incident happened before the law was given, I don't think the verse you cite is relevant.
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>>>Why is all this so threatening to you? Why does it matter to you how two adults find pleasure?
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>>>Tamar
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>>Who said it is threatening to me. I don't threaten very easily. However, I will admit that I don't like being arresting people who might be HIV positive because there's always a danger they will infect me. Most of those are homosexuals and drug addicts. Two "alternate" lifestyles with which I disagree.
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>Your choice of the word "lifestyle" is, I suspect, the heart of the difference between us. Lifestyle implies choice in the matter.
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>Drug addiction is a disease. There's starting to be some pretty good evidence that some people are genetically predisposed to addiction--I think we'll see over the next decade that most alcoholics, drug addicts, and compulsive gamblers have this predisposition. Of course, others use drugs and alcohol to self-medicate for other usually undiagnosed conditions. I doubt most of these people would really choose to live as they do without the underlying condition. When we can treat the actual problem, we'll have a lot more success in the war on drugs.
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>As for homosexuality, I do not believe that people choose to be gay, and pretty much all reputable research supports that. It's still not totally clear whether it's nature or nurture, but by fairly early on, people respond sexually to whichever sex they're attracted to. If it's not a choice, what makes it a lifestyle?
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>Tamar


Perhaps we can solve the above with genetic engineering.