Reading Time: 3 minutes I have commented before on homosexuality, particularly with regards to the moral proclamations of Christianity, here and here. I think the subject is incredibly interesting in light of the ideas of genetics, and within the context of free will. In my first book (available from the amazon bar on the right) about free will, I set out a case for the denial of free will. Most Christians and people who find homosexuality ‘wrong’, ‘unnatural’ and suchlike will invoke the notion that people choose homosexuality (h/s), like a new jumper or a political party to vote for. Of course, to me, all of these things are causally determined.
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The Sin of Sodom was Homosexuality … Right?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is often held up as clear evidence that the Bible was against homosexuality. But was homosexuality really the sin of Sodom?
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Christianity Supports Same-Sex Marriage: the Movie
Reading Time: < 1 minute My recent summary of how Christianity, seen correctly, supports same-sex marriage was rather brief. This video explores the topic in more depth.
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Christianity Supports Same-Sex Marriage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some Christians point to their Bible for reasons to reject same-sex marriage. Religious reasoning may be binding on them, but it doesn’t carry weight in a society governed by a secular constitution. More importantly, this biblical justification doesn’t hold, even within a Christian context. Let’s take a closer look.
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Old Testament Slavery—Not so Bad?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A recent podcast spent an hour responding to Dan Savage’s well-publicized public spanking of the Bible. The podcast says that Savage’s claim–that the Bible is “radically pro-slavery”–is hopelessly wrong, but the Bible itself disagrees.
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Homosexuality in Nature
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is homosexuality in humans an aberration? Just another deviation from nature? No, humans have a lot of company in this department.
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Marriage—Designed for Procreation?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marriage, many Christians want us to believe, is for procreation. Nope—not companionship, not love, not even financial support. (I wonder if they know that babies don’t come from marriage but sex.)
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What Does the New Testament Say about Homosexuality?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Several passages from the New Testament are often cited to condemn homosexuality, but these sources undercut their own credibility.
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Does the Old Testament Condemn Homosexuality? (2 of 2)
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post concludes our look at homosexuality in the Old Testament with some passages from Leviticus. At first glance, they’re pretty harsh. When properly understood, however, they don’t provide much ammunition to the Christian eager to condemn homosexuality.
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Does the Old Testament Condemn Homosexuality?
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the first of two posts about homosexuality in the Old Testament and focuses on the Sodom and Gomorrah story. It doesn’t say as much about homosexuality in modern society as many Christians imagine.