Comments on: Man sues Bible publishers over references to homosexuality

By: jayhuck

jayhuck — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:01:12 +0000

Eddy,
I’ll say one thing for you – your martyrdom skills are well-honed.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:56:17 +0000

Never mind.
Brian, I apologize. I shouldn’t have been foolish enough to attempt to actually engage in a discussion here. I’m checking out. Please ignore my questions that I thought were somewhat connected to yours–and the topic. Jayhuck’s questions demonstrate how foolish mine were.

By: jayhuck

jayhuck — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:23:56 +0000

You made a philosophical/metaphysical argument by saying “Wouldn’t God have known this? Wouldn’t He have seen the confusion He was causing the homosexuals of the time?” My point was also a philosophical/metaphysical one. Wouldn’t an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving God have seen the confusion He would cause his children throughout history by being vague, nebulous or silent on so many subjects? The questions you ask can be applied to several other issues as well. That doesn’t invalidate the questions, but it should drive home the point that the gay issue is hardly the only one that is fraught with problems where the Bible is concerned.
We all know these things: the Bible was written by men, it was written at a particular point and at a particular time in history, etc. I don’t pretend to be a Biblical historian or scholar – far from it – but alot of our different perspectives on these issues have to do with interpretation.
Here are a few more questions;, why wasn’t God absolutely and concretely clear on all these subjects that have divided Christians and set them up to war against each other? Could he not have foreseen the trouble His book would cause? Some things are clear and others are less-clear, why? How there are over 22,000 different Christians denominations with different beliefs?

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:05:24 +0000

What were you trying to say then that you addressed to me in regard to my questions? “One could ask the questions you asked about many things–many things aren’t specifically addressed…” You didn’t attempt to answer the questions and that statement, in particular, seems to say that my questions venture into some nebulous zone of ‘many things’ that ‘aren’t specifically addressed’.
You forgot the smiley face at the end of your command to ‘lighten up!”

By: jayhuck

jayhuck — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:44:42 +0000

Eddy,
Gees – I never said your questions were invalid! Lighten up!