Indeedy. Of the so-called "Ten Commandments", Thou shalt not commit murder is 6th on the list of them in Jewish, Orthadox, Anglican, Reformed, and other Protestant forms of religion. However, in Roman Catholic it is number five.
Thou shalt not murder ... Well ...
Quote:Putting these texts to the side, we are left with three references, all of which unequivocally condemn homosexual behavior. Lev. 18:22 states the principle: "You [masculine] shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination" (NRSV). The second (Lev. 20:13) adds the penalty: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them."
"Put to death" is another way of saying they are to be killed. Which is murder. Well done to whoever wrote the Bible, because that's a blaring flaw in it. Also I feel somewhat insulted to think that the way I am, whom I choose to love, the way I feel about that person, just because they are the same gender as me, I am as the Bible states, an "abomination". It doesn't fill me with confidence on the whole, when God is supposed to love all his creations.
So homosexuals aren't creations of God? That is, if He even exists.
However, I do feel it neccessary to state that nothing is actually said about female homosexuality. Granted, in the days the Scriptures were written, women were nowhere near equal to males, and even today we are not, but it still makes me think that it needs to be mentioned. After all, we're just women, we don't need to be mentioned in anything. We don't have the
right to be, because no matter what, we will always be inferior to males in the 'grand scheme'.