Klinton, I never said I was impartial on the issue. But I won't tell others how to live. I will tell you if you are wrong to act in a certain manner, right to your face, just like you'll tell me the same. But I won't judge you for it, and I won't tell you how to live your life. In fact, if you don't believe in the Bible to begin with, I won't tell you anything. My problem is when people say it's OK to pick and choose the parts of the Bible that are convenient to them. It's not. It's hypocritical. Christianity has it's own belief on how to follow the Bible, just as Judaism does, and Christians, like Jews, have an obligation to follow it properly, if they want to follow it at all. My point in the sentence of my post that you quoted, was to point out that male homosexuality is written in the same place as the other forbidden sexual acts, and I don't understand the logic behind believing that the other acts are wrong, but that the urge of homosexuality is fine to act upon. And you are right, porn is wrong, it is a vice that must be overcome by everyone who has that urge, just like I believe homosexuality is. That's my view on it.
As for slavery, again, the written Bible does not explain how it works, the Talmud does. If there is only one pillow in the house, it goes to the slave. Slaves are treated better than one's own family members. Sometimes, a person sells himself into slavery because he cannot pay his bills, sometimes a person must work off a debt he cannot repay after he stole something. There are reasons for slavery in the Bible, and it has nothing to do with the slavery imposed on Africans in America. That was flat out wrong.
