[quote=Commander] Seeing as the Bible was written 2000+ years ago by some guys with various revisions and interpretations since then, I treat it much like Wikipedia; not a credible source. It's nothing more than a belief. No physical entity exists. I can understand why we have religion as people need a place to turn to, however I often feel bad for some of them. Go to an emergency room and look at the various people there, whether it was from a car accident or cancer that spread to the brain, and pray for them. Remove the doctors, the science and technology, and tell me how that belief works out for them.[/quote] [2] I was only referencing the Bible to disprove the claim people were making that the Bible and God aren't Homophobic. [quote=ActRaiserTheReturned] The only verses calling for the death of homosexuals are in Leviticus, and ancient Israel does not exist anymore, and that law was particularily laid down for Ancient Israel. [/quote] Still part of the Bible, still Gods word. Outside of the Old Testament claim (and even that is controversial if going by Bible quotes. Also, saying it's no longer counts simply cause Christians find it inconvienient doesn't work. You want to say God told you to ignore what he said? Show me where he himself [And note, being atheist when I say where he said that, I mean where what is supposedly him, the Bible says that], not what Christian's want him to have said). The Bible isn't very keen on telling people to just ignore what it says. [quote=mdk] In fact, one of the most-quoted verses in all of Christendom reads "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." If we're following the example of Jesus, then, and we believe that homosexuality is a sin, we should be ready to die on the sinner's behalf, out of love for our common man. [/quote] That's honestly the way I'd prefer Christians to interpret the Bible. However, that still means the Bible is claiming Homosexuality is sin, May it also say "Die for them" or not, if it's calling the sexuality a sin, then the Bible is in fact being Homophobic.