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Well then, this issue is just as clear as mud, and I for one, am going to leave you to debate this yourselves. I don't feel I have any more to contribute.
Things I have learned from this thread:
* Despite what Infinite_Loser says, this subject, and the subject of biblical interpretation, is up for debate. The volume of material on both sides speaks to that, as does the length of this thread.
* You can not argue with some people. They will not change their minds, and to continue is pointless.
Things I have [i]not[i] learned from this thread.
* God's stance on homosexuality. On the one hand, there are verses that can be interpreted as condemnation. On the other, they are unspecific, and there is no mention of the scope of the condemnation. And there is no material on either side that is not matched by a work on the other, claiming the opposite view, both by equally well-educated people.
Though I feel this thread is going nowhere, I wish you all good luck with it, anyway.
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Omnia mutantu, nos et mutamur in illis.
All things change, and we change with them.
- Neil Gaiman, Marvel 1602
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