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Can one really criticize these religious groups for being true to their faith? Perhaps the most common objection to equal rights for gays and lesbians is the religious one: "God disapproves of homosexuality," or "my religion won't allow me to support gay rights." What it comes down to is...
Armey has a point. But he isn't being very clear about the Bible. The Book of Leviticus commands us to murder homosexuals when we find them sleeping together. Some people would call this extreme. The Bible is also very clear about a number of other things. For example, when...
It strikes me as odd that this group has been silent about the terrible sin of twig-picking, for which the Bible mandates exactly the same punishment as that for homosexuality. Never have I heard a word from them about this great affront to God.
The superstition is rooted in pagan traditionas well as a number of biblical citations. Mostnotably, Kirchhoff said, the Bible says that Jesuswas crucified on the 13th, the temple of Solomonwas destroyed on the 13th and Eve gave Adam theapple on the 13th.
A writer who casts a preacher as a fool and a villain had best not be preachy. Kingsolver manages not to be, in part because she is a gifted magician of words--her sleight-of-phrase easily distracting a reader who might be on the point of rebellion. Her novel...