I mulled over the pie analogy. It doesn't work. it's off by about 30.69 degrees with a repeating 69.
It's off because different types of sex is not what i'm talking about. Over indulgence is also not what i'm talking about. I agree that sex should be respected. I agree that it should not be the only thing in our lives but that is not the topic. The topic is why would this god make homosexuality only to condemn it when it harms no one?
However, just for fun let's go with this.
This baker makes all sorts of pies to be enjoyed and he distributes these different types of pies randomly. One pie he makes is the skitles pie (taste the rainbow). he makes this and randomly puts it out to his customers (which is everyone). Too many pies is not a good thing but no pie ever is worse on health and sanity. These are really good pies.
Before leaving the shop on an extended leave of absence, he (or someone) posts all over town that the skitles pie is not to be enjoyed but instead it is to be smashed and thrown away where ever they are to be found. Further that anyone who does enjoy the skitles pie will forever be denied any more baking goods from his shop (which means starvation).
The problem is that there is a customer base that only likes the skitles pie and thinks the others are disgusting ( no beaver pie for them). For them it's either sneak the skitles for any sort of enjoyment in their lives or never enjoy that part of life that is sweet. So they must choose starvation or insanity.
So even with this analogy we are back to these questions.
Did the baker make the skitles pie as a cruel joke because he likes to see his pies smashed and the people who enjoy them suffer or
Did he make mistakes (consistently) and now wants the majority of customers to fix his mistakes or
Did a group of people who think the skitles pie is disgusting just want it off the market so that no one could have it?
If I can see this logic then so can you. If someday they prove that homosexuality is biological then that could mean the beginning of the end for religion and you know that.... don't you.
It's off because different types of sex is not what i'm talking about. Over indulgence is also not what i'm talking about. I agree that sex should be respected. I agree that it should not be the only thing in our lives but that is not the topic. The topic is why would this god make homosexuality only to condemn it when it harms no one?
However, just for fun let's go with this.
This baker makes all sorts of pies to be enjoyed and he distributes these different types of pies randomly. One pie he makes is the skitles pie (taste the rainbow). he makes this and randomly puts it out to his customers (which is everyone). Too many pies is not a good thing but no pie ever is worse on health and sanity. These are really good pies.
Before leaving the shop on an extended leave of absence, he (or someone) posts all over town that the skitles pie is not to be enjoyed but instead it is to be smashed and thrown away where ever they are to be found. Further that anyone who does enjoy the skitles pie will forever be denied any more baking goods from his shop (which means starvation).
The problem is that there is a customer base that only likes the skitles pie and thinks the others are disgusting ( no beaver pie for them). For them it's either sneak the skitles for any sort of enjoyment in their lives or never enjoy that part of life that is sweet. So they must choose starvation or insanity.
So even with this analogy we are back to these questions.
Did the baker make the skitles pie as a cruel joke because he likes to see his pies smashed and the people who enjoy them suffer or
Did he make mistakes (consistently) and now wants the majority of customers to fix his mistakes or
Did a group of people who think the skitles pie is disgusting just want it off the market so that no one could have it?
If I can see this logic then so can you. If someday they prove that homosexuality is biological then that could mean the beginning of the end for religion and you know that.... don't you.
