The guilt tripping is kind of a cheap tactic, pardon me...
But yeah to most christians Leviticus is completely irrelevant. Has been for 2000 years. All those laws are. Homosexuality is just a sinful behavior like others (lying, stealing) and killing homosexuals is, in christian theology as i understand it, completely contrary to every principle of the faith...
Muslims i think have the same kind of stance, they don't see homosexuality itself as a sin but homosexual sex as one, but i think Iran's position has much more to do with its backwards, repressive culture than Islam itself, as i'm convinced (havnt got the numbers though, only going by anecdotal evidence) that the vast majority of Iranians who leave Iran quickly see these views disolve and disappear, while still being Muslims.
Religion is a tool that regulates behavior, nothing else. Don't blame the tools for what people use it for, and don't assume everyone using this tool does so with bad intentions in mind.
But yeah to most christians Leviticus is completely irrelevant. Has been for 2000 years. All those laws are. Homosexuality is just a sinful behavior like others (lying, stealing) and killing homosexuals is, in christian theology as i understand it, completely contrary to every principle of the faith...
Muslims i think have the same kind of stance, they don't see homosexuality itself as a sin but homosexual sex as one, but i think Iran's position has much more to do with its backwards, repressive culture than Islam itself, as i'm convinced (havnt got the numbers though, only going by anecdotal evidence) that the vast majority of Iranians who leave Iran quickly see these views disolve and disappear, while still being Muslims.
Religion is a tool that regulates behavior, nothing else. Don't blame the tools for what people use it for, and don't assume everyone using this tool does so with bad intentions in mind.
