Welcome to Defending Christianity My name is Oliver Tseng and I’m the founder of the debating forum DebatingChristianity.com. This site is a collection of posts I’ve made on the forum. The forum was started in 2004 to provide a civil and respectful forum to debate Christianity and any religious topic. Since then, over a million …
Time to wrap up the debate on the Old Testament ethics. This has been one of the largest topics in this thread with it spanning almost 70 pages. And needless to say, it can go much longer. As noted, it is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for unbelievers and is continually brought up on …
There are six primary passages that deal with homosexuality: otseng wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:33 am 1. Lev 18:22 [Lev 18:22 KJV] 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination. 2. Lev 20:13 [Lev 20:13 KJV] 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a …
alexxcJRO wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:29 am Q: Wait what ? A heterosexual can engage in male on male sex. Q: In what world, delulu land? Males need to be atracted sexually to get an erection. This attraction comes instintively. It’s not a choice. You either have it or not. We see this in …
Diogenes wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:21 pm And certainly other animals are moral creatures. https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_moral_behavior_in_animals?language=en I disagree and it would be interesting to deep dive into this. Earlier I brought up examples of animal behavior: otseng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:08 am Animals also eat their young, behead their mates, kill other animals, …
POI wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:36 pm The answer to my first question takes me back to my prior point. Which is basically, “because he says so.” How is this not (might makes right)? We’ve covered this many times… otseng wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:40 am POI Simplified… It’s ‘right’ because God says …
POI wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:31 am Please tell me why God hates gay sex and how you know this? First off, there is no necessity to explain why God thinks male on male sex is immoral. The Bible doesn’t need to provide justification for any command. However, given that, I still do believe …
[1Ti 1:9-10 KJV] 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers (G4205), for them that defile themselves with mankind (G733), for …
[1Co 6:9-10 KJV] 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators (G4205), nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (G3120), nor abusers of themselves with mankind (G733), 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1co …
[Rom 1:26-27 KJV] 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile (G819) affections (G3806): for even their women did change the natural (G5446) use (G5540) into that which is against nature (G5449): 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural (G5446) use of the woman, burned (G1572) in their lust (G3715) one …
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:53 pm otseng wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:03 am I assume we agree unsafe acts would be unacceptable? So, the question then is what constitutes an unsafe act? An unsafe act is an act which carries significant potential to cause harm. Have you some need for a different …
