tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304574086397404369.post1110250178873751688..comments2024-01-05T07:41:44.344+00:00Comments on Further thoughts for the day: Being good for goodness' sake, and the public (mis)trust of atheistsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304574086397404369.post-31560131562802748812012-05-18T23:19:11.276+01:002012-05-18T23:19:11.276+01:00There's a great book by Robert AJ Gagnon calle...There's a great book by Robert AJ Gagnon called "The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics" . I realize that you don't believe in the Bible, but you used the arguments from the West Wing clip as many even in Christian circles try to: as if to say that the Bible condemning homosexual acts is no different than where it condemns shellfish because as "unclean" or "dirty".<br /><br />Gagnon argues, I believe successfully, that where the Bible condemns homosexuality it does so because it is a violation of nature, not simply because it is viewed as "unclean" as the other things the President cites in this episode. In other words, there's a difference between the ceremonial laws and the moral law. The moral law does not change.Maryhttp://youngandcatholic.netnoreply@blogger.com