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Past blogging about the Bible:
John 8 (the story of the adulterous woman)
Genesis 4 (the story of Cain and Abel)
Matthew 5 and Luke 6 (the prohibition of violence)
Leviticus 11 (comments on dietary laws, "abominations")

Left as an exercise for the student: count how many times male-to-male erm "actions" are described as an "abomination" in Levitican Law. Then count how many times e.g. certain types of seafood are describe as an "abomination". Bonus Questions: 1) Try to find any mention of prohibitions of male-to-male love in the New Testament. 2) Try to find any direction mention of abortion in the New or Old Testament . 3) Try to find any direct mention of birth control in the New or Old Testament.

My point being (sorry for belaboring it) that if I can find, based on my vague Bible knowledge and a few minutes of searching, strong arguments against common church positions based on the direct text of the Word of God, then clearly what we have from power mongers like Falwell and sadly to say it, the Pope, is NOT some Bible-based religion. It's some weird power trip based on historical prejudices and a thirst for control.

And continuing back to the Pope, I highly recommend the book Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit (Amazon.ca, Chapters.ca, Amazon.com). It describes how historical events led to the current Roman Catholic Church headed by the Pope in Rome, and where some of the non-Biblical positions that the Pope holds so tightly to come from. His basic point is the RC Church has gotten itself tangled up in lies and denial, and its refusal to admit that it was wrong is harming it and its members worldwide, particularly on the issue of some celibate male priests having an unhealthy attraction to teenaged boys. posted by Richard at 08:35 / permalink (post) | permalink (numeric)