Hi Paul,

Isn't it fun, whingeing about something written a couple of thousand years ago ? Now, let's get stuck into something Socrates said (the old perv) or how inadequate Pythagoras' or Archimedes' findings were. Athenian 'democracy' ? Feh !

Do you have anything else which might just be relevant ?

Joe

Dear Josephus,

I don't understand the point that you are trying to make
by referring to what's happening in the Scandinavian
countries. Most of us realise that the Scandinavian countries
are not Utopia - and have to be looked at in their own
histories and contexts.

However, what does that have to do with the issue
of same-sex marriage
in Australia? Surely you're not suggesting that what is
currently happening in - Denmark, Norway, and Sweden has
anything to do with same-sex marriage

Joe. what was written a couple of thousand years ago is still relevant to Christians today. There are those that oft quote the Bible, and the fundamentalist that take the literal interpretation as fact.
Many who oppose SSM do so based on what they have interpreted from their bible.

So, what is your point? Is the bible only for selective reading?

Hi Paul,

No, simply that not even all that many Christians would give much of the Bible, to those bits that you so bravely attack, the time of day.

And most of those probably voted 'YES', by the way. The ecumenicals. Your mob :)

Cheers,

Joe

Dear Joe,

I've lost count of the number
of door-knockers that we've had prior to the
closure of the postal survey all quoting bits out
of the Bible against same-sex marriage.
And even when told that we've already voted - they
still persisted on telling us why according to the
Bible same-sex marriage was wrong and how granting
same-sex marriage was going
to bring down the entire institution of marriage.
They even told us not to forget that
"God created Adam and Eve!"

I didn't think of asking them who then created
Adam and Steve?

Hi Joe. Those Biblical bits I attacked were put up by Josephus, in response to my claim that the modern roll of women in heterosexual marriage, which we accept as an equal partnership, is not what the Bible instructs. I thank him for his quotes, they reinforce my argument. Many religious object to SSM based on their interpretation of scripture. To be consistent they should also object to the changed roll of women in many modern heterosexual marriages. To quote again the general position of the wife according to the Bible; "She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls."
The position of the husband is; Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders."
There is no way that nonsense can be seen as equality. Its not by accident that the position of the women is subservient to that of the man, religion is afterall a male dominated enterprise.