[CS-FSLUG] God Didn't Say That

[Aaron Lehmann]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:38:30PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> >
> >Homosexual animals occur naturally in nature. IIRC there are several
> >homosexual penguins in the New York zoo. The zoo keepers report that 
> >they
> >keep there nest cleaner than the heterosexual penquins, and have a 
> >stronger
> >bond between each other. They are more loving and carrying toward each 
> >other.
> >Is this what you are trying to prove. Homosexual animals have been 
> >observered
> >in other species also.
> 
> 	There are lots of things observed in nature. That does not make 
> 	those things appropriate... especially if you take in to account that Man 
> is not a mere animal but made in the very image of God. Going back to the 
> Bible, let's forget about the verses that directly prohibit homosexual 
> activity for a moment. ALL sexual activity outside of wedlock is 
> prohibited clearly and explicitly.
> 
> 	Marriage is clearly defined as being between a man and a woman 
> throughout the Bible. "Therefore a man will leave his father and his 
> mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh" 
> (Genesis 2:24).

A question regarding Form Criticism:  Is Genesis 1 - 12, from an fc
perspective, regarded as Law, Myth, or History?  I ask because, while I
completely agree that marriage is between husband and wife, I'm
wondering if we can fairly use this verse by itself to support such a
claim?  Do we not also have to bring in Jesus' use of it?  Am I just
being to nit picky here?

Aaron Lehmann