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[quote=Anonymous]I know there are plenty of people here who say that the Bible teaches them that homosexuality is a sin, and who cite the Bible as the last word on the subject, as incontrovertible justification for their position.

I was reading the comments (gah!) here http://johnpavlovitz.com/2014/09/17/if-i-have-gay-children-four-promises-from-a-christian-pastorparent/, and I wanted to ask a Bible-quoting person for their thoughts on the context question. I don't have access to any fundamentalist Christians in my life, so figured this was as good a place as any.

You'd say that the Bible's approval of slavery and wife-beating and all the various reasons to put someone to death (working on the Sabbath, for example, according to the Bible, is punishable by death) was from a different time and place, and can safely be disregarded, right? (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Not to mention the prohibition against wearing two different fibers and all the food rules and such. So how come it's ok to ignore those rules, and it's ok to condemn slavery while the Bible defends it, but the homosexuality stuff hasn't been similarly let go as times change? How do you, as a Bible-believing Christian, square the inconsistency with which the Bible is actually followed, and the passion with which you defend that ONE bit?

Thanks for explaining. 
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