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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I'm aware of the Lot connection, thanks. I actually am quite familiar with Islam. To re-iterate, whatever you think of Lot and his wife, Jesus' strictures against humans taking justice into their own hands, as PP said, means that the death penalty, or taking justice onto your own hands, for anything including but not limited to homosexuality, is on extremely dubious scriptural grounds. Sure there are Christian supporters of the death penalty (for other murderers only, not for homosexuals or apostates), but the fact that the Catholic Church opposes the death penalty is telling. [/quote]

I think that you are missing my point. While some Christians find justification for killing gays in the story of Lot, others -- like you -- say that such interpretations are wrong. The verses in the Quran, based on the same story, are subject to the same debate. Your suggestion is that because the Quran is considered the word of God, there is no debate. That is simply incorrect. Therefore, you can point to a verse and say, "that is scriptural support to kill gays", but I can find Muslims who will say that those verses don't mean what you think they do.
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I heard your point and I share your dismay about homophobic Christians.

You're choosing to miss my point about the relative weight of scriptural support in the two religions.[/quote]

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