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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8:51, I believe the Bible is full of horrible statements, too.[/quote]

PP have YOU read the entire Bible and the entire Koran?  How could you make any comparison otherwise?  The old testament is chock full of crazy stuff (see my favorite 2 Kings 2:23), but people IGNORE it.  That is the fundamental difference.

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I feel like we have had this argument 100 times, but you are simply wrong. Christians who believe that homosexuality is wrong justify their belief on Old Testament verses. Clearly, not everyone ignores the Old Testament. The Quran is interpreted in various ways. Understanding how it is understood in daily life requires more than just reading it, just as is true with the Bible.
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Respectfully, Jeff, that is incorrect.  St. Paul specifically mentions homosexuality in Romans 1:24:

24	Therefore aGod gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
	25	For they exchanged the truth of God for 1a alie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed 2forever. Amen.
	26	For this reason aGod gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is 1unnatural,
	27	and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, amen with men committing 1indecent acts and receiving in 2their own persons the due penalty of their error.
	28	And just as they did not see fit 1to acknowledge God any longer, aGod gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
	29	being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
	30	slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
	31	without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
	32	and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also bgive hearty approval to those who practice them.

I guess we can interpret scripture differently, but that seems like a clear rebuke of homosexuality to me.

My overall point, which I hope was clear but probably wasn't, is that Islam can be practiced differently, and more modern, tolerant interpretations can become more prominent.  I hope.[/quote]

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