nixon@utcsrgv.UUCP (Brian Nixon) (10/21/83)
Before forming a newsgroup for homosexuals, the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah should be recalled: And the L-RD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and verily, their sin is exceeding grievous...' (Genesis 18:20) '... for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the L-RD; and the L-RD hath sent us to destroy it.' (Genesis 19:13) Then the L-RD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the L-RD out of heaven; (Genesis 19:24) The Bible says: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is an abomination. (Leviticus 19:22) Here is a reason to follow G-d's Word: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)
shebs@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley Shebs) (10/23/83)
Well, I guess it was going to happen to sooner or later - at least this one had the guts to use a real id (as opposed to using the 'guest' account) Please, can't I neglect my principles long enough to go around and shoot these turkeys? stan the l.h. utah-cs!shebs
crane@fortune.UUCP (John Crane) (10/24/83)
Anybody who can read knows what your god said about that subject thousands of years ago. Why don't you stop hiding behind your Bible and tell us what he has said *LATELY*? No, wait! Before you stop thumping the Good Book, tell us how Jesus treated the woman at Jacob's well or the woman caught in adultery? True, he threw the money changers out of the Temple, but He didn't deny their right to exist and communicate, and he for darned sure didn't get his authority to chastise "sinners" from some written document. I happen to be a Bible believer myself and it galls and angers me to see it twisted from its true use as a document to relate history and inspire faith and educate in the ways of godliness into an instrument to suppress communications and deny freedoms. The Bible teaches that God loves us all, saints and "sinners" alike. Remember He spared Sodom and Gomorrah as long as possible hoping they might repent. There are some who consider homosexuality a "sin" and others who merely call it an alternate lifestyle, but whatever a person considers it to be, that person has no right to suppress the freedoms of gay people, straight people, black people, albinos, Eskimos, or what have you, just because they don't agree with them. I came across this letter in net.motss, and am replying in the same group, so many would construe this letter as a defense of gay-ness. I consider it a defense of freedom. The individual who wrote this "Sodom and Gomorrah" letter has every right to express himself as well, just as I have a right to respond with my objections.