@reasoning logic,
No rl--that won't do at all. You make the economic case for setting aside the Christian morality of sexual matters. They only exist as an economic case. Why on earth would an intelligent person think they exist for any other reason than economic ones? The Pope doesn't give a damn who is shagging who if it doesn't affect anything.
And look at the price the Church has paid in lost members because it isn't prepared to compromise on these issues. That tells you how important they are to the Church. Politicians would compromise their grandmothers for a few measly votes and not bother about economic matters beyond a few years and even then not necessarily. The Church was operating Darwinian principles donkey's years before Darwin's great-grandfather was a twinkle in his father's eye. It's theologians are and were very practical men and they were not burdened by the incessant nagging advice of women. No sons and daughters to put through college for those guys. And that's what causes the serious bullshit. You should avoid talking to a theologian about sex when he's had a couple of bottles of decent wine. They have archives miles long containing a synopsis of the confessions of millions of girls who all thought they were destined to everlasting torment if they told lies. Which is not like your average opinion poll where most people I know tell lies for a laugh. Or to help sabotage whatever silly plan the pollster has in mind when he or she approaches you. Which is why they take the trouble to approach you. They can't build a better mousetrap you see but they retain the urge to have the world beat a path to their door. **** them!! I know who I trust. Diddled little lads notwithstanding. I've never been diddled myself but I imagine that had I been I could have put it behind me as soon as I had a ball at my feet or was facing the fast bowler from the main rivals. Once would have taught me how to avoid any further diddlings. And I would have taught my mates how to as well.
In the days when the Old Testament was written human sacrifice was common. Thus victims were necessary. Homosexuals were not chosen because they were homosexuals. They were chosen because there were few of them. Anybody who stood out as different was in danger.
The OT can be seen as the book that eradicated human sacrifice. That's what the Abraham story does. Our God, our new God, stayed his hand. What alternative do you suggest would have eradicated what was a long-standing and settled institution. Try eradicating football with preaching an anti-establishment message.
