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Employees at one corporation are counseled by the copanies benefits department in their choice of the various options regarding the benefits available to them. (Medical, dental, vision coverage, life insurance, etc.) After a twenty minute breifing on life insurance options one of the new employees decide to opt in. After reviewing the different plans and monthly deductions, he decided on $100,000 worth of life insurance.

But at the end he had one last question. "Now," he said, "what do I have to do to collect the money?"

I want to back away from my usual posting for today to talk about last week's conversation around Homosexuality and the view of the bible. Though I don't share ConnorRyan's detest of Christianity in general, I do agree with him on some points. Last week I made mention of the fact that I was raised in a church and I have read the bible cover to cover many times through.

In that time I was taught that the scriptures show that the Bible states homosexuality is a sin. It was that subject specifically that first lead me to question the religious views that I was taught as a child. That's because I view that as homophobia, and it's one of the four major reasons I believe the Abrahamic religions are not moral.

If you'll permit me, I would like to explain why I believe this. Now in my study I do want to say that I also concluded that I could not determine if there really is a God. (As in an intelligence that created the universe) I'm just saying that I'm certain that if there is one, then it's certainly not the Judao, Muslim, Christian God.

The major reason that fundamentalists say calling homosexual relations a sin is not homophobia, is because we're all sinners. That is a cop out, because no one is saying that heterosexual sex is a "sin" (Or wrong) Further at no point in the bible does Jesus Denounce the verses in Leviticus that say we're supposed to kill homosexuals.

This is a severe flaw in both the bible and Jesus' following of the old law. I admit that some Christians are at least forward enough to say, "Hey, that was a long time ago, so having people put to death for doing something that hurts no one other than themselves."

However there is still this huge discrimination that is in fact supported by biblical teaching. (Biggest being that they are only hurting themselves in theory. There are many homosexual couples that have been together for decades and raised children together. Happy and productive lives.)

Then we have the hypocritical argument that Homosexual marriage is destroying marriage. No what's destroying marriage is the 60% divorce rate among conservative Christians. And that does hurt people. Divorce hurts the families that have members that go through it, and especially hurts the children of said marriages.

There is also a lot to be said about this nonsense of whether homosexuality is a choice or not. There are gays who seem to be able to go straight, but there are also gays whom it seems they can't. Either way it's wrong to discriminate against them for living in a way that is really none of your business.

There are many things that Christians believe are wrong that I agree with. I mentioned the divorce thing, but apparently at least 60% of Christians disagree with me (And Ironically they disagree with Jesus too: Mathew chapter 5) on this. I also believe it's wrong to Rape, have sex with animals, kill in most situations. (Defense, and protection come to mind as exceptions to that one.) and Adultery. But I can give you a reason for why each is wrong.

One Christian on Connor's site put it perfectly the Christian view on homosexuality, when she said, "Homosexuality is a sin just because, God said it is. I don't really need a reason why."

Now, I'm sure Jesus was a nice guy, he did some great things, and made some bold claims. My problem is he displays several characteristics that are outside of perfection. (At least from the description the biblical writers gave of him.) The Christian Philosophy is severely flawed, and the scripture is far from divine.

The above is one of the four major reasons why I believe this. I have three others that I will share at a later date, but for now this is my submission.