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Hello:
With regard to the homosexual question, from what I am reading I these blogs, it seems to me that there are basically 3 ways of seeing the Bible:
1. The Bible is the exact word of God. God told the writers what to put down, and they did.
2. The Bible is the inspired word of God. The authors heard God speak to them or saw visions and wrote down what they heard and saw. This was within the culture and belief of the day. The Bible here is seen as heavenly guidelines for actions. This biblical text is usually seen today with an understanding that cultural traditions, political situations, the author’s intent had an influence on the writing.
3. The Bible is a nice story, that while it could be used as guidelines for life, it was not divinely inspired.
If you read the Bible as Version 1, no amount of discussion will alter your belief about homosexuals. And Version 1 believers will not convince Version 2 or especially 3 about the validity of your biblical argument, if they do not side with you.
The above may not be religiously, technically true, but I think these three cover the basic choices..
IG