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To: combjelly who wrote (793594)	7/4/2014 3:28:34 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575981

combelly Hates Jews and Christians and LOVES his muslims

To: combjelly who wrote (793594)	7/4/2014 4:21:30 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575981

Murder was not mentioned, killing was. And if you aren't going to distinguish between the two then you really can't make your argument. Nothing in that text authorized murder. It provides a legal definition of when someone can be put to death. I have seen other Islamic texts which do not condemn being homosexual, since it may be a given sexual attraction that some people cannot help feeling. Even in our culture we don't excuse every act of a homosexual or heterosexual as excusable based only on a feeling of attraction. The text you found condemns the acts, not the attraction/orientation, "Whoever you find doing, as the people of Lot did" (presumably in the act of butt fucking) the consequence is a death penalty ... like in ancient Biblical times and like in modern day Persia or Saudi Arabia and other times and circumstances. In religion the act is considered a moral crime against nature punishable under religious code but the term murder is not used, nor is the death penalty for a crime considered murder anywhere in the world. A killing may be murder or it may be seen by the prevailing authority as a justified act. I would consider killing homosexuals to be murder but that is me. Killing, not murder, was the religious context. Most religions and secular societies categorize some killings as justified, or excusable, and those that are not may be murders. I don't know of any that declare murder (unjustified deliberate killing) as lawful. Just the same, I see you have a good point.