Religious books deal with 2 matters : morals, and answers to metaphysical questions. When it comes to the Bible, morality has a higher standard, since Jesus asks us to beware from the inside (eg. Coveting = adultery, hate = murder, etc) .about the Truth, the whole existence of Christianity, and the base of the answers Christianity gives, are in Christ, the second person of the Holy trinity who became a man and died for our sins. So believing in Him is the sine qua non condition.

That said, we must remember a commandment of Christ : don't judge lest you be judged, And also remember that only God knows the secrets of each soul.

Muhammad was a merchant that knew quite well the ambiant civilizations : the Coran is a mix of Old Testament tales told in a different way, roman law told with different technical words, greek science, and arab superstitions.

I tried to read it, in arabic, since i'm an arab speaking person, still it was too hard to read. So i stopped. BUT. I read many excerpts, and comments on it, and ... i still am not convinced by your theory.

Yes , similar. Except for the part they deny the divinity of Christ, and his death and resurrection. Which is the essential doctrine of Christianity. well ...

You can be anything you want to, it's a free world. It is a free world because neither communists or muslims took over yet, in fact.

While atheists and liberals are whining how persecuted they are because a parliament of a state - PLAYING BY THE RULES OF DEMOCRACY _ refused gay marriage, or something, Christians are being slaughtered in Nigeria, bombed in Irak, persecuted in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and other countries, etc etc

The first a lebanese does, is search lebanon in every new network he joins. :P So, here we are... marahebz fellow citizen.

Yes, no more rational medium stances .

Hizballa is at the peak of his motivation and power , Israel on the other side is tired, have internal confidence issues and less powerful than before, even in appearances.

Mcdonalds must get back to his farm man! he has a family to look after. Why you want to eat him?

Sometimes it's not only about punishing the evil doer, but protecting society.

How did you write a less-than-50 characters reply? :O magic magic

It has always been like this.

Doing otherwise may involve, actually, a large dose of selfishness. Sad.

Life is more of a carrot, actually. One day in your hand, 10 days in your grotto.

I thought we were discussing homosexuality here. "push our survival forward" . Homosexuality sex don't do that, i suppose.

Yes, you are right, oh wise one who wrote this opinion. Oh wait , that was me who wrote it. Well, thank you for you kindness, me.

You know, before getting into this, what's your critter to call a thing natural?

Argument 1: Because the Bible says so.

Argument 2: Because the Church says so.

Argument 3: Because if science can explain how the world was created, it can only explains how matter was formed, but our souls, conscience, etc it needs a higher, perfect source.

Argument 4: Lavoisier rules states that in humanly activities, nothing is lost, nothing is gained, all is transformed. So at one time, in the very beginning , matter HAD to be created.

etc etc

For a thing to be natural does not mean it's ok. It is natural to piss on yourself, or eat poisonous mushrooms, or pick your nose with your fingers, or to even eat with your hands. All of which is very ghastly.