Earlier today, GhanaCelebrities.Com reported on how a young man by name-Kinto was beaten to near death in Legon, Accra—all because he was suspected to be Gay or in fact, he attempted to ‘woo’ a certain young man called Saleem.
In the article I pointed out how much of a savage generation we have become as people—and even though this is true, I would like to point it out that, the Bible in fact asks that Homosexuals be put to death.
Of course this is another reason why I careless about the Bible and find those who follow it or take every word of it as holy a little mentally ruined. Which right thinking person would accept a book with such hostile, inhumane and degrading commandments as Holy and as coming from an all loving/merciful God?
For those who may not have been told about this by their pastors; LEVITICUS 20:13 says “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.”
So those who were lynching the above young man were merely fulfilling God’s commandments, they can argue—and so, who are we to condemn their actions…right?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrrSTXEvzI
You must be really thick to accept that the above though found in the Bible comes from some sort of god—unless you agree with me that this god is extensively capricious.
It’s time religious people begin to question their Holy Book—and more importantly, begin to decide which of those commandments said to be from their God makes no sense; and openly condemn these passages.
Now can any Christian or Bible scholar tell us what should be done to Gays?
Out of faith we hold religion in high esteem but that does not mean we should suspend our thinking faculty—especially when it comes to certain obvious evil religious requests…
Gays are not the only group of people religion wants to have put to death—children and women equally suffer in the hands of religion and in the hands of the many religious zealots who are incapable of subjecting their doctrines to any sort of proper evaluation.
To me, “religion is violent, irrational, makes absurd claims which it hates to be challenged, allied to racism, tribalism, bigotry, glorifies ignorance and invests heavily in the oppression of women and continues to terrorize children—and I am sure I have not mentioned its hostility to free inquiry”.
And when you point it out to some people; they quickly throw at you—you will go to Hell.
Surely I do not want to go to a heaven where Gays and Lesbians are not welcomed, a heaven where people cannot freely think and evaluate situations or ask those difficult questions—except to become sycophants of dogmatism and fanaticism. And I do not want to be singing praises to a God all my life—a God that hates Gays and Lesbians for no apparent reason.
My own mother who is extensively religious, perhaps the contemporary version of the marginalised Mary Magdalene got into a big fight with me recently because someone showed her an article I wrote—and my crime was; I advocated for Gay rights in that article. I made my stand clear, that, “if being your son means that I have to condemn and hate Gays—then I would rather be motherless; you decide!”[sociallocker]
Wherever you position religion, God and Holy Books in your life; remember that, the strongest tool you have as a human being is REASON—use it all the time and if possible, question the status quo because that is the only way you can cut through a lot of the already planted nonsense…
Must a man be killed as the Bible says simple because he is a homosexual? Your answer better be NO—and if it is NO, you are definitely going to HELL too because you are disrespecting God’s commandment…
Think!
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Chris well said. People are just hypocrites who fail to use their brains. I don’t believe everything in the Bible I pick and choose those I find good for my life. The Others are garbage to me because I am not about to start going out there killing some gays as the Bible says we should do
See the problem here is that the bible is either absolute truth or total garbage. Either you believe everything is says or nothing.
Took the works right out of my mouth. Are you hot or cold Amanda? no look warms allowed. Christianity is not for the coward, stop the self preservation and stand for something. You either are or not.
as a Ghanaian I am really disgusted that people from my country would act this way, this is a country who has never had a war, come paired to our neighbours we are safe and friendly, a country where inter tribal marriage occurs on a regular basis, the people who did this are disgusting sons of bitches! they go on about god in that country every day, half of them are just chatting shit, even god wouldn’t allow this barbaric behaviour but this makes them worse than evil. this is bullshit!
There is a lot more in Leviticus for black people if they cared to know. On slavery, on dealing with your mother and daughters etc. Funny the only one they remember is the gay one
You are perfectly right
How can God say He is a holy God when He don’t punish the iniquities of men, “is like being a parent and your child does something wrong and you whipped his ass, beating the child doesn’t mean you don’t love him but you want the child to know what he did was wrong and shouldn’t repeat that”, God loves us(sinners) but hate the sins we commit. Looking at it from the Godly perspective, He being the creator and mastermind behind creation knows is wrong for a man to have s*x with another man through his an*s which in His own wisdom was meant for human excretory so He provided a woman. I`m not justifying their act of lynching as right because it is written “Thou shall not Judge”, we’ll have our weaknesses to deal with. The bible never said we should kill sodomites in our grace dispensation because
Jesus said “the one without sin should cast the first stone”
In the Old Testament Book, was the dispensation of the LAW giving to Moses by God.
But then, was evil on the land and man did what he thought was right in his own eyes so God gave His commandment to his chosen people(Israelites) so that he(God) will dwell among them and overcome their enemies in battle. The reason why God told them to kill sodomites was, He wanted them to walk in the path of His holiness and didn’t want them to be like other nations that practice sodomy which in His own wisdom knows they were defiling the laws of nature. God hates sin and dont wana come near where there is sin. But we’ll all you should know that whatever we do with our lives on earth, we will account for it. ” For its appointed for a man to die, after death, Judgement”
MAY GOD HELP US ALL. SHALOM!
Please when writing let’s do well to research well and not mislead others… The interpretation you have put on that verse that ppl must put them to death is not true… I do not support the act but that does not mean we should try to force certain meanings to give backing to our arguments… Mind you this is not any book you refer to. Let’s do well to check some of these things. Thank you.
First of all the Bible talks of love. You follow the comandments (love) and treat others as u want to be treated. The fact that some ppl hate and use the Bible as a reason is crazy! Those ppl have issues! Im a proud Christian.. And have love for everyone. At the end of the day the only one that will judge us is God not man. The world is filled with so much hate, i just pray love takes over.
God is love. All his commandments talk about love. Christianity is about love. Evil men hate the CHristain God. Gay ism is a sin but we are commanded to judge people by the bible. I hate the act of sodomy but I don’t hate the people that practice it. It’s awful for them to have beaten the guy cos we are all sinful. It is the act of society so give Christians a break
I meant not to judge people.
I have never commented on this blog but this story has stirred up some much emotions in me I can’t even explain. Born and bred abroad, I have always been proud been Ghanaian because we are one of the few African countries who still enjoy freedom and peace in our country. No one has the right to beat someone for their choice of sexuality. Are these people saying they are righteous and have never sinned? Just because you sinned differently (i.e fornication, adultery, gossip, stealing, etc) does not make you better than someone who is gay. Very disgusted in how some people take matters into their hands….very appalling.
So, how does stating that you were born and bred abroad add any value to your comment?
Really disgusting…Ghanaians have stopped tolerating others?If he’s gay what’s his crime?Anybody who uses the above bible quotation is probably an illiterate and rather asking for Gods wrath.What was the basis of the said quotation,why not read the whole verse?who said the whole bible and its setting,laws are all meant for us?so of the had their relevance at the time and was made for situation in Israel at the time.We need to stop interpretating stuff our own way.Am gutted by such barbaric act.God rather have mercy on whoever did this cos you really abused his word.lack of wisdom my people perish…
Barbarism! What is happening in Ghana? Why should he be beaten to pulp because of his sexual preference? Absolutely preposterous. The school and the state must be brought to punitive justice for this behaviour. This is ludicrous!
Kinto run to the American Embassy/ Canadian consulate for refuge.
This is a great article but unfortunately the writer needs to understand religion is a choice. If he is an atheist that’s his choice but he need to acknowledge God is a God of love and compassion who despises sin but love the sinner. Condemning Christians us mentally ruined is unacceptable. Is sad some Christians are just religious and doesn’t demonstrate the supernatural nature of God. I pray you have a supernatural encounter with God and I believe you will then accept there’s is a great God. Homosexuality is dispised by God but lyching the poor guy is unacceptable. For who are we to judge.
It was very wrong of them to beat someone up just because of their sexual orientation. That being said I’m getting tired of the writer bringing the God card all the time. Dude, even us Christians get it, u r an atheist but for someone who does not believe in the existence of God u sure do spend an awful lot of time talking about Him. It’s almost as if u have a crush on him….lol don’t worry He loves u too
Haha. Nice one, how can you be an atheist and still talk about the very being you believe does not exist.
Love you neighbor as yourself Or love your neighbor as long as they are not gay.
Chris, why don’t you form an atheist movement? Anti Christ. Your views are not gonna change anybody so u wasting ur breath. on a side note, Damn Kinto u fine as hell. Y u gotta be gay 🙁
They are turning into “NKRAMOFUO”
Chris when is thr article about The US ATHEIST MURDERING 3 MUSLIMS COMING ON GC? JUST ASKING
first of all i would like to rectify some things you said.
he was not attacked at legon, he was attacked at nima a predominantly a Muslim area, and secondly, Christianity does not call for the death of anyone, judahism does, secondly Christianity is not the only religion that is against this abominable act, Islam to the best of my knowledge is also against it and even the traditionalist.
i don’t understand why whenever issues surrounding homosexuality is brought up, half baked journalist like yourself deem it the appropriate opportunity to take a swipe at the church.
is it because the church seems to be an easy target for you?
why don’t you direct your rantings at islam or any other religion that is also against it, or you scared