Modern Struggles with Christianity

Christianity & Homosexuality Lev. 18:22Lev. 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." Lev. 20:13Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood-guiltness is upon them. 1 Cor. 6:9-101 Cor. 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

Homosexuality

Old vs. New

Schools Community Parks Workplaces Public Transportations Public Prayer

Denominations 1. Christianity: 2.1 billion 2. Islam: 1.5 billion 3. Hinduism: 900 million 4. Buddhism: 376 million 5. Judaism: 14 million

Judaism Persecution Exile from Israel, Germany, France, and Spain Anti-Semitic Actions Suffered immeasurably Religious Uniformity Religious Bigotry Blasphemy

Holocaust Perceived Racial Inferiority Disabled Persecuted on Political, Ideological, and behavioral grounds among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Homosexuals

Islam – “Terrorism” Those who make mischief in the earth, theirs is the curse. The Qur’an, Surah ar-R’ad 25

Struggling Against “Stereotyping” Negative Image of Islam “Fanatic, Fundamentalist, Militant” Saddam Hussein World Trade Center

Rigidness Islamic Prayer Time Islamic Law

Female Roles Wife and Mother Women to join men in the battlefield

Islam  Terrorism

JUDAISM  Jewish Law and Traditional Rites

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