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For a start you didn’t get the quote right, it’s actually:
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It was a paraphrase, just as the one you quoted. You should've known that.
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But the interpretation is pretty simple – the Bible was written many hundreds of years ago when there was significant cultural revulsion against homosexuality. Most modern Christians will be able to acknowledge that much of what is written in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, was based on cultural views that have largely died off in modern society. Thus, by viewing these rules in the correct historical context, they can realize that following them would not be in line with modern morality.
Of course, there are still Christians who are intolerant of homosexuality, and they still use this line to justify that intolerance as part of their religion. This is another interpretation.
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That would be a good argument if only moral relativism didn't contradict with objective morals sent down by god. A practicing christian can't believe in moral relativism that stands in contradiction with the foundation of his religion.
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A Muslim is a follower of Islam. If you’re making statements about Islam then you are by extension making statements about its followers.
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If you make a statement about a kidnapper, do you automatically make statements about people kidnapped by the person?