Quote Originally Posted by fishwater99 View Post
There are three kinds of laws in the Bible.

Civil laws.
These were specifically given for the culture of the Israelites, which includes everything from murder to restitution and dietary restrictions.

Ceremonial laws.
This literally stands for the customs of a nation. These would have included sacrifices of perfectly good animals, and rejection of food sources such as pork and rabbits. These laws were specific only toward the Jews.

God's moral laws.
These relate to justice and judgment. They are based on God's own holy nature.
As such, these ordinates are holy, just and unchanging.
Moral laws encompass regulations on justice, respect and sexual conduct. All people will be held accountable to these laws.

Just because someone is a Christian, and believes in the Bible, that does not make them haters, homophobics or heretics.
It just makes them a person who believes in God?s word and that Jesus came to die on the cross for our sins.
But when they can't separate church and state and want to impose their (selective) beliefs via legislation on large segments of the population, you go from believing in god/Jesus/the bible to forcing others to live their personal lives by what you believe.