Racist Pedophiles Run Amuck

A friend of mine made a blog post in which he attempted to evince the arbitrary nature of a theist's morality by asking the question: if the bible were silent on the matter of homosexuality, would you still consider it intrinsically sinful?

A reply came from someone named Seth:

What morality isn't based on the voice of an authority? How can there be any absolute morality outside of revealed truth? I would argue all morality (for the Christian) is based on the voice of authority.

As for homosexuality, no, if the Bible didn't condemn it, neither would I. Same goes for adultery, rape, incest, pedophilia, bestiality, etc. Yet, all these things are condemned based upon our Creator's design for humanity and the gift of sexuality.

I mean REALLY? He can't see what's wrong with rape, incest, and pedophilia without the bible? He would rape children, or allow them to be raped if it weren't for the bible? What kind of monster is this guy? Anyway, if the only reason he doesn't rape children is because god has commanded against it, then he's in luck: there is no direct injunction against pedophilia in the bible.

It frightens me to think about the number of full grown adults who have apparently not developed past the most infantile stages of moral development.

The fact that he lump homosexuality with rape, incest, pedophilia and bestiality is evidence to how poorly his reasoning skills have developed, thanks in part to his dependence on the bible for morality. Homosexuality is unlike these other things because it is a relationship between consenting adults. With the possible exception of incest, the other things he mentioned are non-consensual, and thus an infringement on the rights of another living being (and there's no concept of rights in the bible, by the way). As for incest, the problem is the danger of conceiving a child with congenital defects (which is unfair to the child).

What he's basically done is say "I don't like homosexuality", and so he lumped it together with things that people regard as criminal in the hopes that we would likewise regard homosexuality as criminal. What if someone didn't like black people? Would the Christian not see a gap in reasoning if theysomeone likened black people to rapists and pedophiles?

Maybe they wouldn't. After all, for years the bible had been used to justify the enslavement of Africans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham