Great arguments to use against Bible Thumpers!

[GeezUS]

I don't think such arguments can help to improve the acceptance of homosexuals among Christians.

If some Christians believe that being gay is wrong, it's not because of the Bible. It's because of the belief system that has been developing long before and long after the book was written. The Bible is a symbol FOR, not the source OF a set of moral values.

By quoting random passages from the Bible you can prove pretty much anything.
For example - alcoholism is a virtue. Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding, so wine must be preferable to water. Wine is alcoholic... so drinking must be good!
No one would actually yield to such and argument, because it's absurd and in disagreement with generally accepted moral values. Much of what is said in the Bible is ignored for similar reasons.

Such arguing breaks down into a play of words, but that is not philosophy.

The water to wine thing can be read as having been a gross exaggeration of a passed down story plausibly actually a matter of Jesus turning water into wine in the sense that he reasoned people into seeing that water was as valuable a drink if not better than wine. But nobody likes that one.

And it is not about necessarily convincing or altering the view of Christians, but simply having arguments that leaves them to the wind. But also to help those stuck in the restrictive interpretations as well.