Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1m.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1m!jho From: jho@ihu1m.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Clarification indeed! Message-ID: <481@ihu1m.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 21:45:04 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1m.481 Posted: Fri Jun 28 21:45:04 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:02:11 EDT References: <277@ucdavis.UUCP> <329@mhuxi.UUCP> <611@sfmag.UUCP> <612@sfmag.UUCP> <1137@pyuxd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 > > 1) The sin of male homosexuality is punishable by death by skila > > (stoning). Of the 4 methods of execution, skila is the most > > severe. The only other sexual offenses punishable by skila are > > certain types of incest, and having sex with an animal. By > > contrast, adultery is punishable by lesser forms of execution. > > I am reprinting this excerpt from Samet's article for the benefit of those > who have complained to me in private mail that I am "attacking" someone > who is not advocating doing any harm to any group of people, thus why should > he be compared to Nazis. > Samet tells us what the Torah view of homosexuality. The question is: Is it Samet's wiew that homosexuals should be treated nowadays according to the Torah? If is answer is yes then I would have to agree with Rich on the issue. -- Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho