AL MET AL DUS EIGENLIJK BIJNA NÍETS NÍEUWS ONDER DE ZON? OPSCHEPPERS, AANSTELLERS, DIKDOENDE SUKKELS!
POETINISERING VERTRUMPING PUSSYFICATIE LULLIGHEID MAFKEZERIJ... Moreover, the date appearing on the document is '30 March, in the year Constantine was consul for the fourth time, and Gallicanus was consul for the first time'. In the Roman Empire, two consuls were elected each year, and it was customary to date documents by their consulate years? Unfortunately, Constantine's fourth consulate was in 315, whereas Gallicanus was elected consul for the first time only in 317! Ìf thìs all-important document wàs indeed composed in Constantine's days, it would never have contained sùch a blatant error... It is as if Thomas Jefferson & his colleagues had dated the Am-
erican Declaration of Independence 34 July 1776. Today all historians agree that the Donation of Constantine was forged in the papal court sometime in the eighth century. Even though VALLA never disputed the moral authority of ancient imperial decrees, his scientific analysis did undermine the practical guideline that Europeans ought to obey the Pope. On 20 December 2013 the Ugandan parliament passed the Anti- Homosexuality Act, which criminalized homosexual activities, penalizing some activities by life imprisonment! It was inspired & supported by evangelical Christian groups, which maintain that God prohibits homosexuality? As proof they quote Leviticus 18:22 ('Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable'
& LEV 20:13 ('If a man has sexual re-lations with a man as one does with a women, both of them have done what is detestable! They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads'
! In previous centuries the same religious story was responsible for tormenting millions of people all over the world? This story can be briefly summarized as follows: ETHICAL JUDGMENT - humans ought to obey God's Còmmands!
FACTUAL STATEMENT: about 3,000 years ago God commanded humans to avoid homosexual
activities. PRACTICAL GUIDELINE: people should avoid homosexual activities!
ÌS THE STORY TRUE? Scientists cannot argue with the judgement
that humans ought to obey God. Personally, you may dispute it.
You may believe that human rights trump divine authority,
& if God orders us to violate human rights,
we too shouldn't listen to "HIM"!
Yet there is no scientific
experiment that CÀN
decide this
issue...