Nana yaw do u ride or board vehicles to work?…so y not d pastors?…anyway Jesus rode on a donkey to Jerusalem…thank u

truly there are so many things we could use our precious time to talk about. too many!!! yet this seems to creep into every single talk show about morality in this country because the entire country might not be filled with christians, but every religion present in Ghana is against it. islam, traditional religion etc.. you would even realize that christianity is even more lenient in dealing with gays as compared to these other religions. in islamic communities one could be severely punished because of his/her engagement in immorality. the point is, every society has standards. ours as Ghanaians is based on religious precepts. and about your lecturer friends.. errmmm, i will be completing this year oo, they can’t trail me now..

Hi Elisabblah,

Good to know we r able to move on and talk now abt the core issue.

You have to be clear about where you are approaching this issue from. You are right in stating that we copied a lot of our laws from the English legal system and that in turn had a lot of input from Christian values and beliefs that existed at the time.

The truth is, things have changed a lot lately in the English system. I know this not only because I used to live, study and work there but also because I wanted to learn about a society making a transition on very many things.

Today in Britain, Gay marriage is legal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346220 . This and many other changes have happened and are happening because SOCIETY changes. There are very many things we used to do in the past that we dont do today. In the past the Church itself supported slavery! Can you imagine that? In the past, we discirminated against disabled people and women etc etc.

Now lets talk about Biblical expectations. I have no problem with any Pastor interpreting the Bible and saying that the Bible abhors Homosexuality. It does and thats the truth. It’s his/her duty too

2 Timothy 4:2 – Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.But the same Bible also says we should not do so many things that we also do – I am not saying two wrongs make 1 right.

If we are operating as a society (not as a Church), then we have to know that not everyone believes in the Bible. Even those who do interpret many many things differently. It will be difficult to run a country like the Bible says because not everyone is a Christian who believes in the same interpretation of everything.

For this reason, we have to have a constitution and a rule book to guide us. Now I accept that my indifference ON THIS ISSUE is one which is fully defensible (even though you may not agree with my reasons).

I think that as a society, God will be much more favourable on us if we were to show love and kindness to children and stop those who abuse them from doing so, and stop malaria and many other preventable diseases from killing them early, and stop death during childbirth, and , and and.. you get my drift, I think we have too many important issues to worry about and I would be more PASSIONATE about those issues , rather than get ‘worked up’ or ‘excited’ about GAYS.

As a society, we have to define the things that really matter to us and work on them instead of issues that do not really matter’

@papabedo on twitter

PS Next time u check my twitter handle notice that I am a KNUST Alumni. It appears u r linked to KNUST 2. Careful, I have plenty lecturer friends and can get u trailed for messing about wif me!…only joking!

seriously u need me to pin point the insults in there for you??? dat would virtually be an insult to u, cuz that will suggest that i assume you are a blind person. ha! ah well i will just ignore them.. this is my view on the issue.. the laws of Ghana were fashioned on the foundation of the laws of the English which was fashioned on the principles of the bible. therefore what is seen as a crime usually stems from what the bible deems a sin. you might not care what two grown men do in the comfort of their home, but do you care if God cares about it???? yes we are christians and if we believe in God and continue to act like it we will end up in heaven, BUT our main duty is to get as many people in heaven as we can oo boss.. therefore if someone does does not affect you in anyway yet it isn;t the original setting of God for humanity, then i suggest you express a certain level of repulsion to it. yes we are all not perfect, we are being perfected. so there could be people with such tendencies who truly want change, the ones who don’t are the problem. and THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INDIFFERENT ABOUT THEIR PLIGHT ARE THE GREATER PROBLEM OO BOSS.

Wel Wel wel…

Two things….

1. Identify evry ‘insult’ you found in my post..bring them to my attention and I will apologise to you. You will then feel not so aggrieved and then you can respond to the ‘non-insults’ in my post

2. You could just forget about the ‘insults’ and just respond to the rest of my comments.

I think there is a fair amount to be said about this topic and I want to encourage views and opinions being expressed.

Does this sound ok to you?

@papabedo on twitter

excuse me!!!! u r not exchanging vieews wif me.. u r jux insulting me. if i had replied in the same vein i would hav insulted u tooo. i was brought to respect the elderly.. i’d love to hav a nice discussion wif u devoid of insults and any such thing. then i will address ur issues.. plus… i am not running away. i never do dat. am jux restraining myself.

Oh well..it had to come to this!

One. This is an avenue for talking/chatting/exchanging views….UNLESS U happen to be able to articulate your views and positions clearly.

I will never play the age card and assume all young people are devoid of careful reasoning and analysis. Like our elders say..we have all be young once upon a time…

Three, U are still unable to address my specific points and you are CHOOSING to run away. I have seen a lot of quitters in my time. This approach doesn’t surprise me.

All I will say is this…I hope many young people are keen to debate and exchange views and opinions. This is what builds a country/society and community. This is what happens a lot in the west. I hope we agree to jaw jaw is better than to war war.

My doors r stil open. No offense taken.

@papabedo on twitter

u r talking too much.. no substance. jux insults.i saw ur pic on twitter n realized dat u were older than i am.. amazing how it doesnt reflect in ur analysis of the truth.. so i will play the ‘more mature person role’ n jux walk off.