Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Welcome!
Greetings y'all! This is my first attempt at a blog, so please be patient. I thought I'd set up what I hope to accomplish with this blog. LGBTQi folks are frequently told that the Bible is very clear in its condemnation of homosexuality, that it always has been, and that the "catholic" (universal) church has always been consistent in its condemnation of homosexuals. Personally, my studies have found these assertions to be false. A) I am not at all convinced that the Bible - taken in its original language AND context - condemns homosexuality. B) There are a few places that the Bible seems to celebrate - or at least tolerate - homosexuality. This topic seems to be very emotional for some folks. In order to avoid what can become an overwhelming mess, I plan to approach each clobber passage one at a time and give it my full attention. Please don't bring up another clobber passage in your comments while I am approaching a specific one, because that can lead to general confusion and chaos. I will also give my full attention to the possible pro-LGBTQi passages. There may be other blogs about the arguments used in academia about when and where homosexuality started, the advantages of using multiple translations when doing a Bible study, the problem with an argument from silence, etc. I ask that you be polite and respectful in your comments regardless of whether you agree or disagree. Since my children may be reading this, I ask that you keep your language clean. Thank you for joining me on this journey! If you have any topics that you'd like for me to research after the clobber passages, just let me know!
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Nice start Shane. I am sure you will open a few eyes.
ReplyDeleteShucks, not sure what I did wrong. I'll try posting again. Well done Shane. I think putting those two chapters together is a good idea, context and all. Plus without reading the story of God and the angel's visit to Abram and Sarai you don't get the feel for the extreme of hospitality/inhospitality. I don't understand how anyone could read this story and think it had anything to do with sex, let alone homosexuality. Rape is violence and is about power. In the text God had already indicated that an outcry against the wickedness of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah had come to God and God was going to check it out firsthand. The promise of progeny had been made years before but it may be that the hospitality of abram and sarai let to a more immediate promise. Good job, keep writing:)
ReplyDeleteHey Pastor Michele. For some reason, this posted under "Welcome" instead of "Sodom and Gomorrah." I can't figure out how to fix it, so I copied and reposted it under my name under S&G. Thanks for the feedback!!
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