God 'n' Gays

[poliphilo]

The Biblical texts that are supposed to condemn homosexuality would- if I were to print them here- fill about half a screen. They come from the Old Testament Book of Leviticus (which also condemns the eating of shellfish) and a couple of the Pauline Epistles. There is nothing- but nothing- about homosexuality in the Gospels. If God really hates fags don't you think he'd have banged on about it at least as much as Jerry Falwell used to do?

Comments

[easyalchemy.livejournal.com]

That's what I think! But no, they rely on some half-baked screamer who makes them feel righteous for showing up once a week and encourages them to hate people who are different.

I suspect, though, that if a church really went straight with the word as it stands, they'd have a hard time getting those major donations or those enormous excited congregations.

My childhood United Church was small and shrinking, and generally talked about God's love, Forgiveness, etc. Not very sexy, I guess.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think that's true across the board.

Here in England, the Anglican church- which always stood for things like breadth and tolerance and scholarship- is struggling- all except for its fundamentalist wing, which is increasingly calling the shots.