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?

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Probably TMI, but WTH

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

I remember going through puberty convinced I was hellbound, the way my mother's church went on about masturbation. Talk about a serious crimp in the teenager's sex life! It was only after doing some reading myself that I noticed Jesus never had much to say about the topic. Couple that with any number of adultery/divorce/money scandals that consistently rocked the congregation, and I figured God had bigger fish to fry than one horny kid. :P

Re: Probably TMI, but WTH

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't remember hearing masturbation condemned from the pulpit, but I still managed to pick it up from the ambient culture that this was just about the worst thing you could do.

Jesus has almost nothing to say about sex- and St Paul doesn't spend much time on it either. The Biblical attitude is, yeah, you shouldn't really do this, that or the other- and now let's talk about something that really matters.

Re: Probably TMI, but WTH

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

That church had a lot of teens in the congregation, so sex was a hot topic.

The Biblical attitude is, yeah, you shouldn't really do this, that or the other- and now let's talk about something that really matters.
That was pretty much the attitude Jesus took with the woman condemned for adultery, wasn't it? "I'm not going to condemn you. Off you go, but try and behave." I always wish I'd asked some of them "if God's like that why are you so uptight".

I said yesterday in another blog that I like the idea of Jesus greeting Falwell at the gate and playfully kicking him in the arse on his way in. "It was about the LOVE, stupid. Now get in there. Rasputin needs a bridge partner."

Re: Probably TMI, but WTH

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I love that story of the woman caught in adultery. The pharisees were setting a trap for Jesus. Either he contradicted scripture or he OKed lynch law- neither of which would have been good for his image. So he takes time out- writing in the dirt with a stick- while he tries to figure out a really smart answer.

I reckon we should give Falwell the benefit of the doubt- that- like Rasputin- he really did believe he was doing his Master's will.