Things Are Going To Slide

[slyfoot]

Things Are Going To Slide

Comments

[friedenswacht]

God seemed okay with King David being gay.

Is a Biblical God a god described by various men throughout history or a god determined by various men throughout history? I imagine that many theists would think that God was so much more than what was written about Him.

[earn_my_wings]

If you're referring to David and Johnathan, that's a clear misinterpretation. king David was not gay.

[cmzero]

To follow that up, he MIGHT have been BIsexual. But the scandal with Bathsheba makes it plenty clear that David lusted after women (enough to do stupid, stupid things in the name of Getting Some).

[slyfoot]

Yes, Bathsheba is a rather large clue-by-four.

[slyfoot]

Thanks for the link.

[pastorlenny]

Are you suggesting that the only hope for the Church is for the United States to be a theocracy?

[slyfoot]

No. I am suggesting that focusing on Ezekiel 16:49 while ignoring verse 50 (and 58) is dishonest. And if the Church sows dishonesty, it will reap dishonesty.

[slyfoot]

ObCite: http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=7&article=614

[slyfoot]

I think if the Christian Right focused more on what Ezekiel 16:49 actually means, while the Christian Left focused more on what Ezekiel 16:50 actually means, there would be more honest preachers in the United States.

[redslime]

just wondering, in what way is this your problem?

[slyfoot]

I don't think it is my problem in particular. I think it is a problem for the Church in general. I'm honestly not sure why I should bother.

[eracerhead]

they will have re-invented God to fit society's image of what God ought to be, not what the biblical God actually is

Yeah, like that's never happened a million times already.

[essentialsaltes]

Bing! We have a winner.

Oodles of Protestant churches can't be bothered to listen to the direct words of Jesus F. Christ:

"And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."

[pastorlenny]

Although, to be fair, the corporate culture at Chick-Fil-A does seem to be pretty strong on the "husband of one wife" concept.

[essentialsaltes]

Who said anything about C-F-A?

[ok, ok, it's the obvious context, but sly's asking, 'why bother with the biblical God at all?' if you're going to rewrite scripture to include gay marriage. But it's not as though most of the Protestant world gave up the biblical god when it rewrote scripture to include divorce centuries ago. So both the liberal denominations and C-F-A pass the hypocrisy test. In my mind, the hypocrites are the churches that can change their god's view on divorce, but find the idea of changing their god's view of homosexuality unthinkable.]