Awesome deconstruction of how so-called "Christian" groups use out-of-context quotes

[egoldberg]

...in order to play thinly-veiled smear-the-queer with GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings. (If you've heard of a 'gay-straight alliance', you've been impacted by Kevin's love and leadership

Comments

[loic]

I fucking hate the homophobic Christians. Leviticus is old testament and Christ was all about a "new covenant" where all the dumb old Jewish laws don't apply. You don't have to be chosen to be saved, you can eat tasty bacon wrapped shrimp with your cheeseburger and you can cut your godamned beard. Also, man on man lovin' is okay. As far as I'm concerned whenever "Christians" get all homo hating they're denying the divinity of Christ.

Of course, my interpretation of theology is highly dubious.

[egoldberg]

I gotta say that if you ever started a church or synagogue, I would so be joining your congregation.

[loic]

I'll let you know when I get the cult off the ground.

[pbristow]

May I have a copy of your Business Worship Card, for future reference? =:o}

(Paul B. - Recovering homophobe.)

[sffilk]

Just remember, you're dealing with people who have no problems rewriting the text upon which they base their belief system so that it will become self-fulfilling.

[madfilkentist]

Pulling quotes out of context is such an easy game. There's a slippery slope from conciseness to distortion to outright deception, and the people who follow it can convince themselves they're representing what the person really meant. No group has a monopoly on the technique.

[egoldberg]

Can't disagree.

[pbristow]

...And on that, we *can* agree. Alas. =:o\