Friday, November 7, 2008

From "A Year of Living Biblically"

For one year, the author tried to live biblically, exploring the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, trying to live the biblical moral law of the Old Testament and the New Testament. Along the way, he spoke to many sects and leaders of both Judaism and Christianity. One of the most significant contacts he made for the purposes of our discussion was an Evangelical bible study group that met in New York City.

These were men from churches that condemn the ordination of homosexuals, that seek to block the possibility of marriage of homosexuals, who take the biblical passages on homosexuality as condemnation of those who are gay, lesbian, or transgender in our culture. And each man was a self-avowed homosexual, and evangelical, and living examples of being at odds what the evangelical wing of the Church teaches.

They've taken the biblical passages speaking against homosexuality as references to pagan sexual worship practices. This interpretation has come out of their dual experience. They have not made a 'choice' to be homosexual. It is in their created order. They do not see how Scripture can condemn them for what they have not chosen.

I am not sure how the rest of us can either.

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