RE: Bigotry in the name of Jesus.
September 7, 2012 at 11:11 am
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2012 at 11:12 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
Quote:This is a frightening prospect not only for those of us who understand marriage to be a testimony of the relationship between Christ and his bride, the church
It's so weird how they can take a simple metaphor and deduce all these strict rules from the arbitrary surface features of the metaphor.
How about since God had a relationship with Israel before the church, therefore premarital sex is ok? Or does that count as a past marriage therefore divorce isn't wrong? Or are they still married and this is a polygamous marriage? Oh noes, can't go there!
How about since when Jesus comes to "marry" the church, he condemns and judges all the non-believers, weddings should have torture and execution of all the women who rejected the groom on dates? Oh noes, can't go there!
How about since Jesus is all knowing and all good, women should never ever question their husbands and should take any physical or mental abuse as a necessary part of their husband's perfect plan. Oh noes, can't go there!
You can come up with many more absurd conclusions from this metaphor. Saying homosexuality is wrong because of a single metaphor is just yet another example of using the Bible as a ventriloquist dummy.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
