RE: Christian singer Vicky Beeching: 'I knew I was gay when I was 13'
August 19, 2014 at 12:38 pm
(August 19, 2014 at 11:19 am)Michael Wrote: Whether people see it as cherry-picking or not is going to depend a lot on how you read the bible. I read the bible as an unfolding understanding of God; hence later biblical voices can criticise actions earlier that were celebrated. For example the killing of the house of Ahab at Jazreel is celebrated in the books of Kings, but is seen as a reason for disgrace and revenge by the prophet Hosea. It is perhaps more an English than American tradition to see the bible as 'the books God wants us to hear' (as Rowan Williams puts it). We can then engage with them and even disagree with actions of people who were convinced that they were doing God's will. Like Hosea, we may see what was previously celebrated as actually being deeply misguided (or perhaps sometimes only appropriate for their time).
'And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.'
Leviticus 20:13
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
