WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!: New Gay Theology Challenges Traditional Views of Scripture and Intimacy

washingtonpost.com ^ | August 9, 2003 | Bill Broadway

[DrainBamage]

Robert Goss sits on the radical edge of homosexual theology, calling for churches to abandon centuries-old concepts of "normativity" and accept gay men and lesbians for what he says they are: people made in the image of God whose sexuality is a divine blessing.

Goss believes such a change is inevitable, that a diverse and increasingly vocal movement called "queer theology" will create an impact on Christianity matching that of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.

[DrainBamage]

I couldn't believe what I was reading! Then again, it comes from the Washington ComPost, so why should we really be surprised?!

If you ask me, this so-called "new gay theology" is a greater threat to the fabric of western civilization than Osama bin Laden and the rest of his al Qaeda thugs.

I pray that the forces of darkness do not suceed in destroying the church as we know it. The good news is we already know how this story will end.

BTW, this post is not meant to bash gays, as that would be very un-christian like in my opinion. The purpose of this post is merely to stand up for the TRUTH.

Everyone has free will to choose the lifestyle that suits them best. What bothers me is when that lifestyle is used to blasphemize the Word of God.

Certainly, not all gay people are guilty of this crime and should not, as a group, be unfairly singled out.

[netmilsmom]

Rationalization. My gay sister is the queen of it.
Truth is gray. It's not how it is but how you feel.
Geez Louise!

[doc30]

One of the followers is singled out in John 13:23 and 19:26 as "the disciple whom he loved," which itself is "remarkable," Jennings said in a May lecture at the seminary, affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

It truly is sad when these perverts equate love and lust. In other words, if you love someone, you must want to have sex with them. How disgusting.

[Steve_Seattle]

Homosexuality is a gift of God that somehow requires massive doses of modern antibiotics to counter the myriad of diseases that it promotes.

[DrainBamage]

Hey, it's one thing to rationalize, but it's quite another to attempt to affirmatively undermine the Word of God within the ranks of those who believe in that Word.

[ffusco]

The cult of narcissism marches on.........

[DrainBamage]

It truly is sad when these perverts equate love and lust. In other words, if you love someone, you must want to have sex with them. How disgusting.

Boy, you said it!

[hunter112]

Redefining theology is how 10,000 denominations of Christianity came to be. This is nothing new. Just ask Henry the Eighth.

[r9etb]

This is a reversion to Old Testament behavior, and the consequences will be similar.

[EdReform]

Bump & Ping

[Redleg Duke]

Queer love is eros...Christian love is agape.

There is a profound difference.

[exmarine]

This must is certain. When a church EMBRACES sin as the Episcopal and other churches have done, they CEASE TO BE A CHURCH. I-C-H-A-B-O-D

[biblewonk]

They're tickling yourears.

[Paladin2b]

Redefining theology is how 10,000 denominations of Christianity came to be. This is nothing new. Just ask Henry the Eighth.

Indeed. I just wish all the Protestants who still celebrate the "heroism" of folks like Luther, Calvin and Zwingli would realize that "Bishop" Robinson and the Goodridge decision are the logical culmination of what those guys set in motion, and we haven't seen the end yet.

It is (as the communists used to say) no accident that the writer of the original Washington Post article made a parallel between the 16th century Protestant Reformation and the "New Gay Theology". The one leads inevitably to the other. Actions have consequences the actors often don't have intended, people.

[biblewonk]

If you ask me, this so-called "new gay theology" is a greater threat to the fabric of western civilization than Osama bin Laden and the rest of his al Qaeda thugs.

Yes it is by a lot. The problem is that there is no political gain to be made in pushing a war on the homo agenda. Easy political gain can be made by exagerating the threat of terrorism though.

[newgeezer]

I assure you, they're not tickling my ears -- or anything else.

[cookcounty]

"One of the followers is singled out in John 13:23 and 19:26 as "the disciple whom he loved," which itself is "remarkable," Jennings said in a May lecture at the seminary, affiliated with the United Church of Christ."

There was one of these guys on the radio here a few weeks ago. He seemed to have no clue that the Gospel of John was written in Greek, and Greek has 4 different words for the word "love." "Eros" is sexual love, it is not the word in these passages. So now they'll have to make up something else.

I think their basic "moral law" is that "every man should do what is right in his own eyes."

[Roughneck]

Everyone has free will to choose the lifestyle that suits them best. What bothers me is when that lifestyle is used to blasphemize the Word of God.

Very bothersome indeed. Those who support the new "Gay Theology" ought to read the letters to the churches in the first few chapeters of the Revelation of John and continue through to the end of the book. WHen they are done, they should start again at Genisis and read through the whole bible - they obviously do not understand the situation.

Oh well, GODS people do hear His voice, and Gods people do have the "Truth" revealed to them, and Gods people WILL be saved, as for others, well, I just dont know...

[VRWC_minion]

I couldn't believe what I was reading!

It has nothing to do with WP, this stuff is real and has been at work by professors of theology teaching our clergy for decades.

[anniegetyourgun]

Our heavenly Father told us there'd be days like this. Apostates abound....