Gay theologian thinks same-sex marriages are only the beginning!(Or, you ain't seen nothing, yet!)

AP ^ | January 30, 2004 | RICHARD N. OSTLING

[Grampa Dave]

The real agenda of the perverts and misfits goes beyond gay bishops, priests, preachers and marriages.

Their agenda is a total distruction of our beliefs and value systems.

[Grampa Dave]

FYI, and you may want to ping the FR E list.

[Grampa Dave]

FYI and your ping list.

[rj45mis]

God's judgment is upon us as a nation. The Roman Empire crumbled because the masses turned away from God's design for mankind and America is going down the same road. History has taught us little.

[JesseHousman]

Marvin Ellison, the ethics professor at the United Church of Christ's Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary...

This pervert, slogging through the morass in search of youngsters to ruin, is an oxymoron afficionado's dream.

[Saturnalia]

Actually, I don't see much wrong with polygamy, provided the participants meet the standard for a normal marriage.
That said, would anyone care to point out anti-polygamy bible passages?

[verity]

How many wives can you fit in that van? ;~)

[Grampa Dave]

History didn't have the internet to get the real word out.

[Grampa Dave]

You used the right word, Pervert.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the laugh of the day:

" I don't see much wrong with polygamy, provided the participants meet the standard for a normal marriage."

Thanks, you have made my day and helped this thread.

[Dutch Boy]

So the part in the bible that says "Le 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." is just a suggestion? The word abomination seems to be a little stronger than a meek please.

[Saturnalia]

Hell, worked out for any number of patriarchs.
Multiple wives seemed to work at some point, though working
out the difficulties in a modern relationship would be difficult, to say the least.
I'm not sure anyone today has the patience to deal with multiple husbands watching football
or multiple wives getting ready to go out.

[Avenger]

"Le 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

I have seen a few slightly different translations of this verse. What translation is this from? Can anyone here give any further evidence that this is indeed a good translation of the original? If it is then it doesn't seem to give much wiggle room for those who want to follow the Christian faith.

[ahadams2]

Thanks to Grampa Dave for the ping Ping.

[livius]

Yes - I suppose at least you have to give him credit for being right up front about this. Incredible, but certainly not unexpected (not by Freepers, at any rate).

[Grampa Dave]

At least he is honest now. I wonder if he was so honest when he was interviewing for his position as a pastor.

Unfortunately there are a lot of Freepers who weren't tuned into this reality until recently.

Have a good weekend and thanks for your insight.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Pinging some Catholics for something of interest.

[PoisedWoman]

Well, this certainly opens some fascinating possibilities. Marriage by Smorgasbord!

I thought I'd like to get married again.....was hoping to meet a nice man. But now, gee whiz, I can step right up to the buffet and point to a variety of really nice choices....a couple of Chinese guys for appetizers, three or four servings of meat-and-potatoes American guys for sequential monogamy entrees, a Danish "fruit" salad course, a solid German beefcake for dessert. And I can always go back for seconds. What glorious fun. NOT.

Marriage-- or non-marriage-- by smorgasbord really isn't going to make anyone happy.

[Avenger]

Pro-homosexual website that tries to justify homosexuality in spite of Biblical passages:

http://www.whosoever.org/bible/lev18.html

Somewhat interesting but twisted logic. Tries to justify homosexuality by saying that Christians are no longer bound by the (Judaic) Law, i.e. "since you can eat shrimp, I can engage in anal sex with another man." I don't think their account is completely correct since I believe even according to Jewish theology Gentiles are only required to follow a much looser set of rules in order to be in God's favor - and eating shrimp or wearing garments of made of mixed textiles are not proscribed as I recall.

[ahadams2]

Matthew 19:4-6
" 4And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5“and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6“So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

There Jesus is merely reiterating what was already the Law:
established in Gen 2:24.

One man and one woman only. And yes that does mean that the folks in the Old Testament with more than one wife were in violation of the Law.