Posted on 01/20/2009 11:33:16 AM PST by TaraP
Almighty saying, 'You are good' – no exceptions On the third day of her televised "Best Life" week-long series, even Oprah Winfrey was stunned to hear one of her pastor panelists, Rev. Ed Bacon, declare, "Being gay is a gift from God." With wide eyes, Winfrey responded, "Well, you are the first minister I've ever heard say, 'Being gay is a gift from God,' I can tell you that." The comment was made earlier this month on the "Your Spiritual Journey" segment of Winfrey's "Best Life Week" by Rev. Bacon of the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Calif., a church described by Pasadena Weekly as "one of the most socially progressive religious institutions in America. Rev. Ed Bacon On the third day of her televised "Best Life" week-long series, even Oprah Winfrey was stunned to hear one of her pastor panelists, Rev. Ed Bacon, declare, "Being gay is a gift from God." With wide eyes, Winfrey responded, "Well, you are the first minister I've ever heard say, 'Being gay is a gift from God,' I can tell you that." The comment was made earlier this month on the "Your Spiritual Journey" segment of Winfrey's "Best Life Week" by Rev. Bacon of the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Calif., a church described by Pasadena Weekly as "one of the most socially progressive religious institutions in America."
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WOW...So according to this Pastor..Jesus came to die for us because we are so DARN GOOD!
Bacon further addressed the issue at All Saints Episcopal Church the Sunday between his two appearances on Winfrey’s program.
Referring to critical e-mail received after his remark, Bacon said from his church’s pulpit, “Some of it is the most vitriolic stuff I have ever read, calling for the rescission of my ordination, saying I didn’t know what I was talking about and saying, ‘Show me where in the Bible it says that being gay is a gift from God.’”
To the last challenge, Bacon replied, “Well, if those folks would read the Bible, they would see that in Genesis it says that when God created humankind, God said that we are good – all good, didn’t mention any exceptions.”
Cancer also is a gift from God, as is war, cataclysm...
Oprah is about to come out of the closet with her ‘best friend’ Gayle.
Kathy Griffin has been hitting that one hard for a year in her show, and its pretty obvious to me ‘Stedman’ was Oprah’s beard all these years.
Homosexuality is a gift. It was supposed to stop democrats from reproducing.
bull ony
That is just freaking nasty and disgusting...
Maybe this Pator Bacon is a frequent visitor of the commode crowds...
Better than darn good-FABULOUS!!!
Oprah is expert ONLY in telling people what they want to hear. She is an authority on NOTHING.
I believe we’ve been warned about musings that “tickle our ear”.
The great deceiver is the author of such things.
I’ve read much of the Bible, Old and New Testament. I haven’t found any passages that say homosexuality is OK. I’ve found several that unequivocally say it isn’t. I’d say the Word of the Lord is pretty clear on the subject.
Seems Episcopalianism, whatever it has become, is NOT Christianity.
That is sodomites, in a nutshell.
It’s completely unacceptable, and disgusting. The most “mainstream” homos like the Mayor of Portland Oregon are buttf****** 17 year old boys
Well, some of us read a little further than the first couple of chapters.
Most Episcopalian congregations jettisoned the Ten Commandments and adopted the Nine Suggestions long ago.
I guess the good Pastor stopped reading his Bible at Genesis 1. He should have gone on a bit further in Genesis to the part about Lot and Sodom & Gomorrah
This may be true as far as it goes. When "God said that we are good – all good, didn’t mention any exceptions” homosexuality did not exist at that time....so it was true when it was written. I'm sure that a lot of things that mankind has done since creation have displeased our maker.
Sorry if this post is disgusting anyone...
Reverend 'Bacon' is a wolf pig in sheepskin condoms.
And SUPER!!!
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