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Posted on 01/05/2018 9:09:10 AM PST by Academiadotorg
The sad thing is, this might be the only way to get academics interested in the Good Book. "Swarthmore College is offering a course next year that will survey 'queer and trans' readings of biblical texts' by using 'queer and trans' theoretical approaches,' with faculty staying silent on the specifics of the course material," Bethany Torstenson reports in The College Fix. "'Queering the Bible' is set to launch next fall and will be instructed by Gwynn Kessler, an associate professor of religion, according to Swarthmore’s course catalog."
"The course, which is being offered through Swarthmore's Religion Department, promises to '[introduce] students to the complexity of constructions of sex, gender, and identity in one of the most influential literary works produced in ancient times.'"
“’Queering the Quran’ is set to launch next fall and will be instructed by Gwynn Kessler, an associate professor of religion, according to Swarthmore’s course catalog.”
This is a statement you’ll *never* see issued by Swarthmore.
The most amazing part of this story is that Swarthmore still has any Bibles on campus. I thought they were all burned as part of the last Safe Space rally.
You will never see that. Nor will you see a class titled “Bibling the Queers”.
Casting pearls to swine.
The Bible isn’t intended for just anyone and everyone. It was written to believers and sinners willing to repent.
Cliche.
This is not ground breaking.
The text is like a rock. Winds and weather can blow around it all they want.
With emphasis on swine.
As evidenced by the UCSC gay marriage decision, this country has been given up to depravity. The headlines will continue to get worse and more shocking. The persecution is coming.
That’s not what Jesus meant when he said “love thy fellow man”!!!
I wonder how many will get that. I’ll throw in another clue: “And no one’s getting fat except Mama Cass.”
Yawn, call me when they queer the Koran. That might be enlightening.
Now I remember (Creeque Alley).
There are a lot of gray areas in the Bible. Homosexuality is not one of them. They can twist and spin all they want, but it’s still a sin. I would not want to attend a college that so blatantly lies as part of its curriculum.
Yes! and I think in between was the line, “She said, ‘Take me to New York right away.”
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