I have been accused of a lot of things. Being politically correct is not one of them. I find that whole movement destructive of rational dialog and thought. So this post will be anything but politically correct.
Genesis 2:18 – 25 (here @ Bible Gateway) has been in my reading in the past month, and it was as well a year ago. Focus on 2:18 (here @ Bible Gateway). Throughout the two accounts of the creation the Lord calls all that He did, “good” or “very good”. Yet here, He says that it is “not good” that the man be alone.
As a result, God chooses to fix the “not good” situation. Consider 2:22 (here @ Bible Gateway). God fashions a woman for man.
A few days ago I got the December issue of JETS (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society). The table of contents for each issue is on the cover. The first article listed was, “Does Genesis 2 Support Same-Sex Marriage? An Evangelical Response”. My first reaction – actually all of my reactions were – “you’ve got to be kidding me!”
But there it was.
Those who have an agenda will twist the Scripture into an unrecognizable shape. They use their advanced degrees, condescension, “compassion”, and “scholarship” to bury the text with convoluted arguments that have not a scintilla of connection to what the text says.
It has been my observation that the more committed one is to proving the text does not say what it says the more ink and paper will be employed and the response to those questioning them will be branded as ignorant or “hate speech.”
To disagree with those who hold “compassionate”, “informed”, and “enlightened” positions, is to be a hater. The convenient result of this response is it removes the “enlightened” from having to rationally discuss their errors.
Genesis 2:18 – 25 (here @ Bible Gateway) has been in my reading in the past month, and it was as well a year ago. Focus on 2:18 (here @ Bible Gateway). Throughout the two accounts of the creation the Lord calls all that He did, “good” or “very good”. Yet here, He says that it is “not good” that the man be alone.
As a result, God chooses to fix the “not good” situation. Consider 2:22 (here @ Bible Gateway). God fashions a woman for man.
A few days ago I got the December issue of JETS (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society). The table of contents for each issue is on the cover. The first article listed was, “Does Genesis 2 Support Same-Sex Marriage? An Evangelical Response”. My first reaction – actually all of my reactions were – “you’ve got to be kidding me!”
But there it was.
Those who have an agenda will twist the Scripture into an unrecognizable shape. They use their advanced degrees, condescension, “compassion”, and “scholarship” to bury the text with convoluted arguments that have not a scintilla of connection to what the text says.
It has been my observation that the more committed one is to proving the text does not say what it says the more ink and paper will be employed and the response to those questioning them will be branded as ignorant or “hate speech.”
To disagree with those who hold “compassionate”, “informed”, and “enlightened” positions, is to be a hater. The convenient result of this response is it removes the “enlightened” from having to rationally discuss their errors.
A reasoned response is difficult. Since I read your more recent post on Genesis 3 before this one, it seems to me this deals with a classic case of "Yea, has God said....?" This opens the door to all sorts of rationalizations in our thinking to come up with twisted conclusions that seem to enable us to avoid the discomfort of censure perhaps leading to some sort of "persecution."
ReplyDeleteBefore my eyes in my short lifetime I have watched individual congregations, seminars, "Bible" schools, denominations and one-time stalwart organizations repudiate their Biblical positions and slide into Kingdom irrelevance.
And a driving fear in my life is that it COULD happen to me -if I start listening to the wrong voice....