tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post6624496507098286780..comments2023-09-28T08:27:24.369-05:00Comments on The Truth As Best I Know It: The Hermenutics of NewsweekAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725829998119648772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-49748871513022997122008-12-09T09:07:00.000-06:002008-12-09T09:07:00.000-06:00The reasons that some of us remain so adamantly op...The reasons that some of us remain so adamantly opposed to the moral acceptance of same-gender sex is the result of two considerations (which I list in order of importance): (1.) We believe that there is a Biblical view of marriage and thus, a moral standard against which sexual acts and behaviors can be evaluated. Genesis 2:23 and the teaching of Jesus on marriage is the place where Christian teaching on sexual ethics begins. There is a monogamous heterosexual standard for sexual behavior. Other sexual behaviors are evaluated by their conformity or deviation from this standard. (2.) Same-gender sex is explicitly condemned in Scripture. It is condemned in strong terms. The condemnation seems to be general or generic in nature.<BR/><BR/>In the USA, <I>civil law</I> and <I>moral concepts derived from Christianity</I> have probobly been entangled from the very beginning. How else can you explain why polygamy is considered a crime? It was considered (to borrow a phrase) "incompatible with Christian teaching" — that's why!<BR/><BR/>You thought the <I>Newsweek</I> article was interesting, but I thought this op-ed in the <I>LA Times</I> was far more interesting:<BR/><BR/><B>Same-sex marriage is too limiting</B><BR/><I>There are many other types of legitimate partnerships that could use legal validation.</I><BR/>By Robert Epstein<BR/>December 4, 2008 <BR/>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-epstein4-2008dec04,0,5976724,print.storyCraig L. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351091412370400350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-22674114195500185712008-12-09T07:57:00.000-06:002008-12-09T07:57:00.000-06:00I applaud your call for open discussion and honest...I applaud your call for open discussion and honesty about interpretive choices.<BR/><BR/>You do sort of side step the part of the other camp's argument that is mentioned explicitly in the Bible - certain sexaul acts.<BR/><BR/>I'll be in hunkered down in my trench waiting to see if your summons to reasonable dialogue draws any machine-gun fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-48678152647947336792008-12-09T05:36:00.000-06:002008-12-09T05:36:00.000-06:00Amen, Amen. What you said. Amen.Amen, Amen. What you said. Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com