by David Virtue, VOL
The culture has approved of homosexual unions and so has most of the mainline churches and their seminaries. By all accounts there is no going back, only forward, even if the end result is the destruction of the souls of those who practice it and the churches that once preached the gospel.
No more. The die has been cast. In the case of The Episcopal Church, Resolution B012 sealed the deal for homosexual marriage. It was done in the name of inclusion, diversity and equality. The Bible was barely consulted, the texts as the late Louie Crew (the church’s leading lay homosexual) observed were never kind to gays and the “clobber passages” were recast to make homosexuality acceptable to the biblically illiterate. Basically, it was ‘never confuse the bible with absolute truth, we can never know it anyway.’
What matters is how I feel, and that God accepts me as I am and I don’t need to change. If you can’t accept that, you are the homophobe, the Pharisee, the hater; we’re in the clear. And the world agreed and so apparently have most churches. Never mind that millions of queers never materialized in the churches; they were constantly being told they were welcome, that the welcome mat was out and the big red doors were always open. The pews remained empty.
Years of being forced to listen to gays make their case, the constant drumbeat of stories of alleged hate, neglect and fear drove a ready and gullible public to accept their “story.” Feelings triumphed truth. Those with biblical, orthodox views were pushed to the margins, and out the door, even as the church ramped up its doctrine of inclusion that all are welcome.
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