Cultural Envelole
To use the Bible to quote "God" in the current
issue of same sex marriage is to misuse the Bible. The Bible, contrary to views of conservative Christians, was not intended to speak clearly or
unambiguously to every human problem and issue that could ever emerge.
All biblical writers believed the earth was flat. They had
no recognition that slavery was deeply wrong and offensive. They had no idea
that women could be equal to men. None of them could ever conceive of a society
built upon human rights. Every view in the Bible was shaped by the ancient world
view of the writers.
Every word in every scripture comes inside a cultural envelope. To use the Bible to condemn same sex marriage is as wrong as
to use the Bible, as was done for 18 centuries
to justify slavery and condemn Jews. Those examples are only the most
egregious of times when the Bible was used in a hidden idolatry to resist
social changes.
Even the devil quotes scripture today for purposes of great
harm and violence against innocent
people.
Paschal Baute
www.paschalbaute.com
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