{"id":35461,"date":"2012-06-01T00:05:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T07:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=35461"},"modified":"2014-12-30T16:25:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T23:25:32","slug":"rev-susan-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/06\/rev-susan-russell.html","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Susan Russell…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026demonstrates for a warm and willing NPR what I call the semi-permeable membrane of the various Protestantisms (also used often by ignorant or rebellious Catholics too). Quoth she:<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus never said a single word about anything even remotely connected to homosexuality,\u201d she says.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ahem<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1.If a thing is condemned by the Church but permitted by the Protestant (say, gay marriage), the demand is for an explicit text forbidding it. (\u201cShow me where Jesus said one word about not allowing gay marriage! That\u2019s just the Church imposing its purely human ideas on what Jesus came to say.\u201d)<\/strong> <\/p>\n

2.Conversely, if a thing is allowed by the Church but condemned by the Protestant, the demand is for an explicit text commanding it. (\u201cWhere in the Bible do you find anyone asking us to pray to dead people? That\u2019s just the Church imposing it\u2019s purely human ideas on what Jesus came to say.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Note how the terms of the argument shift to suit the \u201cHeads I win, tails the Church loses\u201d agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hate being right all the time.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s reality. Jesus recognizes only one thing as marriage: the indissoluble union of one man and one woman (Matthew 19). The Church follows suit. Period. Attempts to torque anything else out of the New Testament or the Christian tradition are ignorant or dishonest. Usually dishonest.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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