{"id":29750,"date":"2015-04-21T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=29750"},"modified":"2015-04-21T10:55:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:55:26","slug":"genesis-2-is-not-literal-the-bible-tells-me-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/04\/genesis-2-is-not-literal-the-bible-tells-me-so.html","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 2 is Not Literal (The Bible Tells Me So)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Genesis<\/p>\n

The quote comes from my recent post \u201cMarriage is Sacred.\u201d<\/a> The point is one that I have made before, but since someone particularly liked this brief way of making the point, I thought I would turn it into a meme image.<\/p>\n

Of related interest, Andrew Perriman has a whole series on the idea of \u201cone flesh\u201d in Genesis and the ways that text might apply, when interpreted contextually, to the issue of same-sex marriage. In one post, highlighting that sex is not the focus in Genesis 2<\/a>, he notes that it is the similarity of the woman to the man, and not her difference from him, that is highlighted. That post is part of a series<\/a> about a book by James Brownson, Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church\u2019s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships<\/a>\"\"<\/i>. Here is a link to Andrew\u2019s summary<\/a> of the book\u2019s argument. He also focuses particular attention on Paul\u2019s argument in Romans<\/a>, and the eschatological context of Paul\u2019s perspective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also related to this is Lucy Peppiatt\u2019s book about 1 Corinthians, which Scot McKnight<\/a> and Derek Leman<\/a> have blogged about: Women and Worship at Corinth: Paul\u2019s Rhetorical Arguments in 1 Corinthians<\/a>\"\"<\/i>. The point made in that book in relation to 1 Corinthians is much that which has been made about the section in Romans 1 which is often quoted in relation to homosexuality. I have blogged previously<\/a> about the fact that Paul may there be adopting the persona of someone else\u2019s view, in order to then turn on that person and rebuke them.<\/p>\n

But attention to individual passages risks missing the point<\/a>, much as debates about the household codes in the New Testament epistles missed\u00a0how the key principle of the Golden Rule leads naturally to a rejection of slavery<\/a>. Genesis says that it is not good for human beings to be alone, that it is one of the joys of life to find one\u2019s other half. With that as a core principle,\u00a0Christians should not be trying to prevent people attracted to members of the same sex from experiencing that joy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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