Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ALLEN@mscf.med.upenn.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Biblical Sexual Morality Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 06:02:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 40 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) writes: > My suggestion to you would be, if there is > a passage of Scripture that you don't think is being taken seriously > (or shouldn't be taken seriously) ask someone who believes all of > the Bible to be the Word of God what his or her interpretion is of > that passage. You are making two assumptions here that are not necessarily valid. You are assuming that someone who believes all of the Bible to be the Word of God is 1) correct in believing that the Bible is the Word of God 2) is capable of interpreting what the Bible says accurately or at least better than the person who is not sure. I would contest both of these assumptions. I believe that the Bible is the word of God FILTERED THROUGH HUMAN MINDS AND HANDS. I also believe that the Qur'an is the word of God filtered through human minds. I also believe that the Bhagavad Gita is. I also believe that the I Ching is. I also believe that The Lord is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay is. I also believe that Uncommon Calling: A Gay Man's Struggle to Serve the Church is. I also believe that The Last Temptation of Christ is. I also believe that each one of us is the only one who can interpret the Bible for ourselves. We can and should ask others how they have interpreted the Bible for themselves, but ultimately we are each only accountable to God for our own actions and therefore we must each make our own interpretation of all Scripture (not just the Bible). -- Hugs, John John Allen allen@mscf.med.upenn.edu --- B4/5 f t w s(-) k r /| *\ |*\ | \o*|/ "Light is the left hand of darkness" -- U. K. LeGuin ---