So sad…
May 30, 2012
May 15, 2012
A squirrel tells it like it is on same-sex marriage.
May 1, 2012
January 27, 2012
January 26, 2012
OMG repost - Homosexuality and the Bible Part 3
Okay, time for the second last installment of Homosexuality and the Bible - I know how excited everyone must be. Almost as exciting as watching water boil… just mesmerizing.
The part I am going to address today is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, also known as the story of Lot, found in Genesis 18.
The story goes a little some thing like this: God sends down two Angels to Sodom and Gomorrah to determine the fate of the two cities after the cities have essentially become over run with sin - basic lawlessness throughout the land and no one seems to care. Picture what happens in True Blood when that crazy lady with horns is making people do whacked out shit.
Well the Angels (disguised as attractive male strangers) happen upon Lot’s house on the outskirts of the cities. Lot’s not into all the whacked out shiz so he offers the his home to the strangers (in hospitality towards guests in Middle Eastern culture held very highly, you should basically treat visitors to your home better than family). Now the men from the town learn of these new attractive visitors and they decide to pay Lot a visit and demand to have sex/rape the visitors. Lot refuses to give up the visitors and instead offers up his virgin daughters as a compromise. The towns people don’t want that though (perhaps they like a challenge or Lot’s daughters were nasty as all hell) and that is when the Angels reveal their true identity to Lot and his family. They tell them to leave the city, that God is going to punish the people of Sodom and Gomorrah for their lustful, sinful, and lawless ways, and they give them one condition, that they not look back at what is happening.
So Lot and his family head away from the cities and as they are leaving they can hear the carnage (apparently it rained fire and brimstone) Lot’s wife can’t help herself and in a moment of weakness turns to see what is happening and she instantly turns into a pillar of salt (some translations say sand I believe).
Once getting to safety Lot’s daughters thinking they need to repopulate the world get their father drunk and have sex with him (rape him) while he’s passed out. The story essentially ends there.
Now many Christian fundamentalist anti-queer people like to bring up this story all the time. There’s just one problem, the story isn’t about homosexuality. It’s actually about hospitality first and foremost and then it’s about being punished for a whole bunch of sins. The story never addresses consensual homosexuality. It addresses a mob of men who wanted to rape two dudes. Mob rape, even if they are raping members of the same-sex, is not about homosexuality, if that that were the case you’d have a lot more inmates and ex cons calling them selves Queer. The other issues is that by damning homosexuality through this story they’re almost saying what Lot’s daughters did afterwards is okay because God didn’t punish them. And even if you do think homosexuality is an abomination I’m sorry but incest is WAY worse.
January 23, 2012
Another OMG repost - Homosexuality & The Bible (round 2)
Okay time to discuss a little more about homosexuality in the bible :)
Today I want to address a little passage from Leviticus, it goes a little something like this:
“A man shall not lie with another man as he lies with a woman”.
This little line has been the bread and butter of Christian conservatives who are hell bent (pardon the pun) on spreading the “word” about how homosexuality is a sin. There is but one flaw in their argument you see, that is that there are actually other laws in Leviticus too, but for the most part Christians seem to ignore them (now it may have a little something to do with the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that most Christian churches are of the belief that you don’t have to follow the laws of Leviticus because Jesus overrode them but that’s neither here nor there).
Some of the other laws in Leviticus state that you can’t wear clothes that are woven of two different fabrics. That means if you wear cotton linen blends that you’re sinning and going to the big fiery place down below. Another is that you can’t grow and eat produce grown in the same field. So no vegetable gardens people. You can’t have an apple tree in the same yard as those chives - you’re sinning.
Other things banned in Leviticus:
Shellfish and bottom feeders (lobster, shrimp, crabs, catfish, etc).
Touching or Eating pork products (pig skin footballs, bacon, ham, pork ribs, etc).
Men being in the same room as a woman who is menstruating.
So you see there are quite a lot of other things in Leviticus that it appears many Christians choose to ignore except for the one that may have to do with homosexuality. I say ‘may’ because the passage can be taken in different ways.
For instance does it mean that a man shouldn’t sleep with another man at the same time as he is sleeping with a woman (i.e. threesome)? Or does it mean that you can’t cheat on a woman with a man? Does it mean that you can sleep with a man as long as you don’t do the same things with him as you would do with a woman? Or just not sleep with men at all? The passage is very open to interpretation. Although I guess it shouldn’t really matter since Christians don’t really follow the rules in Leviticus anyway.
So why then do Christians choose to take this passage and use it all the time? Is it because someone else is telling them what to do? Have they not actually read the very book that they are taking so seriously? Do they not understand that they are doing equally heinous acts under levitical law? My guess is that they don’t actually understand the very religion that they actually claim to practice, which is disappointing to say the least.
Well that’s the big passage for you. I’ll discuss some lesser known ones later and also another story in the bible which is probably better known - well part of the story is.
January 20, 2012
An OMG repost: Homosexuality and the Bible - Would Jesus Discriminate?
I stumbled across this article on the Advocate and thought it was a great campaign.
I often find that many Christians have never taken the time to actually study the bible. First no I don’t think that Jesus would have discriminated against homosexuals, I think Jesus would have embraced two people who love each other. Wasn’t Jesus all about promoting loving one another? I’m not sure about some of the other things the article talks about though, like the stretch of the Roman soldier’s servant getting healed as an affirmation that Jesus is okay with same-sex couples. That being said there are things in the bible are ignored and things that are taken out of context when it comes to homosexuality. This will be too long for just one blog so it will be come part of a series - enjoy.
The story of Jonathan and David found in the 1st book of Samuel speaks of the relationship between the two. Though some argue that it was only a friendship I find that the bible speaks for itself:
“1 Sam 18:1 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. 2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. 3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.”
So in this passage Jonathan and David become “one in spirit” (hmmm), then Jonathan makes a covenant with David because he loves him like himself (okay), and then Jonathan proceeds to undress in front of David, giving his clothes, even his “sword”, bow and belt.
Still not convinced? Neither am I, let’s look at another passage.
“1 Sam 20:17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself. They kissed and wept together.”
Well kissing and weeping together you know they’re just good friends… I guess for a lot of evangelical Christians it’s okay for two guys to kiss and weep together.
“1 Sam 20:41: And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.”
Oh wow they’re um… kissing again… and bowing. Kissing and bowing until David “exceeded” well… hmm… Must be nice to have that sort of friendship.
Last from their story is this.
“2 Sam 1:23 “Saul and Jonathan in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24 “O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold. 25 “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights. 26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. 27 “How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!”
Your love for me was more wonderful than that of women. Oh… My… Gay… Yeah how this can be interpreted in another way I would love to know. I think I have to refer to an early post of mine about Stewie Griffin being gay. I think these “Christians” are just refusing to see what is so blatently in front of them. They try to spout off on other parts of the bible they claim says homosexuality is sin… Well perhaps the bible says that and perhaps it doesn’t, more on that in the next post.
Slainte!
December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Hysterical - more to come. Props to the Huffington Post article that listed their 7 favourite parodies.
