I studied the history or religion and women's history and a lot of other things and it left me unable to really embrace formal religion. I can take a distant enjoyment, but the problem is that men wrote the bible and men are fallable.
Jesus did not hate men or women based upon their choices. Neither did any of the other great teachers.
I don't understand the argument that you can't write slash or read it and be a good Christian.
I think you can be a good person and not embrace dogma while still embracing the message.
You are right about dietary laws. That's exactly why so many exist. Also the be fruitful and multiply het message was because so many children died. You had to have a lot of kids back then or your family would die out.
The other reason why gay love was looked down on by the church fathers was because Romans were more tolerant of it. And Romans were the oppressors.
Ironically, though Romans were very family orientated and were the patriarchal model that is seen as the norm today.
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Date: 2006-09-24 05:33 pm (UTC)I studied the history or religion and women's history and a lot of other things and it left me unable to really embrace formal religion. I can take a distant enjoyment, but the problem is that men wrote the bible and men are fallable.
Jesus did not hate men or women based upon their choices. Neither did any of the other great teachers.
I don't understand the argument that you can't write slash or read it and be a good Christian.
I think you can be a good person and not embrace dogma while still embracing the message.
You are right about dietary laws. That's exactly why so many exist. Also the be fruitful and multiply het message was because so many children died. You had to have a lot of kids back then or your family would die out.
The other reason why gay love was looked down on by the church fathers was because Romans were more tolerant of it. And Romans were the oppressors.
Ironically, though Romans were very family orientated and were the patriarchal model that is seen as the norm today.