If all one read were these stories, it would appear that the Bible is unequivocal in its condemnation of gender expansiveness and that all of Christendom is unflinching in its interpretation of that scripture.
Nothing could be further from the truth. As scholars who have studied the Bible for decades, we believe transgender people—just like all people—are our sacred, precious, divinely cherished neighbors. There’s no reason that one narrow religious interpretation should be able to dictate policy and structure our community.
The author of Genesis writes that “male and female [God] created them” (1.27). While some point to this scripture as confirmation of a gender binary, others identify it as a rhetorical device known as a merism, used frequently throughout the Bible to describe an expansive concept.
Because appropriate headlines matter. This opinion should be titled:
Sure, criticize the headline, but don’t pretend the article said something other than what it did.
I said something stronger: digressive victim cults need to push further against bigotry, esp. against churches enforcing bigotry. It’s their solemn duty to do so, instead of letting the bigotry reoccur. They need to riot and ransack bigotted churches like Jesus did in the temple. Until bigotry dies, their missions in this earth is not over.
I don’t follow regarding “victim cults”. That could mean one of multiple things. Otherwise agreed, evangelicals need to be taught that they aren’t living anything close to what their supposedly holy book says.
I knowa few Quakers who are great people. I’m sure not everyone calling themselves a quaker is, but according to them, they aren’t exceptional Quakers.
Are you not aware of this predatory act? Cults like Judeo+Islam prey on acting vulnerable and being victims while doing the sin themselves. Their deity forgives them off their transgressions, so they are free to be duplicitous to everyone else.
This is particularly why I am being harder on these cults. Because they know they are predatory.
Quakers are not exempt from being duplicitous. If anything, they need to bury more evangelical bigots next door to them. I am extremely familiar their geographical locations, and how they’ve allowed the evangelical next doors to operate.
Sure I’m aware, I just haven’t heard the specific terminology that this one paper chose.
That’s what I said. Individuals and groups can always diverge from the mainline. I’m saying that e.g. Quakers are among the groups that are the biggest thorns in the flesh of manipulating megachurch evangelicals, as the average Quaker actually gives a fuck about the teachings all Christians claim to follow.
And nothing is more dangerous for a corrupt leader than their flock noticing that there are people actually playing it straight.
Richard Nixon was a Quaker.
Great example of an exception. He behaves nothing like a usual Quaker.
Wow, suggesting Christians need to defile temples of injustice and fight authority? Even protest the financial system? Are you the fucking pope now? Who are you to tell these vicious bigouts what to believe, how to act?
So you did came to this 🧵 to troll. It is both in their code, and morality that they should hold their siblings accountable, for their kingdom is not on earth, but the heavens.
So go, and hold your Christians accountable. I don’t need your blasphemy.