tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post4761068355566429289..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Not about FoodTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-15524584959350321162008-03-01T20:48:00.000-05:002008-03-01T20:48:00.000-05:00Tobias,Excellent. I join with Christopher and BLS...Tobias,<BR/><BR/>Excellent. I join with Christopher and BLS that it's high time this passage, and the context in which it's often used, be revisited. You've done an excellent job of this. I recommend a submission to ATR or some other journal. You'll have to flesh it out, of course, but I know you can do it,<BR/><BR/>Lenten Blessings,<BR/><BR/>Bob<BR/>rfsj.blogspot.comRFSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164772153139719659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-52819854294563454102008-03-01T12:44:00.000-05:002008-03-01T12:44:00.000-05:00Anyway, what kind of temptation would it be for a ...Anyway, what kind of temptation would it be for a straight person to enter into a faithful gay partnership? None at all, of course.<BR/><BR/>It's a bizarre, un-grounded-in-reality, non-analogy. As so many of the anti-gay arguments are, which is why they are losing their force.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for noting that it's not a trivial matter, too; it's time that people who argue against gay partnerships thought for a moment what that means for gay persons and our lives. It's time for these folks to stop speaking "theoretically" and start thinking in concrete terms about the flesh-and-blood reality - and to engage in some empathy for other people. It always amazes me that this is so hard to get people to do; it's an Incarnational faith, after all, and one in which it's a top priority to think about others!blshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-56948137081024751952008-02-29T20:06:00.000-05:002008-02-29T20:06:00.000-05:00Fr. Haller,Thank you. I have had that passage use...Fr. Haller,<BR/><BR/>Thank you. <BR/><BR/>I have had that passage used by family members who insisted I remained closeted for their sake. I have had that passage used by fellow Christians to suggest I break up with my beloved for their sake or that I should not be public about being partnered for their sake or that I should be celibate for their sake. As I have noted before, the reality is that passage is an exhortation to love of one's fellow believers, not a law and demand. But it is often used to clobber gay and lesbian persons. Your revisiting Paul in light of the circumcision scandals of the first century is helpful. Paul is want to ensure the Gospel in both cases and employs opposite principles, if they can be called that, in order to do so. It makes him a good pastoral theologian.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10400109177404296836noreply@blogger.com