The Bible and Homosex: Sexual truths for a modern societey by Andre Bekker

Author:Andre Bekker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay, lesbian, gay christian, revisionist, gay lesbian literature, homosexuality and the bible, gay theology, homosexuality and religeon, sin and homosexuality

Gay theology and marriage

The radical gay movement would be satisfied with nothing less than “marriage” as understood in Christian terms. Their agenda would proceed irrespective of biblical verdicts, research results, scientific findings and dialogue. The goal of the homosexual movement is to:

“…fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society’s moral codes but rather to debunk America and radically alter an archaic institution.”7

It is obvious that such a goal has major implications for the theology of marriage. The biblical expectations for a monogamous lifelong union are not possible within homosexual unions if it is informed by such a goal. It is all too clear that homosexual marriage is not the same as the biblical model of marriage. Former practicing homosexual William Aaron explains why homosexual men do not practice monogamy:

In the gay life fidelity is almost impossible. Since part of the compulsion of homosexuality seems to be a need on the part of the homophile to “absorb” masculinity from his sexual partners, he must be constantly on the lookout for [new partners]. Consequently the most successful homophile “marriages” are those where there is an arrangement between the two to have affairs on the side while maintaining the semblance of permanence in their living arrangements.8

Gay theology is based on the deliberate and intentional assumption that homosexual relationships should be “celebrated and affirmed.” In contrast to the rejection of homosexual practice by the Bible whenever homosexual conduct is mentioned, pro-homosexual theologians declare that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality. To be able to sustain these assumptions hermeneutical revisionism of biblical texts is practiced.

A homosexual reading of the Bible seeks to re-examine and reread those passages that have traditionally been understood to condemn homosexual practice. Traditional interpretations are doubted, questioned and assumed to be informed by biblical scholars’ heterosexist bias. Sometimes the contexts of Bible portions are compared to the contemporary homosexual context and if it differs it is rejected. Homosexual David Comstock describes the process of revision of biblical texts as follows:

Motivated by the hope that there might be a friendly note for us in Scripture, we have searched for a neglected word or fact that would reverse or call into question traditional interpretations. We have, for example, minimized the importance of Leviticus… We have argued that the sin of Sodom was not homosexuality… We have observed that Jesus said nothing about homosexuality, and that Paul was not critical of lesbians and gay men themselves, but of heterosexual men indulging in homosexual practices. Some have argued that the kind of homosexuality condemned in the Bible is pederasty, not loving, caring, consenting relationships between adults. … I would suggest that our approach to the Bible become less apologetic and more critical – that we approach it not as an authority from which we want approval, but a document whose shortcomings must be cited.9

The above being the case The Gay Liberation Front

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