I've seen more and more articles about whether a Christian should go to a LGBT wedding. My immediate response is, "why ever not?" I say that because to not do so would be hypocrisy given everything else we do. Do you go to hetero-sexual weddings by non-Christians? Do you go to weddings by couples of other faiths. Do you attend the weddings of atheists? Of course Christians do, and seemingly without hesitation. If you don't go to a LGBT wedding because you think this is implicitly sanctioning what you deem to be a sinful lifestyle, then by the same logic going to any of the other examples I gave you, you are implicitly legitimizing atheism, other faiths (syncretism), and a range of secular lifestyles. This debate over Christians attending LGBT weddings is much more a case of elevating LGBT to the status of a "special sin" because a Christian feels (a) threatened, or (b) wants to exert power through moral authority, or (c) likes to feel superior on a moral high ground. Regardless of whether you view LGBT as a "sin", at least be logical! At least be honest about being inconsistent. A far more interesting question: when does Christian participation equate to endorsement? (And by the way, I see the LGBT debate as being part of a much more fundamental question: what is non-normative to God's created intent? And how is relativism defining a moral code according to personal preference? That leads to all sorts of interesting topics: e.g. what should we really be wrestling with, learning to live in an ethical wasteland, and simply about Christians being relevant)
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