So we find what they are looking for. It s like when I viewed some of the so-called Masters paintings. So after I stopped laughing inside that someone could be lauded as a Master for slinging paint at a canvas I obediently recognized him as a pioneer in impressionism. Heresy is masquerading as intelligence. Lasciviousness is pretending to be compassion.
Rebellion is disguised as capable and spiritual leadership.
Theologians have told us that what the Bible makes plain is really convoluted. Tillich says Jesus of Nazareth is unimportant it is the Christ of faith that matters. Hume says miracles are impossible and Borg says the Bible is just a book and Jesus just an ordinary man. Religious educators and many in important leadership roles have elevated all of these men to near genius status. Homosexuality is being touted as a sexual orientation and therefore natural despite the fact that if it were true humanity would cause its own extinction.