Oh, snap!

[libertango]

With the hoo-ha about Rick Warren giving the invocation at the Inauguration, this statement of policy at Saddleback Church has been getting some attention:

"Because membership in a church is an outgrowth of accepting the Lordship and leadership of Jesus in one’s life, someone unwilling to repent of their homosexual lifestyle would not be accepted at a member at Saddleback Church."

So, you heard it here first: Saddleback is a "Christian" church that Christ himself could not be a member of.

Typical of this stripe of "fundamentalist" thought, it's justified by a quote from Torah (which I'll bet they otherwise repudiate when they feel it's inconvenient, Matthew 5:17-18 to the contrary). They then use two quotes from Saul of Tarsus. Not one word from Jesus himself. Like, say, "Judge not, that ye be not judged." (Matthew 7:1); or "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is The Law and The Prophets." (Matthew 7:12); or "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (John 8:7).

But I guess quoting the words of Christ, and following his precepts and teachings, would be too "...accepting (of) the Lordship and leadership of Jesus in one’s life."

Oh, well.

Comments

[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

It's my belief the circumstantial evidence is strong that Jesus was gay. (Both his being 33 and single in a time and place where that was unheard of, and Saul of Tarsus' constant railing against homosexuality. Mind you, I also believe Saul of Tarsus never stopped persecuting the Nazarim -- rather than beat 'em, he joined 'em, then subverted their doctrines. But hey. Matthew 24:24 applies.)