It was good to have a month off from writing, but I’m now back, pounding away on a keyboard, and I must say thank you to Don for that break! Last month he wanted to update his story first published here in September 2021. For many years the Metropolitan Community Church in Glasgow has attendedContinue reading “MCC? Isn’t that a cricket club?”
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Caught in the Act?
Over the last four months I’ve been looking at the so-called “clobber” passages used by various churches over the last few decades to deny that salvation is available for those who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community, and additionally apply unreasonable requirements to be recognised as part of the church. We completed thatContinue reading “Caught in the Act?”
Ch.12. – Celibacy?
I understand some folks found the last blog a bit heavy. Apologies. This one will be significantly shorter and hopefully much easier. I ended the last blog saying that I believe scripture cannot, and must not, be used to beat up on LGBTQ+ people. My conclusion has been that there are no passages in theContinue reading “Ch.12. – Celibacy?”
Ch.9. – The “Clobber” passages – Genesis and Leviticus.
As promised, we now turn our attention to the passages commonly used to keep the knee on the neck of the LGBTQ+ community. They have been used to suppress the community for the last fifty/sixty years, or so, and tend to get referred to as the “Clobber passages”, because Christians have used them in aContinue reading “Ch.9. – The “Clobber” passages – Genesis and Leviticus.”
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