From: John W Burgeson (jwburgeson@juno.com)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 13:36:35 EDT
Sheila wrote, in part: "Too many Christian scholars is not the word of
God."
The word of God must always take precedence. What we have here is the
undeniable fact that many Christian scholars come down on one side and
many Christian scholars come down on the other side.
What then must happen is for the non-theologians among us, of which I am
one, to decide between the two sides. But that does not appear possible.
Is there, then, a way to still take a position? It took me several years
to conclude that the answer to this was "yes."
No matter which side I choose, I may be wrong. So I have chosen that side
which does the least harm.
Only if I were certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that all homosexual
acts, including those within a committed domestic relationship, were sin,
could I condemn them. There are persons on this list who claim such
certainty. I can't do that. To claim such certainty is also to claim that
all Christian scholars who write otherwise are stupid, incompetent, or
malevolent. That's not believable. To me.
Peace
John Burgeson (Burgy)
www.burgy.50megs.com
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