Homosexuality

[note: this was originally posted in March but it is just now being moved from its original blog locality to True Freethinker]

What do you get when a celebrity speaks out on a current political, moral, religious or virtually any issue?

You get the statements of some whose only qualifications for making a statement on the matter is that they are a celebrity and thus, someone is willing to place a microphone and camera before them.

Utter intolerance and lack of diversity is on display again as Miss USA contestant, Carrie Prejean, voiced her opinion opposing same sex marriage.

In Conclusion
Thus, having concluded our survey let us note that Rev. Dr. Mel White has presented us with a neo-hermeneutic which is none but a pseudo-hermeneutic. Rev. Dr. Mel White presents us with a false and faulty replacement for proper elucidation, a pseudo-hermeneutic. His eisegesis consists of approaching the text of the Bible with a presupposition that it can be made to not only give a pass to, but support and endorse homosexuality.

Could You Be Wrong?
Rev. Dr. Mel White posed a very important question:

"We should be open to new truth from Scripture_.What would you say if someone asked you, 'Could you be wrong about the way you've interpreted the Biblical texts used by some people to condemn homosexual orientation?' What does it say about you if you answer, 'No. I could NOT be wrong.' I am asking you to re-examine these texts carefully, prayerfully-lives hang in the balance."

Paul, Greek, Malaokois and Arsenokoitai
Rev. Dr. Mel White wrote:

While in the midst of my parsed essay Rev. Dr. Mel White on Christian Homosexuality another interesting development in this arena has taken place.

Homosexuals Are a "Distinct Class"
Rev. Dr. Mel White wrote that in 1864:

The HIV/Aids Culture

When Widows Are "Ordered" to Have Intercourse
Rev. Dr. Mel White claims that Mark 12:18-27 teaches that,

"When a man died childless, his widow is ordered by Biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir."

To Choose or Not to Choose-Impulse and Action

Rev. Dr. Mel White writes, "Church leaders who believe sincerely that homosexuality is 'a choice' ignore decades of scientific research and the testimonies of millions of homosexuals."

Assumed That All Are Created Heterosexual?

Rev. Dr. Mel White writes, "Old Testament authors and Paul assumed that all people were created heterosexual_what looked 'unnatural' to Moses and Paul was in fact 'natural' to homosexuals."

The Fertility gods and goddesses

Turning the Truth of God Into a Lie
When discussing Romans 1:26-27 Rev. Dr. Mel White does not quote the text but merely comments on it thusly,

"the Apostle Paul describes non-Jewish women who exchange 'natural use for unnatural' and non-Jewish men who 'leave the natural use of women, working shame with each other.'"

To begin with, we note that Paul states that he is writing about, "all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men" (1:18) and not just non-Jews.

To Judge or Not to Judge

Rev. Dr. Mel White writes, "Romans 2 begins with 'Therefore, [referring to Romans 1], you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself_' Paul warns us that judging others is God's business, not ours."

Simply reading the text reveals just how fallacious Rev. Dr. Mel White's application of the text is:

Did Jesus Address Homosexuality?

Rev. Dr. Mel White writes, "Jesus says nothing about same-sex behavior."

To state that Jesus did not address homosexuality is to begin with a faulty premise, which is that if Jesus did not address it then Christianity ought not have an opinion for nor against. But did He not address the issue at all? This issue requires discernment and logic. Let us read just one of Jesus' statements:

The Holiness Code and Moral Relativism
Let us now consider a section in Rev. Dr. Mel White's publication entitled "PASSAGE 3 LEVITICUS 18:22 AND 20:13 THE HOLINESS CODE."

Too Literal or Not Literal Enough?
Let us consider another problem that is solved by taking the Bible even more literally as Rev. Dr. Mel White points out the following:

During a brief respite from my critique of Rev. Dr. Mel White's assertions about homosexuality, Christianity and the Bible I posted the essay below, on abortion.

Interestingly, this past weekend I read an article that drew a wholly fallacious correlation between homosexuality and abortion. Thus, I thought to make mention of it before continuing on with Rev. Dr. Mel White.

Galileo and Copernicus vs. Luther, Calvin and Melancthon?