Touchy Subject

[hollowleviathan]

I was hoping this would stay positive, but I should have known better.

Jesus decreed that the old laws expire, replaced by love of self and others, and works of selflessness and community. The clause in Romans is authored by Paul, an esteemed man of the early church, but not God. Was his hand moved by the Holy Spirit? I can't really believe that, considering he's espousing murder.

I haven't lost my faith as I've grown older, as some do, but I've lost my faith in the absolute divinity of the Bible. The Bible is a holy scripture for whose word I have to bend my understand of things like the definition of Pi (3.0), or a work of manmade scholarly works on the divine events long past? A message of love is there for anyone who wouldn't rather dwell on the urges of fallen man for hate and jealousy.

I can believe that God permitted an imperfect record of his salvation in the same way I can believe God permits evil in the world: without the free choice to be good or evil, we would have no free will at all, we'd literally not exist independent of God, merely vestigial limbs that act on his impulses like a leg would.

I don't think belief in God is surrendering science, or that scientific knowledge of the world should be considered inferior to religion. Learning, gnosis, is the heart of Eastern Orthodox, which interests me more than the suburban Catholicism/protestantism we have around here. The overwhelming science is that teaching and practicing conversion from homosexuality is hurtful, and immoral*.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-gay#Conversion_therapy