Category: Questions

Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality

00:00 Introduction
2:22 Sodom (Genesis 19)
7:48 (NEW) Sodom Additional Commentary
10:20 Romans1:26-27
16:00 Leviticus 18:22; 20:13
21:06 (NEW) Fourth theory on Leviticus
23:22 First Timothy 1:9-11 // First Corinthians 6:9-10
28:41 Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

During the Fall of 2020, my college course on the “Theologies of Gender and Identity” was forced to go virtual. This video is one of the pre-recorded lectures from that course that I would like to share with a larger audience. Feel free to respectfully comment and question and I will respond in kind.

This lecture explores the traditional “texts of terror” or “clobber passages” that have been used to justify the marginalization of the LGBTQ people — namely Genesis 19 (Sodom); Romans 1:26-27; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; 1 Timothy 1:9-11 // 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; and Genesis 1-2 (Adam and Eve). For each passage, we’ll apply exegetical tools to determine whether or not this marginalization is justified.

The format of this lecture features a compilation of previous videos from this channel’s Queer Theology series. Most of these videos have been updated and include an additional commentary in between each topic.

Recommended Reading: “Misguided Love: Christians and the Rupture of LGBTQI2+ People” by Charles Fensham; Chapter 4.

Antarctic sea ice: lowest in 7.5 million years??

My thanks to Ten Bears for posting this.  I think this is a very important subject that is not getting enough attention.   More people want to talk about their next meal more than the fact the health of the Antarctic sea ice is seriously going to effect not only us selfish humans but every living thing starting with the ocean life.  When I watch this I want to run screaming out into my neighborhood, grab people and scream do you understand not only will our homes be underwater but we won’t have anything to eat !!!! But then Ron gives me a cool drink and reminds me there are laws against that grabbing of neighbors enforced on the not republicans all the time.  

I am taking this from Ten Bears’ blog / website (I never do know what is the proper term now) without his permissions. 

https://homelessonthehighdesert.com/2023/08/10/thorsday-tankard/ 

I did not ask yet

And from what I have read on his site, he doesn’t respond well to anyone just thinking they can grab anything of his and run away, and I am not just talking on the webs.  I do hope he might just give me a little grace on this one.  

For those hearing impaired, do not worry.   The main speaker talks fast.  I used to talk that fast, but over thirty years in Florida I don’t even type fast anymore.  The Closed Caption is very good, they either do it themselves or pay for it.   Again well worth the 8+ minutes to understand the threat to our habitat and lives.  Hugs

Antarctic sea ice is behaving very, very weirdly right now. In the same year we saw a record minimum extent, we’re now seeing a record slow freeze-up, leaving a widening gap between observations and what we expect for the time of year.

A lot of people have tried to put a number on exactly how rare the event we’re witnessing is, and come up with some insane numbers. So what’s going on? Is this really the kind of event we should only see once in 7.5 million years??

Big thanks to Zack Labe for talking to me for this video, you can check out his fantastic visualisations on his website here: http://www.zacklabe.com and follow him on socials @ZLabe.

Reverse Christianity

What if the afterlife wasn’t what you thought it was? What if the standards you accepted for others were turned against you?

Seven Nagasaki’s per Second …

Seven Nagasaki’s per Second …

Thank you Ten Bears.  Seriously important information in an easy to hear and understand format delivered by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.  Damn well worth listening to the entire 9 minutes, because we are damning ourselves by what we are doing.    Hugs

Liberal Redneck – Ohio and the Future of Democracy

Well Said, and it explains so very much. Hugs

Ostentatious title aside, I do think it’s wild what’s going on with R’s baldly anti-democratic actions as of late. PIA Link: https://www.piavpn.com/Trae

From Ten Bears along with other great posts. https://homelessonthehighdesert.com/2023/08/06/firstday-finding-out/

and why American culture became everything, everywhere, all at once.

But what about Hunter Biden using Hillary Clinton’s email server?

But what about Hunter Biden using Hillary Clinton’s email server?

Well said / written.  It lays bare the hypocrisy of those desperately trying to create some kind of equality and outrage between the very real attempt to overturn a valid election along with other crimes done by trump with a rarely ever charged crime of failure to fully pay taxes which was paid after and a firearms form that is never prosecuted.  All to protect Mr. trump while trying to smear President Biden using his son.   Hugs

He Debunked the Whole Community! (Re-Upload)

I love the rational well thought out response to this guy, who was so stunted early in his mental growth by religion, who claims it is more scientific and less magical to say god created the entire universe per the biblical creation, rather than in his view that the idea of the big bang which calls pure magic.    Hugs

Today, we look at a video from a podcast in which Matt Powell debunked us all. So it’s time to give up and go home.

Let’s talk about Hunter, Archer, and an old video….

Texas Professor Suspended For Criticizing GOP Lt Gov

Texas Professor Suspended For Criticizing GOP Lt Gov

Make no mistake, the fascist racist Christian nationalist right Republican Party will not allow any criticism or deviation from the party line.   Hugs

The Texas Tribune reports:

Joy Alonzo, a respected opioid expert, was in a panic. The Texas A&M University professor had just returned home from giving a routine lecture on the opioid crisis at the University of Texas Medical Branch when she learned a student had accused her of disparaging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick [photo] during the talk. In the few hours it took to drive from Galveston, the complaint had made its way to her supervisors, and Alonzo’s job was suddenly at risk.

Alonzo was right to be afraid. Not only were her supervisors involved, but so was Chancellor John Sharp, a former state comptroller who now holds the highest-ranking position in the Texas A&M University System. Less than two hours after the lecture ended, Patrick’s chief of staff had sent Sharp a link to Alonzo’s professional bio. Shortly after, Sharp sent a text directly to the lieutenant governor: “Joy Alonzo has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation re firing her. shud [sic] be finished by end of week.”

Read the full article.

The student who made the complaint is the daughter of GOP state Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who was endorsed by Patrick in the last election. Earlier this year, Buckingham attended the wedding of Chancellor Sharp.

Fearing retaliation, three other students who were at the lecture won’t allow their names to be published, but say that Alonzo mentioned Patrick’s opposition to policies that would mitigate opioid-related deaths.

Per the linked report, Alonzo has brought millions in federal research dollars to the university and was last year named its researcher of the year.

 

Guy Johnson 7 days ago

THIS is censorship! THIS is cancel culture!

Wallace Muenzenberger  Guy Johnson7 days ago

And, so it begins.

Cattleya1  Guy Johnson7 days ago

This is the Fascist State of Texas.

MrPendog  Guy Johnson7 days ago

No… It isn’t cancelling or censorship if the GQP does it, only if one tries to balance or disagree, or, heaven forbid, hold accountable someone who agrees with their Christo-fascist worldview. Remember the Dems are the snowflakes.

madknits 7 days ago

If she leaves, she gets to take all those lovely research dollars with her. I hope she finds a better job at a real university somewhere.

IamSmartypants  madknits7 days ago

Sadly, she won’t get to take the funding she’s already secured, but the major funders will follow her and the chilling effect on academic freedom will make NSF and other foundations the support university research will make it harder for all Texas programs to secure funding.

KnownDonorDad7 days ago
she learned a student had accused her of disparaging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

 

Oh great, a Hitlerjugend was in her class.

madknits  IamSmartypants7 days ago

When one of our faculty members left and went to the Big Flagship University in the capitol, he was able to take much of his funding with him. Unless the rules have changed since then.

Diogenes Onionpants  madknits 7 days ago edited

My experience is that it depends in part on whether the research is tied to the research of an individual or to a lab.

Humanities funding may trail after a researcher (e.g., funding for a project to do archival work for a book), but science funding usually doesn’t because it’s heavily dependent on a team and on infrastructure.

Either way, of course, as madknits notes, the uni gets a cut.

IamSmartypants  madknits 7 days ago

My experience working with academic social researchers has been that the funding stayed with the institution (which typically takes 50% of the total off the top), but it would be great if the dollars stay with the researcher – I hope that’s what happens in this case.

JCF  Capriquario7 days ago

It’s in the story above:

 

The student who made the complaint is the daughter of GOP state Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who was endorsed by Patrick in the last election. Earlier this year, Buckingham attended the wedding of Chancellor Sharp.

 

It’s a fucking TexASS GQP circle-jerk.

jimstoic 7 days ago

Losing a job for criticizing Dear Leader, or, in this case, Dear Lt Leader, is how I picture North Korea, the USSR, Saudi Arabia (at least she hasn’t been cut into pieces in an embassy), or Russia under Putin.

Gregory In Seattle  IamSmartypants 7 days ago

In most states, a lieutenant governor or vice-governor is also the president of the state senate, just like the VP and the US Senate. Usually this is effectively a ceremonial position used only to break ties, with day to day running operations in the hands of a president pro tempore and the agenda set by the majority leader, just like in the US Senate.

As I recall, the Lt. Gov of Texas actually acts as the senate president, overseeing operations and setting the agenda (which has been awkward when he is not in the senate majority party.) In effect, the Executive Branch controls half the Legislative Branch as well, making Texas one of the more fascist states in the country never mind Republican control.

jimbo65 7 days ago edited

Between Texas and Florida, we’ve already progressed into fascism.

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad7 days ago edited
A third student who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said Alonzo talked about how policies, like the state’s ban on fentanyl test strips, have a direct impact on the ability to prevent opioid overdoses and deaths. A push to legalize the test strips died earlier this year in the Patrick-led Senate despite support from top Republicans, including Abbott.

 

Sounds like she will be fired for making a truthful statement.

On the road  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad7 days ago

The truth is what they are afraid of.

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad  On the road 7 days ago

Truth has a liberal bias.

Nic Peterson  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad7 days ago

Fentanyl kills ‘those’ people so GOPers don’t really care about test strips or narcan. Sure there are a few death among the country club set but you’re always gonna catch a couple of dolphin in the tuna nets. — christian gop logic

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad  Nic Peterson 7 days ago

You’re exactly right. Use fentanyl to smear Biden, but not really do anything to help, even low hanging fruit like test strips. The deaths are punishment for those people, just like women who die because they can’t get an abortion deserve it for being all slutty and female.

TrollopeReader  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad7 days ago

but then complains about fentanyl deaths …

Darreth  TrollopeReader7 days ago

Fentanyl is a GQP talking point about how awful the Biden admin is. The GQP has never been about life or liberty. They’re about power and control. Without the control of the news cycles about how terrible fentanyl is they have one less talking point to take control

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad  TrollopeReader 7 days ago

Abbot claims that his murder balls in the Rio Grande are also to prevent fentanyl deaths, even though the fentanyl that is smuggled across the southern border isn’t carried by migrants crossing rivers, its smuggled in through ports of entry.

TrollopeReader  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad 7 days ago

and lots of it discovered by the feds .. to the consternation of MTG, Lauren, etc …

Paddycakes2001  TrollopeReader 7 days ago

Impeach Biden! He’s stopping more fentanyl than Trump did!