Category: Questions
Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality
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
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
From Ten Bears along with other great posts. https://homelessonthehighdesert.com/2023/08/06/firstday-finding-out/
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
