But we can expect the best works of art to illuminate and affirm essential human and moral truths — and these will be
consistent with Scripture.
And what I learned was that it had nothing to
do with Scripture or spiritual convictions, but people were acting out of societal stigma against homosexuality.
I've been doing some thinking and reading on all of this, and hope it continues to
fit with Scripture as I read and study more.
Historical - criticism always
deals with Scripture as a series of fragmented works from different periods and by definition remains at the basic level of human hypothesis.
Every true / false question is referenced
with a scripture so that you can determine what the right answer is based on what the bible has to say - no answer key is provided.
Though it is easy to make the case (in the church) that homosexual practice is
incompatible with scripture, it will be exceedingly difficult case to make in today's culture.
In this process of
interaction with Scripture we must guard against two dangers both of which have been prominent in our Christian communities.
Loving people who
disagree with Scripture on this issue does not mean we have to agree with them, but it does mean we have to actually love them.
Current Catholic teaching should be understood, as I have sought to understand it, in
continuity with Scripture and tradition.
If nothing else it caused me to examine what I thought was wrong and why or why not and probably more important whether or not I could back up my
reasons with Scripture.
Such a creator is not the personalized one held by believers in this forum and can not be arrived at using said arguments due to
contradiction with scripture.
«I don't
lead with scripture any more than I expect people that have their own faith to constantly try to push me into it,» he said.