29.5.13
28.5.13
A Tale of Two Priests
The book of Ecclesiastes says:
"There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity."
Recently a priest came out with damning words for the Boy Scouts because of their acceptance of gay scouts. The words this priest spoke as a representative of a loving Christ was so repellent, so disgusting with what he had to say about gay youth in the scouts, it made other religious leaders say; "I have nothing to do with this one."
I looked closer at this supposed man of the moth eaten cloth and found these words from him; "I have a good life: food on the table often prepared by parishioners, decent health, fraternal love expressed openly by my parish family, bills paid, and in general a personal peace."
Now I happen to know another priest by the name of Reverend Jonathan Hagger. This priest in contrast has troubles paying his monthly bills and is spoken about as a heretic deserving of his fate with what was, or was not, a blessing of a same sex couple. I see a fury in him with the indignity shown me as a gay man by those in and out of the faith and it sits like a rotting trout in the man's spirit. It wouldn't have been out in left field if he did what he did for a gay couple under his church's nose.
Unlike the priest who thinks himself the better to Michael the Archangel in bringing railing accusations with using the Boy Scouts as an excuse, the priest I know, the one who wonders how he'll pay his electric bill, reached out and took the hand that he saw as belonging to a brother in Christ, the hand of a gay man, and said come sup with me.
Tell me, who is the better priestgood Samaritan man in the eyes of God with loving kindness?
How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world, they increase in riches (Psalms 73:11-14).
There is no pat answer why the evil prosper while in this world while the good get wallops that seem to go past chastisements to make us better Christians because there IS no real answer and anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar. It was kept from Job in his tortures when he asked (Job 12:6.) and it is kept from us until the day we don't see through what Paul says is tinted glass. Most people believe the ending given in the book of Ecclesiastes was a later addition not from the original author. They believed this because they refused to accept God would just leave the chapter without some kind of "glass half full" ending, SOMETHING that will give us the reason to human existence that seems without rhyme or reasoning.
"There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity."
Recently a priest came out with damning words for the Boy Scouts because of their acceptance of gay scouts. The words this priest spoke as a representative of a loving Christ was so repellent, so disgusting with what he had to say about gay youth in the scouts, it made other religious leaders say; "I have nothing to do with this one."
I looked closer at this supposed man of the moth eaten cloth and found these words from him; "I have a good life: food on the table often prepared by parishioners, decent health, fraternal love expressed openly by my parish family, bills paid, and in general a personal peace."
Now I happen to know another priest by the name of Reverend Jonathan Hagger. This priest in contrast has troubles paying his monthly bills and is spoken about as a heretic deserving of his fate with what was, or was not, a blessing of a same sex couple. I see a fury in him with the indignity shown me as a gay man by those in and out of the faith and it sits like a rotting trout in the man's spirit. It wouldn't have been out in left field if he did what he did for a gay couple under his church's nose.
Unlike the priest who thinks himself the better to Michael the Archangel in bringing railing accusations with using the Boy Scouts as an excuse, the priest I know, the one who wonders how he'll pay his electric bill, reached out and took the hand that he saw as belonging to a brother in Christ, the hand of a gay man, and said come sup with me.
Tell me, who is the better priest
How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world, they increase in riches (Psalms 73:11-14).
There is no pat answer why the evil prosper while in this world while the good get wallops that seem to go past chastisements to make us better Christians because there IS no real answer and anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar. It was kept from Job in his tortures when he asked (Job 12:6.) and it is kept from us until the day we don't see through what Paul says is tinted glass. Most people believe the ending given in the book of Ecclesiastes was a later addition not from the original author. They believed this because they refused to accept God would just leave the chapter without some kind of "glass half full" ending, SOMETHING that will give us the reason to human existence that seems without rhyme or reasoning.
27.5.13
26.5.13
gay lite with half the calories
A few years back I got into it with a blogger for the Assemblies Of God church over the issue of gay Christians with the group Soulforce that were being booted off Christian school campuses. Out of the blue the blogger brought up a man's story who identified as an "ex-gay" and how he was "delivered" from homosexuality.
Now I've come across people like this before and at one time I was even a frequent poster at exgaywatch.com. I told the AoG blogger that if you look closely at the stories (like with the man he brought up) of these 'ex-gays,' you find a pattern of same-sex sexual abuse, forced same-sex prostitution and just horrible same-sex sexual experiences that led them to want to leave homosexuality. I questioned if many of these people were really even gay and by getting out of these damaging circumstances and getting over these traumas related to homosexuality, they went back to their true nature of heterosexuality (I don't see many heterosexual men and women running from being straight just because they've had bad opposite-sex experiences).
The big 3 who toot this "gays can change" line for the self loathing are Narth, considered the largest 'medical' organization touting the ex-gay myth with mental health quakes held over from the era when homosexuality was considered a mental disorder. Exodus International, the largest umbrella group for ex-gay ministries across the nation who's founder ran off with another man and renounced the organization and topping off the unholy ex-gay trinity is PFOX (a slap in the face to the friends and families gay affirming group PFLAG), a group with a persecution complex who's president is a mother who resents her son being gay so much, she makes it her life mission to tell other parents it's O.K. if you don't accept your child's homosexuality and still love Jesus.
If you follow the money trails with these organizations you'll find they are funded by rabid anti-gay conservative groups who parade these supposed ex-gays out in the public to say; "See?! You aren't born gay and here's the proof. Now dance like a monkey for us you ex-gay freaks so everyone can see you!"
Recently it was big news when Exodus International reversed it's stance on gays "changing" that sent a blow to the whole ex-gay circus that followed various scandals of ex-gay leadership who couldn't stay on the opposite-sex love bandwagon and ex-gay groups getting caught twisting scientific data for their own agenda. Even my favorite anti-gay theologian Robert Gagnon got in on the fray when he wrote that the president of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, step down (Gagnon's over the top piping made many realize what I've said all along, the man is unbalanced (read; Loopy) when it comes to the issue of homosexuality) that forced Exodus to give a public response.*
In a way I feel sorry for these rare birds called "ex-gays." To me they are the walking damaged who believe that for God to love them, they have to hate a part of themselves that can love another.
VICE
* Exodus International is now shuttered with their leaders either apologizing or running into the private sector without saying a word (Paulk is now a chef who makes his own béarnaise sauce from scratch) and that includes the Jewish equivalent of Exodus, JONAH, that the courts shut down.
Now I've come across people like this before and at one time I was even a frequent poster at exgaywatch.com. I told the AoG blogger that if you look closely at the stories (like with the man he brought up) of these 'ex-gays,' you find a pattern of same-sex sexual abuse, forced same-sex prostitution and just horrible same-sex sexual experiences that led them to want to leave homosexuality. I questioned if many of these people were really even gay and by getting out of these damaging circumstances and getting over these traumas related to homosexuality, they went back to their true nature of heterosexuality (I don't see many heterosexual men and women running from being straight just because they've had bad opposite-sex experiences).
The big 3 who toot this "gays can change" line for the self loathing are Narth, considered the largest 'medical' organization touting the ex-gay myth with mental health quakes held over from the era when homosexuality was considered a mental disorder. Exodus International, the largest umbrella group for ex-gay ministries across the nation who's founder ran off with another man and renounced the organization and topping off the unholy ex-gay trinity is PFOX (a slap in the face to the friends and families gay affirming group PFLAG), a group with a persecution complex who's president is a mother who resents her son being gay so much, she makes it her life mission to tell other parents it's O.K. if you don't accept your child's homosexuality and still love Jesus.
If you follow the money trails with these organizations you'll find they are funded by rabid anti-gay conservative groups who parade these supposed ex-gays out in the public to say; "See?! You aren't born gay and here's the proof. Now dance like a monkey for us you ex-gay freaks so everyone can see you!"
Recently it was big news when Exodus International reversed it's stance on gays "changing" that sent a blow to the whole ex-gay circus that followed various scandals of ex-gay leadership who couldn't stay on the opposite-sex love bandwagon and ex-gay groups getting caught twisting scientific data for their own agenda. Even my favorite anti-gay theologian Robert Gagnon got in on the fray when he wrote that the president of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, step down (Gagnon's over the top piping made many realize what I've said all along, the man is unbalanced (read; Loopy) when it comes to the issue of homosexuality) that forced Exodus to give a public response.*
In a way I feel sorry for these rare birds called "ex-gays." To me they are the walking damaged who believe that for God to love them, they have to hate a part of themselves that can love another.
VICE
Now that reparative therapy is finally seen for the horror it is since I first wrote this post way back in 2013, "ex-gays" are now changing their tune to; "GOD changed me, not a group that I joined to help me change." I also see they are becoming more strident with holding events and marches, but isn't that rubbing it in our faces? What anti-gays say gays do with Pride events and parades?
* Exodus International is now shuttered with their leaders either apologizing or running into the private sector without saying a word (Paulk is now a chef who makes his own béarnaise sauce from scratch) and that includes the Jewish equivalent of Exodus, JONAH, that the courts shut down.
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| Jeff couldn't pack his Dior luggage fast enough when he saw the "Ex-Gay Camp" counselors on the brochure |
17.5.13
Tutti Fruttuti
Italian Christians celebrate "Day Against Homophobia." Makes you wonder if French Christians, Belgium Christians etc, are celebrating the day hiding behind their sofas so you can't see them from the front window.
16.5.13
Post Mid-ern
“Well, while you were in the bathroom, I sat down at this picnic table here in Bumblefug, Kentucky, and noticed that someone had carved that GOD HATES FAG, which, aside from being a grammatical nightmare, is absolutely ridiculous. So I'm changing it to 'God Hates Baguettes.' It's tough to disagree with that. Everybody hates baguettes.”
-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
14.5.13
Cult of Lance Armstrong?
Sometimes I check to see where my blog traffic is coming from. One source comes from this blog that wants to spotlight the heresy of 'Armstrongism,' Whatever THAT is, but my question is how my blog ended up on their site along side blogs named "leave it lay where Jesus flang it" and "Whiskey Preacher?"
Think my blog name is too harsh? Some of my critics are in the habit of calling me "rotten queer" and leaving out the 'Christian' part. I like to think it's unintentional.
Enjoy some gospel for a wednesday morning.
Think my blog name is too harsh? Some of my critics are in the habit of calling me "rotten queer" and leaving out the 'Christian' part. I like to think it's unintentional.
Enjoy some gospel for a wednesday morning.
13.5.13
The Mark of the Taco Beast
Taco Bell is releasing these, I think Leviticus calls these an abomination...somewhere. A few years ago Del Taco released it's own un-holy horror when they did a campaign for their new mole tacos. Now me loves me some mole, but out of all the ad ideas shown to Del Taco corporate, they go with the brilliant idea of picturing their taco kicking me in the mouth. I don't know about you, but I try not to associate bad Mexican food with my teeth being kicked in.
5.5.13
Mia Alluim
Any guy worth his garlic salt should be able to make at least one good thing in the kitchen and mine is garlic cheese bread, the king of all pungent breads. The best you can buy (they ship it all over the globe) comes from the "Smoke House" steakhouse restaurant (What's floating around the net claiming to be the recipe from the restaurant is fake). The "Stinking Rose" is a garlic-centered restaurant that has a garlicky oil concoction on every table you smear on the warm bread they bring to your table (you can smell the stuff 3 blocks from the place) that can kick the butt of wasabi in strength. I'm waiting for garlic to take the place of bacon fervor in the hearts of America like it did in mine...but I'm not holding my breath.
Ingredients:
1 loaf French bread
1/2 cup butter room temp
1 cup shredded aged white cheddar or any good strong cheese (I use a double-cream feta I get at a local Armenian store).
1/2 cup shredded asiago cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 green onions -- chopped
1/4 cup shallots -- chopped
1 garlic clove-- pureed
*optional* One cheese powder packet from a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (rumored to be the secret ingredient in "The Smoke House" garlic bread).
Directions:
Split bread loaf into halves. Mix butter, cheeses, mayonnaise, green onions, shallots, garlic, cheese powder and in a bowl blend well. Spread the cut side of bread with spread. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes, then place under broiler til toasty.
Ingredients:
1 loaf French bread
1/2 cup butter room temp
1 cup shredded aged white cheddar or any good strong cheese (I use a double-cream feta I get at a local Armenian store).
1/2 cup shredded asiago cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 green onions -- chopped
1/4 cup shallots -- chopped
1 garlic clove-- pureed
*optional* One cheese powder packet from a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (rumored to be the secret ingredient in "The Smoke House" garlic bread).
Directions:
Split bread loaf into halves. Mix butter, cheeses, mayonnaise, green onions, shallots, garlic, cheese powder and in a bowl blend well. Spread the cut side of bread with spread. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes, then place under broiler til toasty.
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