tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28290082.post4119138725299324266..comments2015-12-03T05:55:54.838-06:00Comments on The Warp and the Weft: Vox Populi, Vox Dei?choral_composerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273062476384355748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28290082.post-58213344766738026092008-11-07T12:13:00.000-06:002008-11-07T12:13:00.000-06:00I agree with you that everyone needs a Constitutio...I agree with you that everyone needs a Constitution to protect them. The weak need a Constitution to protect them from being oppressed by the Strong, and the Strong need a Constitution to limit them from abusing their power.<BR/>I would love to see a world where catagories of 'Majority' and 'Minority' no longer exist, but my fear is that it cannot happen. Human nature forms itself into groups of Insiders and Outsiders, those who think/look/believe/act the same as me, and those 'other' people. You even see it on the playground at Kindergarten - or maybe I'm just feeling cynical this morning.<BR/><BR/>With regard to the Homosexuality and Scripture issue, unfortunately it's a bit more complex than just throwing out the Levitical Law along with the rules about not eating Pork and Shellfish. There are new testament passages that mention homosexuality too, but unfortunately scholars cannot agree exactly how to interpret them. The problems go all the back to the original Greek Text even. Paul uses a word (and possibly even is the inventor of it) that occurs aproximately 3 times in Ancient Literature, and people are not certain what he meant.<BR/><BR/>That's why I framed the Gay Marriage issue in terms of social justice. What happened in CA seems to me a clear violation of the 'Loving thy Neighbor as thyself'.choral_composerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273062476384355748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28290082.post-3230078064193506432008-11-07T10:02:00.000-06:002008-11-07T10:02:00.000-06:00No, everyone needs a Constitution to protect them....No, everyone needs a Constitution to protect them. Only when we move beyond concepts like "minority" and "majority" can we progress as a society. When we truly have "justice for all" and not just some, then we'll have seen some real change.<BR/><BR/>My take on this issue has been the same for quite some time now. The same section of the purity laws that are quoted as being the prohibition against homosexuality include a prohibition against eating pork. The people who throw that one Levitican law around so easily, often seem to enjoy their ham sandwich quite a lot.<BR/>I prefer the New Testament law;"Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul and mind" and "Love thy neighbor as thyself". Everything else pales in comparison to that, I think. And, all right action flows from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com