Our Mutual Joy

This is something I've been meaning to do for quite sometime, but am finally taking some initiative. My intentions for this blog page is simply to voice my humble opinion about current issues. I feel that common sense is far too often overlooked and I try to point out what I feel is common sense. So, anyway, take it for what it's worth, with a grain of salt.


While I was sitting in the Jiffy Lube lobby waiting for my oil change, I picked up a Newsweek magazine and couldn't resist reading the cover story about a gay couple fighting for custody rights for their, invitrio conceived daughter. The editor started off by telling her readers why the decision as to whether gay marriage should be allowed or not should not be based off of biblical teachings. In the introduction, she wrote,

“Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who slept with his servant when
he discovered his beloved wife Sarah was infertile? Or to Jacob, who fathered
children with four different women (two sisters and their servants)? Abraham,
Jacob, David, Solomon and the kings of Judah and Israel—all these fathers and
heroes were polygamists. The New Testament model of marriage is hardly better.
Jesus himself was single and preached an indifference to earthly
attachments—especially family. The apostle Paul (also single) regarded marriage
as an act of last resort for those unable to contain their animal lust. "It is
better to marry than to burn with passion," says the apostle, in one of the most
lukewarm endorsements of a treasured institution ever uttered.”

This argument about what the bible says or doesn’t say, is exactly why no one can interpret the Bible sufficiently! No team for that matter can truly state what the author’s intentions were when they said this or that. Paul said, “it’s better to marry than to burn with passion,” … Paul also said that women should be quiet in their meetings, and to not “usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” This article only reinforced in my mind the importance of revelation. Who better to turn to, than to Who originally inspired the writers of the message.



http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTU5MjZmMDIyMDU3NjRiMjBlNjcxYTlmOGQ2ODA5NjA=

http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653/output/comments