A gay activist butchers the Bible

A gay activist butchers the Bible [Excerpts]

Ross Murray's article on CNN's Religion Blog, entitled "My Take: Why Christians are embracing their LGBT neighbors," is the most recent in a steady stream of editorials and articles on liberal news outlets devoted to promoting a common theme: The Bible really doesn't speak against homosexual practice and enlightened Christians are recognizing this in ever increasing numbers.

Murray observes that, "Whole Christian denominations have accepted and embraced the reality of LGBT believers within their ranks and in their leadership. Lutherans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, the United Church of Christ and Unitarians have formally accepted LGBT people within their denominations."
 
What he fails to note is that these denominations (or the parts thereof that are gay-affirming) have also moved away from other historic biblical values and beliefs, meaning that their embrace of homosexuality should be seen as a sign of spiritual regress rather than progress.
 
In similar fashion, he points to the large ideological gap "between those ages 18 to 29 and those ages 65 and older ... with younger Americans gravitating toward [LGBT] equality," without pointing out that surveys indicate that less than one percent of these young people have a biblical worldview.
 
But all this is standard fare. It is his closing (mis)use of scripture that is so troubling.
 
He writes: "Those who oppose equality can call it what they like, but the reality is that we are living in a society that has learned how to value LGBT people as they would others. That attitude doesn't rely on fear or lies, but on caring relationships and trust. It lives out the apostle Paul's wish for the Corinthians that someday we will know fully, even as we are fully known. It is a biblically informed reality that is helping to make the world a better place."

What does Murray mean when he speaks of "the apostle Paul's wish for the Corinthians"? He is referring to 1 Corinthians:13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
See All..., which is not a "wish" but rather a prophetic anticipation of what will happen when Jesus returns. At that time, Paul writes, "I shall know fully, even as I am fully known [by God]," in contrast with our present, earthly state, in which "we see in a mirror dimly" and "know in part."
 
So, the glorious hope that we will know God fully at the second coming of Christ is twisted into a wish that we will get to know LGBT people better, thereby making the apostle Paul, arguably the strongest voice in the Bible against homosexual practice, into a gay advocate.
 
This is what happens when GLAAD does theology. Would it be an overstatement to call this a perversion of the Scriptures?

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