"I want to repent of what I wrote before," he said, referring to his 1996 book that denounced homosexuality. Christopher Hays also says he is proud of his father for acting as a model. "
“Where I now stand on the question is that Scripture, read as narrative, offers a vision of a God who is dynamic and personal, and can constantly surprise us by reshaping what we thought we knew as settled matters.”
what a meaningless word salad. God didn’t write a new book - you did. you redefined your personal beliefs, probably based on empathy found in the real world, and you’re now retconning your God to fit. It’s almost like your Bible actually means jack shit. fucking religion man.
You need to let people change their mind. You want it to be easy for Christians to say “I was wrong”. By attacking them for doing so you raise a barrier to change.
His “word salad” means something to other Christians. If it helps them to also change their minds then that’s great! He’s likely to be far more effective at it than atheists yelling “your bible means Jack shit”.
I’m not criticizing the man, I’m criticizing religion. if you can unilaterally change your moral values, what is the point? That’s exactly how the rest of the secular world works.
and i’m not really concerned with changing conservative christian minds here in the comments section of lemmy. if christians get a little butthurt from reading my comment, so be it.
what a meaningless word salad. God didn’t write a new book - you did. you redefined your personal beliefs, probably based on empathy found in the real world, and you’re now retconning your God to fit. It’s almost like your Bible actually means jack shit. fucking religion man.
He apologized for what he wrote.
You need to let people change their mind. You want it to be easy for Christians to say “I was wrong”. By attacking them for doing so you raise a barrier to change.
His “word salad” means something to other Christians. If it helps them to also change their minds then that’s great! He’s likely to be far more effective at it than atheists yelling “your bible means Jack shit”.
I’m not criticizing the man, I’m criticizing religion. if you can unilaterally change your moral values, what is the point? That’s exactly how the rest of the secular world works.
and i’m not really concerned with changing conservative christian minds here in the comments section of lemmy. if christians get a little butthurt from reading my comment, so be it.