Wednesday, September 21, 2005

I did not know this:
    Ezekiel 16:48-52

    48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done. 49 'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
I've been hearing the Christians recite the tale of Sodom since before I was entirely clear on the difference between Jesus and Santa. I always was skeptical of the theory that an all-loving God would murder a city because boys kissed boys and girls kissed girls. I knew from the start that I wasn't going to like any organization, religious or otherwise, that was so clearly mired in playground cootie theories. But what I didn't know was that God himself told the Christians exactly why He nuked Sodom...and it had nothing to do with the fags. God was pissed because the Sodomites were being snooty, pudgy, uncharitable jackarses, and I have to say I agree with Him that those are all very good reasons to murder a city's worth of people. Much better reasons than boy-touching or girl-snogging.

As disappointed as the Christian homophobes must be, I think this revelation hits me even harder. After all, I've been showing Christians the troublesome vagueries of the story of Sodom for some years now, and I've often enjoyed asking them why gay sex between consenting adults is more sinful than drunken incest with one's minor children, yet somehow I completely missed the mark on this one. I feel like the Bible totally chumped me. It got the drop on me by including this clear, straight-forward, non-metaphor-choked passage with God's specific reasoning in His own words.

posted by Offonoff @ 7:25 PM   1 comments

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At 8:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh I could have told you that. In fact I was thinking of S&G when I read this

Last update: September 16, 2005 at 9:22 PM
A symbol for the ultimate act of a bad neighbor
Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times
September 17, 2005 BLOCK0917


GRETNA, LA. -- Little more than a week after this mostly white suburb became a symbol of callousness for using armed officers to seal one of the last escape routes from New Orleans -- trapping thousands of mostly black evacuees in the flooded city -- the Gretna City Council passed a resolution supporting the police chief's move.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/125/5619694.html

On not strictly related business,

Recruits Sought for Porn Squad

By Barton Gellman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Page A21

The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on Porn. And it's looking for a few good agents.

Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. [. . .]

The new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against "manufacturers and purveyors" of pornography -- not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults.

"I guess this means we've won the war on terror," said one exasperated FBI agent, speaking on the condition of anonymity because poking fun at headquarters is not regarded as career-enhancing. "We must not need any more resources for espionage."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901570.html

 

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