Moby’s blog is always a fun read. You never know what you’ll find. Some stuff I agree with, some I disagree with (especially his gripes against Mike Huckabee :-))
Anyways, here’s some of his recent thoughts from SXSW in Austin re: an Oklahoma State Rep:
hi, i’m here in austin and enjoying the fact that it’s warm and i’m also checking the news and lo and behold i find this little gem:
AP – OKLAHOMA CITY – A Republican member of the Oklahoma Legislature, Rep. Sally Kern, stated recently that “the homosexual agenda is just destroying this nation” and poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism or Islam.
“According to God’s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle,” Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma City said during an appearance before a group of Republicans.
Kern says in the recorded comments. “It is not a lifestyle that is good for this nation.”
ok, where to begin…
how about this simple question: what did jesus(presumably sally kern’s god)say about homosexuality? let’s see…nothing? yup, nothing. dear sally kern: jesus never mentioned homosexuality. allow me to put it a different way, perhaps in question form…how many times did jesus mention homosexuality? oh(to be conversational), none? yup none. never. not once. zero. he did mention divorce(saying it was bad), and capitalism(ditto: bad), and judgementalism and intolerance(again: bad), and forgiveness(good). but homosexuality? never mentioned by jesus in the gospels. so why are the religious right in the u.s so utterly obsessed with homosexuality? and how is the homosexual agenda(whatever that might be)destroying the nation? i mean, if evangelicals call themselves christians shouldn’t they sort of base their evangelical agenda on the things that christ actually said?
ok, back to sxsw in sunny austin.
moby
From email:
How many times did Jesus mention human cloning or embryonic stem cell research? None. Yup, thought so. How many times did Jesus speak against chimeras and medical experimentation? How many times did Jesus speak against transgenderism? Bingo. None again.
On the other hand…
How many times did Jesus quote from the Old Testament and thereby affirm the authority of the scriptures — scriptures from which we can draw principles that apply to such things? Uhh. Often.
Dig deeper and you will find that the Bible speaks to these issues. You’ll also find that Jesus affirmed the authority of the Bible.
We need to dig deeper and not be content only with things that can be captured in soundbites. .
From email:
How many times did Jesus mention human cloning or embryonic stem cell research? None. Yup, thought so. How many times did Jesus speak against chimeras and medical experimentation? How many times did Jesus speak against transgenderism? Bingo. None again.
On the other hand…
How many times did Jesus quote from the Old Testament and thereby affirm the authority of the scriptures — scriptures from which we can draw principles that apply to such things? Uhh. Often.
Dig deeper and you will find that the Bible speaks to these issues. You’ll also find that Jesus affirmed the authority of the Bible.
We need to dig deeper and not be content only with things that can be captured in soundbites. .
I too used to read Moby’s blog often and enjoyed it. However, Jesus was speaking about the money changers in relation to doing business in the temple (a sacred place), not them doing business in and of itself.
Since he was a carpenter and presumably would have been paid for that in some form, it doesn’t seem that he was against capitalism. Moby is wrong on this point.
I too used to read Moby’s blog often and enjoyed it. However, Jesus was speaking about the money changers in relation to doing business in the temple (a sacred place), not them doing business in and of itself.
Since he was a carpenter and presumably would have been paid for that in some form, it doesn’t seem that he was against capitalism. Moby is wrong on this point.
not really sure where you getting the topic of the money changers from.
not really sure where you getting the topic of the money changers from.