Save us from HypocrisyEDITORIAL
During Christmas last year TV4 reported that more and more help is being sought from the Salvation Army in Uppsala. Therefore it’s hard to imagine that taking place this spring the Uppsala Politicians want to suspend contributions to the organization. However subsequent to the Cold Facts’ story where the focus has been on one sole issue, namely the army’s ‘supposed’ attitude towards homosexuality, that is exactly what happened.
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The Salvation Army is a Christian organization. Their view of sexuality is based on a biblical interpretation that claims that sex is something that should occur only within marriage between a man and a woman. That is not news. Cold Facts could just as well have been asking whether it's OK to be Salvation Army soldier and live promiscuously. The answer would also fall under the same topic and the answer would be no…
The main concern is the care of our fellow man, also based on a Biblical interpretation.
Marcus Smith
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1 comment:
Whilst I agree that the way in which Cold Facts conducted themselves is despicable, reprehensible etc., I think there is a point that we are all missing.
Yes, it is right that TSA position on homosexuality is not 'news'. But what is not realised is that the very interpretation that homosexuality is a sin causes such incredible destruction, leading to all manor of violence, and torture, and murder. Christ said 'You shall know them by their fruit'. If this causes such destruction, then how can it be from God? Would we call a coloured person a sinner because their skin is black? And that they cannot be saved and experience the Love of God as long as they have black skin? Yet at one point, that is what the church believed. They believed the Bible taught it. But eventually, interpretation changed. Would we say that women are inferior to men and unable to experience salvation on their own apart from either their father or husband - and if they were disowned from their father and did not have a husband, then as long as they remained a women, they were outside of the love of God? Yet at one time, that is what the church believed. Interpretation has changed.
The same applies in this instance. No matter how loving we claim to be. The very act of voicing that interpretation of scripture causes such destruction, violence, torture, and even murder. We cannot be ostriches and hide our heads in the sand and pretend it isn't so. Too many people are dying for us to do that in good conscience. We must take a stand and put a stop to this violence - and the only way we can do that is to change our theology and interpretation of scripture. Any other way, we are only contributing to it - no matter how much we would like to think we aren't.
Just something to think about.
Yours in Christ,
Graeme Randall
Former Australian East.
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