Revelation (literally!)

quick bit about almost any biblical passage

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Christianity
• bible
• gay
• marriage
• homosexuality
• homophobia
• matthew
• chilelli
• funny
• jon
• stewart
• god

[kaylagayyla]

"revised new testament"

as far as I'm concerned...he is indeed reading from the new testament...

[scottish1977]

Actually you will find that it IS like chinese whispers!!!

Afterall, how can you guarantee that what you have actually read in you 'revised' version of the bible is what was exactly 'written' those many moons ago!!!

You have to take the word from someone else that this is what it states!!!

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 Thanks! I can use all the extra prayers you're willing to give me.

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 This is a silly thing to say (but I have to eat dinner): I suppose when you and I die, we'll figure out who is right and who is wrong. When it comes to religion, there is very little to be done in terms of arriving at absolute truths. I'm pretty confident that if I'm a generally good person, and I leave this world better than how I found it, I'll be accepted into whatever afterlife there might be.

And if religion is just made up, well, at least I'll have had a positive impact.

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 I'm only following the tangents you're starting. You mentioned celibacy.

And dogma does change. John Paul II included slavery among matters that are ''intrinsically evil'' -- prohibited ''always and forever'' and ''without any exception'' -- a violation of a universal, immutable norm. Yet slavery in some form was accepted as a fact of life in both Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, in much Christian theology and in Catholic teaching well into the 19th century.

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 There are Catholic priests are are married TODAY. The Church grants exemptions to this rule more often than you might think. So popular opinion has no effect on Religion.  What causes religious tenets to change?

Also, you'll notice how none of my posts start with "YOU missed the point." I'm terribly sorry that I failed to connect the dots between a thing you mentioned and a thing you didn't mention.

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 Actually, Priests used to be allowed to marry. This is a great example of something that HAS changed over time.

for example, Pope John XV was the son of Leo, a Catholic priest.

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 You are not answering my question. If your church changes its mind - as it has done in the past - will you leave it?

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 I'd love for you to answer my question: if the Catholic Church accepts gay people, will you leave it?

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 More than 40% of Catholics have no problem with Gay Marriage. When that number grows, if the Catholic church accepts gay people, will you leave it?

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 Well, I wouldn't use the word "accuse," but yes, I guess I would say I believe you don't really understand where I'm coming from. Yet you honestly think you have me figured out.

I guess I'm willing to admit I don't quite understand your "if you don't like it, just leave" mentality. Why would I leave something (Catholicism) that I've come to love so much?

[machelli]

@schmidtm1010 What does that have to do with the video?