I have been following the twitter updates from the presbytery meeting at San Francisco Presbytery #sfpby for the past three to four hours.
The San Francisco Presbytery is voting on ordaining Lisa Larges (an openly lesbian woman who is the executive director for That All May Freely Serve. TAMFS' sole mission is "the ordination of qualified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender candidates in the Presbyterian Church (USA)."
It's been amazing to hear the chatter on twitter. I am not sure if I heard a single evangelical twitter-er all night. Everyone tweeting seemed to be favoring the ordination of Lisa Larges. As I write this blog, they are still debating the issue and have not voted on Lisa Larges.
I had to stop watching the tweets and write this blog because of one of the tweets I read.
A tweeter wrote who favors ordination of homosexuals wrote, "Again with the biblical authority questions...I want to hear about something else!"
That pretty much sums up the problem with the debate. For those who advocate for ordination it really is about something else. Because it can't be about Biblical authority because the Bible is crystal clear about human sexuality and morality. The church has been clear on this for the last two millenia. But now, this is where the debate has come - it is no longer about what the Bible says.
How else are Christians to dialogue about life issues other than through the lens of scripture? What other authority is there for Christians than the word of God as recorded in the Bible?
Wow! I don't know what to say to "Again with the biblical authority questions...I want to hear about something else!"
I'm going to go pray.
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1 comment:
I watched the twitter feed for an hour or so - over the two votes - and didn't comment (as an evangelically-inclined person) because it did not seem to be a community of twitterers that would welcome a comment that was contrary to theirs. I too was caught up short by the tweet about wanting to move on to something else. In fact, I sent that tweet around to some of my friends because it seems to cut to the quick of the problem. Thanks for reflecting on it.
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