Franklin Graham just can't stand it

[theHandpuppet]

Boy, that last paragraph is truly inspired.

Graham: "True Followers of Jesus...Cannot Endorse Same-sex Marriage"
May 19, 2014 at 4:00 pm

Rev. Franklin Graham, son of world-famous evangelist Billy Graham, said that “true followers” of Jesus “cannot endorse same-sex marriage,” regardless of what others, including President Obama, the media, or the Supreme Court say about the issue.

Graham said marriage cannot be redefined because marriage was "settled by God himself" and "is not subject to man-made revisions or modifications."...

... The nature of marriage as the union between one man and one woman is "biblical truth," Graham wrote, and he was disappointed in World Vision U.S.'s recent decision to endorse same-sex marriage and "depart...from the clarity of God's word" by announcing their employment of "gay Christians in legal same-sex marriages," which Graham called a "great compromise on a basic truth of Scripture."...

... Compromise is dangerous territory for the Christian—mixing a little truth with a lot of error, wavering between right and wrong. Jesus said, “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth … therefore, repent” (Revelation 3:15, 19). I pray that the church will return to its calling to stand on God’s principles, not wavering, but steadfast, discerning the evil times in which we live. Charles Spurgeon once said, “Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”

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[GeorgeGist]

1. Jesus was gay.

Get over it.

[nomorenomore08]

5. Very possibly - it was quite unusual, for a Hebrew man, not to marry at the time.

And if he was straight, then he and Mary Magdalene were very likely lovers. Either way, I doubt he was as "pure" as the average fundy-type Christian would like to believe.

And this is assuming the "historical" Jesus ever existed, which is by no means a sure thing.

[Warpy]

2. Franklin adores Revelations and has little use for the rest of that book

His whole shtik is extorting money from both rich and poor, promising them that they can buy their way out of hell.

[theHandpuppet]

3. I'm convinced John of Patmos had to be under the influence of some serious chemicals...

... when he wrote the book of Revelations.

[nomorenomore08]

6. Moldy bread (ergot poisoning) is a definite possibility. Many religious "visions" (hallucinations)

have been attributed to that phenomenon.

[theHandpuppet]

7. I'd heard of ergot poisoning several years ago on some history program

Pretty fascinating. It seems it was actually fairly common, given the lack of preservation techniques at the time. I also remember another history program where it was speculated that the Oracle of Delphi operated under the influence of hallucinogenic vapors rising from faults beneath the temple.

[Warpy]

8. Ergotism was more common in cooler climates

but they never shied away from any sort of psychoactive substances, washed down with copious quantities of wine and beer.

The ancients lived their lives plastered at the very least and high on mixtures of opium, cannabis, and whatever else they could find if they were either holy men or wealthy enough to afford it.

[xfundy]

4. So God's a spitter, not a swallower. Good to know.