Grip Docility
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These questions deserve serious answers, but I’m not sure it’s worth doing it at the tail end of a discussion with few participants left. Furthermore, I can’t give a detailed answer without violating the rules.
On the first question, I have some concerns, of at least two types.
First, most younger Christians accept homosexuality. Why? Have they thought carefully about Paul’s statements and adopted a new exegesis? How about Catholics? The impression I get from postings here is that they have not. You get moderately vague statements that the Bible and/or church tradition are out of date. But if our primary authorities are out of date, how do we make decisions?
I think there are answers to this, but I’m worried that people aren’t doing the necessary analysis, and that this failure could show up in how we approach other questions. I can’t actually present an analysis here.
Second, if old standards don’t apply in certain areas, we need new ones. I don’t think all gay sex is OK. Indeed I doubt that even a majority is. (The same is true of heterosexual sex, of course.) Because people of most of our churches are proceeding without guidance, the Church as a whole has barely even started looking at this question. The effort has started among the Catholic and mainline communities, but has neither wide participation nor wide acceptance.
Indeed! We are neither called to "CONDONE", nor "CONDEMN". Christ armed His Body for success of Gospel mission. The issue arises when people want to do the job of the Holy Spirit... (Conviction).
We are called to Love and Forgive. God is Almighty enough to handle the rest in His Will, Way and Time.
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