Posted by Bob - the Alien on June 01, 2002 at 00:57:20:
In Reply to: the Campolos on homosexuality posted by giveawayboy on May 29, 2002 at 07:45:14:
: For those of you who might be interested here is a little excerpt from a talk given by Tony Campolo and his wife Peggy who have differing views on homosexuality. I thought it timely in light of Clover's questions. Hope you all enjoy it. I did.
: Bill
I finally got around to reading this. I won't comment directly on the issues because I think I have made my stance clear in previous posts.
However, I noticed an interesting assumption within Tony Campolo's comments about which I would be interested to hear people's thoughts -- He states that his belief system is driven by scripture. Then he states that there are two kinds of scripture, and the 'kosher rules' within scripture were dropped when Jesus came around. So he only follows the other scriptures.
Does anyone else see the dichotomy here? He follows scripture, unless an accepted spiritual leader says its not valid anymore? By that logic, scripture is secondary to invididual thought, (even if you limit it to the individual thought of spiritual leaders). When you take that to the next logical level, scripture should be analyzed and evaluated for its 'appropriateness' in today's society (again, even if only by accepted spiritual leaders). But he claims that is exactly what he does not believe.
I could argue it either way, honestly. And I know exactly where my own beliefs fall. But I'm mostly curious to hear what other people's take on the matter is.
With Love,
Bob