Florida college cancels concert because singer openly lives a "lifestyle that contradicts scripture"

[DukeTrout]

[It was a rhetorical question.]

[Steve_L]

@anon81034786

Anyone who’s had sex outside of marriage, works on the Sabbath or wears clothes made from more than one fiber are technically ‘contradicting scripture’.

Of course there’s an exemption to the “works on the Sabbath” for college football players, right? Can’t interfere with the most important part of college, right? [I would say /s but there are way too many people who would agree with football or sports in general being the most important part of college.]

[FloridaManJefe]

but… but… those ball players kneel in the endzone and point to the sky (heaven?) so that is worship not work. and besides, it’s only a game so doesn’t even count as work!
(obvious /s is obvious)

[SpunkyTWS]

No offense intended but if you’re saying Christians are monolithic and completely consistent in their beliefs then you’re the one with no idea what you’re talking about.

[anon81034786]

@Steve_L

Of course there’s an exemption to the “works on the Sabbath” for college football players, right?

Shit…determining which day - Saturday or Sunday- is the true Sabbath is not even that simple.

I guess that’s why it’s acceptable in the Holy Church of Football to play high school on Fridays after sundown, college ball on Saturday and Sunday for the pros.

[the_borderer]

@anon81034786

If they’re even TRYING to be internally consistent by excluding the Leviticus rules or the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis, there’s really only a handful of mistranslated verses in the New Testament such as Romans 1:18-27 or 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 they can point to justify their homophobia.

There are also other mistranslations. Saris adam is translated as eunuch, but is more accurately translated as person who is assigned male at birth and becomes female through human intervention. Does that sound familiar?

In case anyone thinks I am reading too much into this:

Galli

Enaree

[euansmith]

I’m a lapsed Catholic, but I am fairly monolithic; sort of Menhir Shaped.

[Brainspore]

@dustindopps

people who use “mixed fabrics” or “shellfish” to argue with Christians don’t actually know what they are talking about. Those prohibitions come from the Old Testament and were rules for the Israelites/Jews - they don’t apply to Christians.

I’m gonna call bullshit on that claim because those Christians are happy to cite the Book of Leviticus when they’re looking for a biblical basis for condemning homosexuality. Jesus never said a thing about same-sex relationships.

[anon33932455]

Look. Some people push the covers over towards their co-sleeper just to make it seem like that person stole the covers. And I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.

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[gracchus]

@dustindopps

Orthodox Jews don’t believe/follow the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament

No Jews follow the New Testament because they don’t recognise Jesus Christ as the messiah.

[and no, “Jews for Jesus” are no more Jews than Andy Ngo is an “impartial journalist” when it comes to covering fascists and white supremacists.]

[Mindysan33]

@dustindopps

Those prohibitions come from the Old Testament and were rules for the Israelites/Jews - they don’t apply to Christians.

No offense intended… but so do all the shit that they claim tells them to hate on the gays… Jesus doesn’t have ANYTHING to say about homosexuality (or gender or abortion, or violently separating children from their parents, etc). Anything that might hint at that is in the old testament.

Like it or not, Christians use BOTH books of the bible.

@catsidhe

but people who rules lawyer like that in the face of this sort of systemic entrenched bigotry aren’t helping.

[Mindysan33]

@Tamsin_Bailey

Stryper

I have heard them…

[anon76551318]

@Mindysan33

There actually IS a Christian version of Black metal…

This is a wonderful thing about modern evangelicals. When the Christian rock thing was growing a few decades ago I listened to a bunch of it out of curiosity. It cracked me up that the music was basically the same as mainstream rock with edits made to the lyrics so they wouldn’t appear satanic or indecent. So in a dime-a-dozen love song the Christian rocker boy sticks in a few references to God so everyone knows “you” describes not his lust for some girl but his pure non-erotic love for the Big G. Christian metal takes that a step further. The same roaring, angry tone but with God standing in for Satan. It’s laughable.

It’s typical of modern evangelicals’ use of reverse-engineering to circumvent restrictions against stuff they really want to do. Start with a desired behavior, rephrase or redefine the offensive parts, and carry on with the forbidden behavior secure in the knowledge that God will wink His mighty eye. It makes it so much easier to share in the fun.

[Mindysan33]

@anon76551318

This is a wonderful thing about modern evangelicals.

If I want to listen to Christian music, I’ll seek out the many wonderful genres of music that already exist - gospel, classical, etc. Praise music is really fucking awful music. Like all the bad of overly commercial pop, but with a message about Jesus shoved in there… At least Amy Grant had some talent… throwing in “edgy genres” doesn’t really help…

There are plenty of Christians who make great music, but don’t push it down your throat… Low and Belle and Sebastian are two great examples of groups that are explicitly Christian, but manage to not make it utterly cringe. Shoe-horning Jesus into black metal is totally cringe (as the kids say)…

Also… obligatory:

[HansL]

It must be a sad, sad existence to live a life filled with so much bigotry

[L0ki]

@Me-No-English

You don’t get professional scribes until much later.

Wut?

[iknownuurthing]

@Tamsin_Bailey

You put together one anthology of local authors and then this happens…

@Tamsin_Bailey

Black Metal Badgers

@Tamsin_Bailey

There’s also Stryper but google them at your own risk.

Thanks for making my morning!

[Tamsin_Bailey]

You’re welcome.