‘Dead wrong about the Bible':Portland pastor annihilates Christians who use religion to push bigotry

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/dead-wrong-about-the-bible-portland-pastor-annihilates-christians-who-use-religion-to-push-bigotry/

JOAN SHIPPS
30 JUN 2015 AT 11:32 ET


Adam Phillips (screenshot/YouTube)

In a commentary for the Huffington Post, an Oregon minister makes a biblical case for gay marriage — and scolds politicians who campaign on homophobia.

“With its historic ruling on Marriage Equality Friday,” writes Adam Phillips, pastor at Christ Church: Portland, “the U.S. Supreme Court finally caught up to the movement of the Holy Spirit. That’s right. I said it.”

“I am an evangelical Christian pastor (and proud of it),” Phillips continues, “and I believe that the freedom bell of love and justice just pealed a little louder and the arc of history is bent a little closer to justice.”

Phillips specifically calls out Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, Christian presidential candidates who vocally oppose marriage rights for couples of the same gender.

“They’re dead wrong about the Bible and about their commitment to Marriage Exclusion,” Phillips argues. “Too often, religious conservatives will claim that marriage equality not only redefines holy matrimony, but is against biblical marriage. But the Bible has curiously malleable, sometimes contradictory, dramatically heterodox definitions of marriage.”

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[trotsky]

1. That's nice his beliefs are tolerant and inclusive.

But history is pretty clear that religious disputes aren't really solved by one group of believers telling another group they're wrong. Plus, since Christianity is a revealed religion, no one can say with any actual certainty what it is or isn't. The Christian god could appear to anyone at any time and change it.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. All interpretations of gibberish are equally valid. nt.

[skepticscott]

3. That's simply his opinion

As you would say, if you disagreed with him. He has no more idea what "god" actually thinks or wants than the people he's ripping on.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. Well that's one more.

Only a couple hundred million to go.