So the Pope is saying that the equality bill defies 'natural law' that may be his belief but it is also an oxymoron.
Natural law, think about it, what does that mean? Look at the book of Genesis to see what natural law actually means in the bible. There is lying, fratricide, stealing, cheating on wives etc. it gets so bad that at one point God wipes out mankind bar one man, his three sons and their wives in a flood.
You see natural law in the bible teaches that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" now that may be something that the Pope has forgotten. Being elevated to the level of the 'infallible' while still a mortal may do that to someone. You see there is no thing as natural law, even the church teaches natural lawlessness, if it didn't it would be out of business. So that attack stems from an oxymoron.
Somehow this country can ban religious extremists from entering this country if they want to, but the Pope is unique in that he also is a Head of State, therefore he get lavished with a £20m of taxpayers money to come and visit his flock. He can hold views that are contrary to the law of the land and expunge them from a platform in front of thousands and yet we the taxpayer will be helping to pay for him.
He claims to have the same God that I do. One that says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. One who accepts me for who I am, yes all of me. There is no oxymoron in the fact that Christians are sinners saved by grace only in the fact that the Church can try and defy nature by placing laws on it which do not exist.
UPDATE: There now is a Downing Street Petition calling on the Government to distance itself from the Pope's comments.
What I think you are saying is that every single person on the earth, whatever age, gender, colour, sexual orientation, naturally deviates from being infallible and perfect. Therefore the Pope is wrong to say that the equality legislation, which would give LGBT people the same rights as anyone else to take non clerical appointment in the Catholic Church (and everywhere else), violates natural law.
ReplyDeleteI think that if your posting were read by someone who thinks that being gay is a sin, it would show them, it would show them that discrimination against gay people is wrong. Your understanding of the theology is very helpful.