Force Majeure - Act or Will of God
This story has surfaced this week in Christian doctrine. People must reflect that Christianity as all religions - and there are many - are faith upon belief in something which may or may not be a truism.
We have all heard of the term "Force Majeure" - act or will of God and we use it when there is a catastrophe that cannot be explained logically or by reason.
My view of people who are gay/lesbian is that they are loved by their mothers always and also by their fathers. It is a societal construct that causes them to be seen as in some way afflicted.
However, on the issue of afflication - so are all disabled people - are they also Force Majeure. If there is a common denominator here, then gay/lesbian should come within the boundaries of "disabled people" who are not subjected to societal constructs to the same degree of what I would call "nonsense".
Be this religious or political it is not acceptable that a Church of Christianity would abuse human rights and "Freedom of Expression" especially and place a ban on their own congregation.
In fact I can see where this could go ... to the courts via litigation and as the Queen is head of the Church of Scotland, a call would be made on her "Divine Rights" ...
The Scotsman 26/05/09 Article by Craig Brown
Perhaps it is just as simple as some people are to chose not to reproduce (why does that make them less of a Christian in "belief" or "faith") - the act or will of God "hypothetically" can cause people not to procreate as it can to procreate - the Theologians can have the debate ... I doubt that the act or will of God was to create an "injustice" which in this case falls on both sides of the debate - the Church congregation and the Gay Minister by gagging freedom of speech. What is important is that if gay/lesbian is seen as a disability then they can be socially inclusive in societal construct and act in accordance with whatsoever nature intended - it does not mean they are not inherently good people if they choose to be so.
Statistically, please note : 1 in 4 experience mental health disability in Scotland, and 2 in 5 of all categories of disabled people do not have knowledge of how to use the internet or even a computer in the UK (Office of Disability Issues - recent report out) as well as issues of open stigma and discrimination - if you would not exclude disabled people from Christian worship - why would you exclude Gay / Lesbian. The point being made here is that DISABILITY is not always OBVIOUS - but bias and prejudice, stigma and discrimination IS! It is time the world moved on with this topic and focused on the real and really important issues in the real world and the religious world of "belief" and "faith".
We have all heard of the term "Force Majeure" - act or will of God and we use it when there is a catastrophe that cannot be explained logically or by reason.
My view of people who are gay/lesbian is that they are loved by their mothers always and also by their fathers. It is a societal construct that causes them to be seen as in some way afflicted.
However, on the issue of afflication - so are all disabled people - are they also Force Majeure. If there is a common denominator here, then gay/lesbian should come within the boundaries of "disabled people" who are not subjected to societal constructs to the same degree of what I would call "nonsense".
Be this religious or political it is not acceptable that a Church of Christianity would abuse human rights and "Freedom of Expression" especially and place a ban on their own congregation.
In fact I can see where this could go ... to the courts via litigation and as the Queen is head of the Church of Scotland, a call would be made on her "Divine Rights" ...
The Scotsman 26/05/09 Article by Craig Brown
Perhaps it is just as simple as some people are to chose not to reproduce (why does that make them less of a Christian in "belief" or "faith") - the act or will of God "hypothetically" can cause people not to procreate as it can to procreate - the Theologians can have the debate ... I doubt that the act or will of God was to create an "injustice" which in this case falls on both sides of the debate - the Church congregation and the Gay Minister by gagging freedom of speech. What is important is that if gay/lesbian is seen as a disability then they can be socially inclusive in societal construct and act in accordance with whatsoever nature intended - it does not mean they are not inherently good people if they choose to be so.
Statistically, please note : 1 in 4 experience mental health disability in Scotland, and 2 in 5 of all categories of disabled people do not have knowledge of how to use the internet or even a computer in the UK (Office of Disability Issues - recent report out) as well as issues of open stigma and discrimination - if you would not exclude disabled people from Christian worship - why would you exclude Gay / Lesbian. The point being made here is that DISABILITY is not always OBVIOUS - but bias and prejudice, stigma and discrimination IS! It is time the world moved on with this topic and focused on the real and really important issues in the real world and the religious world of "belief" and "faith".
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