I've often raised the question before gay coworkers of mine of why don't those in same-sex relationships and their staunchest supporters start their own Christian sect akin to the Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalian, Pentecostals, etc. I'm no theologian but recall the salient events of western civilization that led to the chasm between the Vatican & the rest of Christendom. The main one of course was the Papal Decree that established: (1) the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, (2) the infallibility of the Bishop of Rome, and (3)one more that escapes my memory, all of which came at the expense of the other Bishoprics throughout Christendom, especially the one in Constantinople (Istanbul) that headed Byzantium. The twain shall never meet again by all appearances.
Later, after the Western Christian laity fell out with the Vatican hegemony, Martin Luther and company stood in defiance on doctrinal and other grounds resulting in a plethora of offshoots. I realize that this is an oversimplification of events that have shaped the course of modern human affairs (and redesigned maps in the process) but if one group can part ways with the establishment why can't another that meets the muster of the same-sex community? I mean the Catholics & Protestants cannot even reach a consensus in 2006 on which books of the Holy Bible should be canonized, a throw back to the Council of Nicaea debacle. I bowed out of the debate years ago and have no regrets but I digress.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Updated On: 9/14/06 at 03:53 PM
