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Duke Divinity School Students: ‘God Is Queer’

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It was inevitable that Leftist divinity students, marinating as they are in the relentless insanity of the Left’s pet causes, would end up making gods in their own image: gay, woke, and whatever else the Left is idolizing at the moment. Duke Divinity School is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, which is already like being affiliated with the Maoists (gay, gender-fluid Maoists, that is), so it was the perfect place for a recent “Pride worship service” in which participants offered prayers to “the Great Queer One.”

Hope Rawlson of the Institute for Religion & Democracy reported Tuesday that the Pride worship service was designed to proclaim “God’s acceptance and support for LGBTQ relationships.” The bizarre service was the brainchild of Divinity Pride, a Duke student group that “affirms the dignity, faithfulness, and strength of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and gender/sexuality non-conforming Christians! We are committed to intersectional advocacy, education, and support for queer people and our allies specifically in the Divinity School, but with a Kingdom-reaching vision. We facilitate educative dialogues for the whole community, and we are here to support anyone who is reconciling their gender/sexuality and faith, facing persecution, or desiring a safe space.” They succeeded: the Pride worship service was plenty safe for men who think they’re women, and vice versa.

Master of Divinity (M.Div) student Caroline Camp kicked things off, and set the tone for the proceedings, with a prayer to the “strange one, fabulous one, fluid, and ever-becoming one,” and the “drag queen, and transman, and gender-fluid.” All this fluid put me in mind of Moss Hart’s wicked parody of Noel Coward’s precious and pretentious song lyrics in his riotous play The Man Who Came to Dinner: “Softly a fluid Druid meets me, Olden and golden the dawn that greets me…” Moss Hart had nothing on the Duke Divinity School. Camp also prayed, more prosaically, to the “mother, father, and parent,” Oh brother — that is, Oh brother, sister, and sibling.

Another M.Div student, Tirzah Villegas, declared: “You are never called to abandon yourself. Abandoning the self is negating the truth of who you are, and that is always a lie.” Now, just a minute: Duke Divinity School is supposed to be a Christian school, at least vestigially, and I seem to remember someone involved with Christianity saying “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 16:24-25). But the one who spoke those words is not someone who appears to get much traction at Duke Divinity.

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  1. I look forward to watching these snowflakes inform all muslims that allah is also Queer,
    and that he/she/they/them/it loves those who think they are something they are not…
    I would pay to watch that performance live on CNN…Hosted by Don Lemonade.

  2. A terrible fate awaits those who preach false doctrine and lead astray those sheep entrusted to their care.

  3. It is true that God loves those who are gay. However, those who say this should also understand that homosexual acts are NOT acceptable to God. I would like to know where in the Bible anyone would get the idea that homosexual acts are acceptable to God.

    God accepts the sacrifice made by His Son in atonement for those who sin and seek forgiveness. Acknowledging sin, seeking forgiveness, accepting forgiveness and then trying to sin no more are what is acceptable to God. God even accepts that this cycle may be repeated (until death of the sinner ends it). And while it is true that loving anyone and everyone is not a sin, having sex with anyone and everyone clearly is. It is also clear that homosexual acts are not acceptable to God. God is pure spirit of unchanging truth. These people reject the truth because it it too difficult for them to accept.

    • Correct, CES. Being a homosexual is itself not sinful, rather it is, per the Judeo-Christian theological and ethical constructs, yet another burden man has to often endure. But ACTING upon homosexual inclinations is indeed sinful within the Judeo-Christian framework (as is heterosexual sex outside of marriage) and anyone averring otherwise is either lying or fooling themselves.

      N.B., Some people are just outright lying but far, far more are fooling themselves. But then we live in a very foolish age and thus I for one am not surprised by the “revisionism” going on respecting what the Bible clearly and unambiguously states about same-sex relationships. It is true that Jesus himself never specifically condemns homosexual activity but he does specifically condemn such things as fornication, adultery and immorality in general (e.g., in Chapter 15 of Matthew). It stretches matters beyond any reasonable belief that Jesus would condemn immorality in general but two guys “doing the Big Nasty” would have been OK with Jesus. Might as well say that since Jesus never specifically condemned slavery he was OK with that as well. Common sense should lead to the conclusion that thinking that unless Jesus actually condemned a specific act or institution, therefore it is permitted. Hardly.

      • Yes, even if Jesus did not graphically describe homosexuality as being a sin he did make it clear that the commandments given to Moses were to be obeyed. He also specifically stated he did not come to do away with the old law – and the prohibition against adultery was part of the old law. Some may question whether “adultery” includes fornication in general but, like homosexuality, I would say that this is something which did not have to be drawn out in detail for the people to understand. Any type of sexual activity outside of marriage was to be viewed as not acceptable to God – and “marriage” was to be viewed as something between a man and a woman ONLY. Jesus did not have to say outright that homosexual activity is wrong or that individuals of the same sex should not marry or engage in sex with one another. I would say it was something the people had known since the time of Moses.

        • My specific take on Jesus here, CES, on the matter of homosexual activity, was that Jesus just assumed (understandably) that it was so wrong, steeped in Judaic law and so on, that it was not necessary for Jesus to specifically “combat” this.

          Denouncing adultery, fornication and immorality by Jesus was specific enough and those asserting that Jesus never SPECIFICALLY condemned homosexual activity are playing games with themselves or with others or with both.

  4. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and gender/sexuality non-conforming Christians

    LGBTQIAG+++++

    Whew!

  5. Duke is so gone, but then so are almost all colleges and universities in America. The Left has destroyed them as it destroys everything it gets its hands on—even gender and pronouns. Yes, there is nothing the Left does not destroy if it can. Nothing, including, I might add, sports of all kind. It certainly has destroyed the NFL and which is why I have not watched a single NFL game since 2019—Vince Lombardi is turning in his grave.

    I despise Islam. And I despise the Left. Not to despise both of these massive mistakes in man’s history is itself dispositive of some kind of massive intellectual deficiency.

  6. well, why not? The United Methodists are already anti-Semitic…just works out well for them.

  7. these fools are only deceiving themselves. They are not reading the Bible and they are doing everything they can to profane all that is sacred.

    Paul wrote to the Romans a letter, and much of it applies to these current fools. In the first chapter…

    24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:

    25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is obscene, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

    29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”

    For those people who may wish to make changes, because God doesn’t make changes, He is as He has always been, so the people must change if they don’t want an adverse Judgment. It is possible to change, as Paul wrote to the congregation in Corinth
    1 Corinthians

    Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers *****nor men who have sex with men****** a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And *****that is what some of you were.****** But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

    Sexual Immorality
    12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ….The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ….

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

    They are not in any meaning of the word “Christian.” They are doing things in defiance of Christ’s commands. “God is not One to be mocked. Whatever one is sowing, this he will also reap.”

    • Wow! Just wow!

      When, oh when will Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Rastafarians, Baha’is, atheists, and others realize they’re doomed to the fires of Hell if they don’t convert to the one, true religion? Hasn’t 2000 years been enough time to figure that out?

      And, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow–I’m so impressed by what you’ve written here I’m going to run right down to the local church and confess my sins.

  8. In any monotheistic setup, ‘God’ (since I’m a polytheist), if he has any sexual orientation at all, is a sologamist – which is a person who marries himself/herself. I mean, why would ‘God’ marry any of his creations?

    Go to Polytheism, and one might, depending on the religion, find deities of various persuasions

    • I had never heard of sologamy before but it appears to be a real thing. It seems to me to be the pinnacle of narcissism – marrying oneself because there is no one else as perfect as oneself.

      Could a perfect being exist if it were surrounded by imperfection? Yes, I think it could. However, would a perfect being constantly seek to make all of the imperfect things around it perfect also or would it simply withdraw into itself and cut itself off from contact with whatever is not perfect, finding perfect happiness within itself? Also, why would that which is perfect create things around it which are not perfect only to blame the things that were created for their imperfection instead of blaming itself for doing an imperfect job at creating perfect things? Would it not stop making things if it could not stand making imperfect things? I would think that to make sense of the perfect continuing to create imperfect things there would need to be something outside of perfection always meddling with that which is perfect so as to make the perfect into the imperfect – but there would always be the possibility that the imperfect could be made into the perfect. Maybe perfect and imperfect need each other and there exists an attraction for each other that is stronger than even that of sexual desire – and if not, all things would come to a stop, frozen in unchanging perfection.

      Or maybe this is all perfect nonsense.

      • Yeah, I first heard of Sologamy some years ago. Obviously, I don’t believe in it. I’m single now since my ex divorced me and ended up w/ practically sole custody of our son (although he’s now 20), and have never married since since I have yet to discover someone who’s on the same frequency as me in terms of faith, values and age range. But despite all that, it never occurred to me to marry myself

  9. Robert—you seem to be branching out—-you’re not just posting about Jihad but also about the crazy left woke and the things they’re doing—bravo–its about time you spoke up about these things—-thank you..
    The time will continue to get darker and crazier (Jesus said as it was in the days of Lot & Noah so shall it be when I return)—we need people with good reason and common sense such as yourself to speak out about this madness….Thanks —keep it up!!

  11. Duke Divinity School Students: ‘God Is Queer’
    …………..

    Good grief….

    And the “service” was led by Caroline Camp–that surname seems all too appropriate, since that describes these proceedings. Just surprised she has such a “cisgendered” first name. Not very “woke”…

  12. Jesus should be consulted before a person decides what it means to be Christian, or to choose an action they claim will be Christian and that God will accept that action. This deciding that God is whatever the human, imperfect in thinking and actions, wants God to be is not in agreement with the Bible and is not following Christ

    Christ Himself said to God, “Not as I will, but as You will.”

    Jesus also said, “Did you not read that God made them male and female”? when discussing human relations with the crowd of people gathered to listen to Him.
    He also warned those who would say in that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not expel demons and perform powerful works in your Name, and yet, I will confess to them, I never knew you; Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7)

    A person can choose as they wish, but these people have not made choices pleasing to Jesus Christ and His Father. Their commandments are Holy; but the actions and choices of these pretenders to Christianity are acting in a very unholy manner.

    • somehistory says,

      Jesus also said, “Did you not read that God made them male and female”

      Yes, I had to look that up…

      King James Bible: Matthew 19:4

      “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female..”

      https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-4.htm

      • Thank you, James, for looking it up. I try to be accurate in my quoting, but I don’t always get every word.

      • Then there’s Genesis 5:2:

        “Male and female he created them; and blessed them…”

    • “A person can choose as they wish, but these people have not made choices pleasing to Jesus Christ and His Father.”

      somehistory, I think this is the crux of the matter – free choices made not pleasing to God.

      There are reasons, based in love, why these choices are not pleasing to God.

      • Thank you very much, Keys. And your last line is absolutely the “why” of it all. Love.

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