Thursday, May 19, 2011

Rapture doesn't care about gay marriage

So, you know that the rapture is supposedly coming this Saturday (more on that in the next post). Most people who believe this probably also believe that homosexuality automatically gets you put on the "naughty" list.

However, the description of the rapture in Luke 17 explicitly confirms what is obvious to anyone who is not blinded by homophobia and bigotry: some gay people are good and some are bad.  How about that! Just like non-gay people. Here is Luke 17:34-35, describing how some people will be "taken" in the rapture while others will not:
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
I'm just sayin'.
Posted by at 2:01 PM

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Another translation:

    I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.

    While I agree with your sentiment, this is hardly a passage that will convince anyone.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownMay 19, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Yes, well, that is almost certainly a more accurate translation of the original intent. But, I'm sticking with my interpretation of the King James.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anton MatesMay 20, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    This very point came up on Slacktivist a couple years back, actually. King James-focused literalism is fun.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)