Comments on: Throckmorton Appeals to Ugandan Christians

By: Uganda’s Own Version Of Peter LaBarbera – Only More Perverse « Reality Bong

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:28:26 +0000

[...] now condemns Warren Throckmorton, a Christian professor at Grove City College (PA), for his urging Ugandan Christians to remember Jesus’ words. “I urge my brethren in beautiful Uganda [...]

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:24 +0000

Good for Throckmorton. At least he is beginning to see something of the damage that he and his brethren cause.

Funny how some people refuse to learn.

A nazi is a nazi, whether wearing a swastika, or tefillin, or a cross.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:08:46 +0000

Good luck to Dr. Throckmorton, but isn’t he a perfect example of exactly what the Ugandan government and Ugandan culture WANT gay people to do and be?

A gay person who has effectively become non gay, non involved in a gay relationship, completely conformed to the dominant ideal of what a gay person should behave like?

That he even can do it without the threat of imprisonment, death or silence speaks volumes to being what THEY want, with less.

So then, how could he possibly be of any meaningful help to this situation?

I’m simply trying to understand how a person who conforms to a standard STILL maintained as fair and desirable for gay people, can defend gay people in a way that makes a difference that really matters.
Fair?

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:32:58 +0000

An opinion against the bill was written by a Makerere University Law don: Why anti-gay Bill should worry us Mrs Sylvia Tamale

By: Désirée

Désirée — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:54:41 +0000

oh of that I have no doubt. It’s placement in the text makes that clear. But the history of the story is older than 1400s, that was my only point

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:45:27 +0000

Desiree, I also note that even the wikipedia article says that most scholars agree it “was certainly not part of the original text”.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:33:29 +0000

Interesting Desiree, I’ll have to check my book and see what it says, maybe my memory is off. Ehrman is an expert on early manuscripts so I’d be inclined to believe him over wikipedia.

By: Désirée

Désirée — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:14:13 +0000

Actually Priya, the passage has been around since the 4th century at least.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:22 +0000

“Please, for the sake of Christ, put down your stones.”

I don’t say this often, but…amen.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:33:01 +0000

For more information see Bart D. Ehrman’s book “Misquoting Jesus”.