God ain't talkin' no shit.

[jackshoegazer]

I saw one of those annoying God Hates Fags signs.  It had a Biblical footnote, Romans 9:13.  I decided to see where exactly in the Bible this fool claims God declared his hatred for homosexuals.  Let me read to you Romans 9:13:

"As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

So that's God talking there.  And boy, he *hates* Esau.  Man, Esau must have totally fucked a bunch of dudes!  Uh, no.  There is nothing in the story of Esau about homosexuality at all.  Not even the slightest whiff of man-on-man action.  Esau married women and had children.  Esau was tricked by Jacob into giving up his birthright as the eldest son for some lentils.  He was kind of sad, not too bright, and apparently pretty hungry.

Therefore, can anyone here explain to me why that Biblical passage was used in a message of hate, how that passage and the story of Esau has anything to do with hating homosexuality?  Yeah, didn't think so.

Comments

[atomic-goo.livejournal.com]

That is so weird that you posted this because I JUST found out that Westboro Baptist Church is coming to UVa to picket our performance of The Laramie Project this Friday. What a collective piece of shit.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

It seriously makes me wonder if these people have ever picked up a Bible.

(I keep hearing Inigo Montoya saying, "That book - I do not think it means what you think it means.")

[explodingalice.livejournal.com]

a) I wish I could be there to see it, I've heard good things,

and

b) barring that, I wish I could be there to glower at them or throw rotten fruit at them or something.

[atomic-goo.livejournal.com]

I've seen it once before back home (ironically in Lynchburg, VA, home of Liberty University/Jerry Falwell, haha), and it was excellent. I'm looking forward to another rendition of it. I will definitely be there silently watching the idiots--apparently if you touch them or try to argue with them one on one, they'll try to sue you because a lot of them are lawyers. How sad.