Keith Mascord, an Anglican pastor in Australia, wrote an opinion piece entitled “The Bible is the true prejudice in Christian opposition to marriage equality”.
When I read the title, my response was “Yes, that’s true.” But he uses the article to argue that Christians basically need to get over the Bible’s opposition and just accept that same-sex marriage is okay. After all, he argues, the Bible is full of ancient, outdated thinking which we need to just move beyond. And science and experience has shown it to be full of misinformation. Wow! This is news to me. The Bible has been around a long time and has been attacked and critiqued by many. Yet it has survived. The reason is that it is God’s Word. It has been shown to be true time after time. This sets it apart from every other religious text.