Evangelicals' 'Nashville Statement' denouncing same-sex marriage is rebuked by city's mayor https://t.co/wKCLbH1oZq
— Bob Felton (@BobFelton) August 30, 2017
There is only one good thing about the Nashville Statement, and very few people are likely to get the benefit: Go looking for the premises, for the facts, for the justification of its myriad claims, and the thoughtful person will inevitably recognize how intellectually empty and intellectually corrupt Christian theology actually is.
After 2000-years and Niagaras of bloodshed, Christian theologians have failed to prove that god exists, that Jesus was a historical figure, that the Bible enjoys the imprimatur of those beings they can’t prove exist or ever existed, or even make a convincing argument — in view of the Bible’s preposterous claims — that the Bible wasn’t written by the first-century analog of a bunch of drunk college boys out to have some fun with the rubes. And, yet, they propose to rely upon it to justify constricting their neighbor’s Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
It’s tempting to say, “Oh, well, Mohler … that crowd, they’re stupid.” There is more at work here than plain-vanilla stupidity. Faith, resolute ignorance, is a character failure — and it needs to be called-out, because even stupider people pay attention to the things these preening frauds say.