Dr. Danny Akin, The head of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, discusses same-sex marriage and explains why he is against it.
In light of the clear and consistent teaching of the Bible, it is simply not possible for me to affirm or support same-sex marriage. In biblical terms, same-sex marriage is not possible because it is not marriage. Biblical marriage by definition is heterosexual marriage.
Because, you know, Genesis says so.
I give Akin credit for this much: He is at least honest; the Bible says so, and that’s that.
But-but-but … what if the Bible is wrong? Oh, n-o-o-o — the Bible is inerrant
Did Akin intend, by his frankness, to give away the intellectual dishonesty of theology? I doubt that, but he certainly has. The truth of the Bible is the first premise and not susceptible of examination. When he says the Bible is inerrant, it is pure assertion — an assertion not supported by facts, and in a great many matters contradicted by incontestable facts.
That is what he reasons from. Theology is more like a game of “What if” than an intellectually serious enterprise.