theology after undue religious influence
In layman’s terms, and to use God-speak for a moment, it is clear to me that God loves trans people. Right from the beginning of the bible, we see this truth plainly. The Hebrew creation poetry in Genesis 1 says God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Everything was very good–everything in between.
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Here we sit. 500 years after Luther’s nail (source). Christianity was once a useful vessel to bring goodness, hope, and love to the world. At best, Christians now are often offering lamentations. Instead of boldly being a beacon of freedom and a shelter from the storm of life, our churches tend to be either a lightning rod of political agendas or a foreboding house of judgment, both of which keep people like me outside the gates. It appears to me that perhaps Christianity itself is becoming obsolete.
From the 1500’s to now, the 2000’s, Christianity has been fragmented into thousands of pieces, as if someone has shattered a jar into tiny bits of what was once a useful vessel. Something is now happening to these pieces. The tiny fragments are being melted back together, but not into one piece of pottery. Instead, two shards are forming. Christianity is being forged into two pieces–divided into those who want to live under the Law, and those who want to live under the Spirit. This is my claim: Christianity is coalescing around two forces, the Law and the Spirit.