Brokeback Homophobia
I often receive inquiries from journalists seeking the "truth" behind Chalcedon: the shadowy think-tank and it's controversial doctrines regarding theocracy, slavery, democracy, miscegenation, and the infamous "stoning of homosexuals."
One such interview was with the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper that was investigating a European gallery tour sponsored by "right-wing Christian philanthropist" Howard Ahmanson. A simple Google background check yielded suspect connections of Ahmanson and the Chalcedon Foundation. Yet, I don't recall discussing much of Mr. Ahmanson. The inquiry centered on homosexuals and the Chalcedon espousal of capital punishment as a quick cure for this social ill.
For some reason I was in a funny mood that morning. When the London reporter asked me if we supported the death penalty for homosexuals, I responded, "only English ones!" He said, "you're joking, right?"
After a long discussion of the intricacies of Christian Reconstruction the reporter asked, "Mr. Ortiz, how do you respond to the allegation that your views on homosexuality are extreme?" I'd had enough at that point. I replied, "Sir, let me tell you what is extreme: one man penetrating the backside of another man -- that's extreme!" I'll tell what else is extreme: swooning over gay culture in direct defiance of the Lord Most High.
Thank God for Leviticus
Where would be without the law of God? What atrocities and perversion would we be submerged in were it not for the clarity of commandment in the ordering of our personal desires. Man's inclination is "evil continually" (Gen. 6:5) and to spare society a flood-like judgment the law of God is graciously given to curb demonic appetites. Leviticus states the matter plainly:
Why the death penalty for sodomy? It has something to do with this antiquated term abomination. The Hebrew word means "filthy, loathsome" and connotes an "idolatrous object" in it's secondary meaning. Here's the challenge: what is filthy and loathsome to man and his reaction to it is a far cry from what is filthy and loathsome to God and how He responds to it.
To man the only loathsome thing is the justice of God. Man despises God's standard and reckons God harsh and evil for His penal (no pun intended) sanctions. Why is man shocked at the death penalty for particular sins? Because man's concept of sin is so distorted. It's like whining about dust on a manure pile. Man has no concept of the holiness of God and therefore cannot assess sin's abomination properly. Man finds quite tasty what turns God's stomach.
If we stagger at the penalty for sin it's only because we cannot comprehend its offense to God.
Brokeback Mountain
The world is swimming in hogwash over the release of Brokeback Mountain. Critics are falling over themselves to laud compounded praise over this story of two ranch handlers who can't keep their hands off each other. What is disturbing -- beyond the celebration of sodomy -- is the idea that "love" redefines all God-created categories of the Biblical social order. God created man and woman and ordained their consecrated union as the covenantal unit upon which civilization find its fulcrum. Yet, Joe Bob and Jethro can two-step over divine order "cuz they love each other."
It's Romeo and Juliet from the pit of Gomorrah -- forbidden love that leads to self-destruction. And, again, it is the oppressive authority of Christian culture and the Christian family that forbids "lovers" from fulfilling their persecuted desire and drives them to self-destruction. The victim is now the sinner, and God and His order are the tyrannical perpetrators.
Is Brokeback Mountain a great movie? I'll never know. Is it superbly acted? Who cares? It's celebrated for it's "bold statement" more so than it's creative content. Much the same as Scorcese's Last Temptation of Christ was held up as creative genius. Yea, right. What men love is not art, they treasure war against God. Producing such movies is their way of thumbing their noses at the pious ethic of Christianity. Their target is the Church and it's 2,000-year reign of puritanical morality. Perverted man seeks freedom to sin but obtaining a gay marriage license will never quiet his God-given conscience. Removing the Church will never stifle the Spirit that strives with man (Gen. 6:3).
The Idolatrous Object
As mentioned above a definition of abomination is an idolatrous object. The modern glorification of the homosexual is due to its representation as the ultimate symbol of freedom. It therefore garners religious praise for it's triumph over the obstacle of God and His law-word. If the homosexual can be embraced then all things can be embraced. This is the pagan doctrine of ascension -- when the homosexual ascends to heaven in a cloud and receives his/her approval from God. After his ascension all things are permitted for whosoever will. And they are taking this message to all nations.
Secularists will reduce the argument to paganized democracy. For them the debate hinges upon personal liberty. Yet man's idea of liberty is a mask for lasciviousness. It's a freedom to sin as he pleases. But the law of God opposes him at every point. He must prove then that his desire for perversion is socially acceptable and to a media generation no veneration compares with the silver screen; and better yet, a few Oscars!
Homophobia
This is defined as "an extreme and irrational aversion to homosexuality and homosexual people." The key terms here are extreme and irrational. Based upon this definition God is the ultimate homophobic because He denounces it repeatedly and pushes the severest penalties for it's practice. Again, in the ultimate sense, the war is against God. And, if aversion to homosexuality is extreme and irrational then anal sex is normal and logical.
Despite the miniscule population of homosexuals existent since ancient civilization; and despite the obvious and standard use of the male and female genitalia throughout history, any disapproval of homosexual behavior is labeled extreme and irrational. This is the height of absurdity. God condemns homosexuality. He has not changed His mind. He offers redemption in exchange for repentance not relationship while retaining rear entry.
A homosexual culture is a culture of death and it's open manifestation and celebration are signs of a nation's decline. Since coming "out of the closet" their pursuit of sexual liberty is becoming a national stain as both secular and saint embrace the humanistic doctrine of toleration. I conclude with the words of Rousas:
It is unlikely that the death penalty would ever be enforced in cases of sodomy. Therefore, the great sin is the sin of thinking homosexuality is sinful. Homophobia is the new thought crime because it leads to oppressive theocracy. But the rule of God is not oppression for God gives life and that more abundantly (John 10:10). Salvation brings freedom from the miry clay of sexual perversion. The homosexual's utopia is a den of filth and the enlightenment of the eyes of their understanding would elevate them to the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints (Eph. 1:18). What they claim to love is the devil's distortion of pleasure. God has something better in mind for them. I suggest the gospel of salvation as the starting point to their desired liberty.
One such interview was with the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper that was investigating a European gallery tour sponsored by "right-wing Christian philanthropist" Howard Ahmanson. A simple Google background check yielded suspect connections of Ahmanson and the Chalcedon Foundation. Yet, I don't recall discussing much of Mr. Ahmanson. The inquiry centered on homosexuals and the Chalcedon espousal of capital punishment as a quick cure for this social ill.
For some reason I was in a funny mood that morning. When the London reporter asked me if we supported the death penalty for homosexuals, I responded, "only English ones!" He said, "you're joking, right?"
After a long discussion of the intricacies of Christian Reconstruction the reporter asked, "Mr. Ortiz, how do you respond to the allegation that your views on homosexuality are extreme?" I'd had enough at that point. I replied, "Sir, let me tell you what is extreme: one man penetrating the backside of another man -- that's extreme!" I'll tell what else is extreme: swooning over gay culture in direct defiance of the Lord Most High.
Thank God for Leviticus
Where would be without the law of God? What atrocities and perversion would we be submerged in were it not for the clarity of commandment in the ordering of our personal desires. Man's inclination is "evil continually" (Gen. 6:5) and to spare society a flood-like judgment the law of God is graciously given to curb demonic appetites. Leviticus states the matter plainly:
If a man lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. (Lev. 20:13)
Why the death penalty for sodomy? It has something to do with this antiquated term abomination. The Hebrew word means "filthy, loathsome" and connotes an "idolatrous object" in it's secondary meaning. Here's the challenge: what is filthy and loathsome to man and his reaction to it is a far cry from what is filthy and loathsome to God and how He responds to it.
To man the only loathsome thing is the justice of God. Man despises God's standard and reckons God harsh and evil for His penal (no pun intended) sanctions. Why is man shocked at the death penalty for particular sins? Because man's concept of sin is so distorted. It's like whining about dust on a manure pile. Man has no concept of the holiness of God and therefore cannot assess sin's abomination properly. Man finds quite tasty what turns God's stomach.
If we stagger at the penalty for sin it's only because we cannot comprehend its offense to God.
Brokeback Mountain
The world is swimming in hogwash over the release of Brokeback Mountain. Critics are falling over themselves to laud compounded praise over this story of two ranch handlers who can't keep their hands off each other. What is disturbing -- beyond the celebration of sodomy -- is the idea that "love" redefines all God-created categories of the Biblical social order. God created man and woman and ordained their consecrated union as the covenantal unit upon which civilization find its fulcrum. Yet, Joe Bob and Jethro can two-step over divine order "cuz they love each other."
It's Romeo and Juliet from the pit of Gomorrah -- forbidden love that leads to self-destruction. And, again, it is the oppressive authority of Christian culture and the Christian family that forbids "lovers" from fulfilling their persecuted desire and drives them to self-destruction. The victim is now the sinner, and God and His order are the tyrannical perpetrators.
Is Brokeback Mountain a great movie? I'll never know. Is it superbly acted? Who cares? It's celebrated for it's "bold statement" more so than it's creative content. Much the same as Scorcese's Last Temptation of Christ was held up as creative genius. Yea, right. What men love is not art, they treasure war against God. Producing such movies is their way of thumbing their noses at the pious ethic of Christianity. Their target is the Church and it's 2,000-year reign of puritanical morality. Perverted man seeks freedom to sin but obtaining a gay marriage license will never quiet his God-given conscience. Removing the Church will never stifle the Spirit that strives with man (Gen. 6:3).
The Idolatrous Object
As mentioned above a definition of abomination is an idolatrous object. The modern glorification of the homosexual is due to its representation as the ultimate symbol of freedom. It therefore garners religious praise for it's triumph over the obstacle of God and His law-word. If the homosexual can be embraced then all things can be embraced. This is the pagan doctrine of ascension -- when the homosexual ascends to heaven in a cloud and receives his/her approval from God. After his ascension all things are permitted for whosoever will. And they are taking this message to all nations.
Secularists will reduce the argument to paganized democracy. For them the debate hinges upon personal liberty. Yet man's idea of liberty is a mask for lasciviousness. It's a freedom to sin as he pleases. But the law of God opposes him at every point. He must prove then that his desire for perversion is socially acceptable and to a media generation no veneration compares with the silver screen; and better yet, a few Oscars!
Homophobia
This is defined as "an extreme and irrational aversion to homosexuality and homosexual people." The key terms here are extreme and irrational. Based upon this definition God is the ultimate homophobic because He denounces it repeatedly and pushes the severest penalties for it's practice. Again, in the ultimate sense, the war is against God. And, if aversion to homosexuality is extreme and irrational then anal sex is normal and logical.
Despite the miniscule population of homosexuals existent since ancient civilization; and despite the obvious and standard use of the male and female genitalia throughout history, any disapproval of homosexual behavior is labeled extreme and irrational. This is the height of absurdity. God condemns homosexuality. He has not changed His mind. He offers redemption in exchange for repentance not relationship while retaining rear entry.
A homosexual culture is a culture of death and it's open manifestation and celebration are signs of a nation's decline. Since coming "out of the closet" their pursuit of sexual liberty is becoming a national stain as both secular and saint embrace the humanistic doctrine of toleration. I conclude with the words of Rousas:
"When a people reaches a certain level of moral depravity, punishment cease to be particular and becomes national. The civil order has lost its ability to act for God, and God then acts against that order. In other words there is punishment, but the punishment is from God and the people or nation shall fall. Homosexual cultures are at war with God; in this war, there are no negotiations possible. That the modernist and the open unbeliever should be in the enemy camp comes as no surprise, but what shall we say of ostensible evangelicals who hold that the individual homosexual would appear to be more sinned against than sinning, because his condition is either genetic or environmental in nature and thus not his fault!"
It is unlikely that the death penalty would ever be enforced in cases of sodomy. Therefore, the great sin is the sin of thinking homosexuality is sinful. Homophobia is the new thought crime because it leads to oppressive theocracy. But the rule of God is not oppression for God gives life and that more abundantly (John 10:10). Salvation brings freedom from the miry clay of sexual perversion. The homosexual's utopia is a den of filth and the enlightenment of the eyes of their understanding would elevate them to the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints (Eph. 1:18). What they claim to love is the devil's distortion of pleasure. God has something better in mind for them. I suggest the gospel of salvation as the starting point to their desired liberty.
