“God reveals Godself in time, through process and dialogue, not in unchanging monolithic statements. This does not make the bible less sacred; it makes it more sacred, for it grounds God’s divine presence in the lived reality of our human experience.”
“In the light of his compassionate presence, people are set free to live their lives in strength and hope, regardless of whether they be considered outcasts by those in the ‘religious know.’”
“Was it not the Pharisees, those so sure that they had ‘the law and Moses on their side,’ who were the first to condemn Jesus to the grave?”
Cynthia Bourgeault
“There are many verses in the Bible, that when read literally, can be misunderstood and misdirected. The kabbalistic understanding is that scripture is meant to be deciphered and interpreted, and anyone practicing spirituality based on a literal understanding of it is, according to the Zohar, ‘a fool.’
“Kabbalah teaches that the purpose of religion as we know it is to enable an individual’s transformation from selfishness & ego to a new nature of sharing & compassion. That’s it. The Bible and all its teachings are only a means to assist this transformation.
It’s not a coincidence that one of the most famous teachings of Kabbalah come from a student asking his teacher, ‘Teach me the essence of the Bible, while standing on one foot,’ and the teacher answering, ‘love your neighbor as yourself. Everything else is commentary.’”To make a person feel less than they are because of something inside themselves, be it faith, race, or sexual orientation, is the greatest sin of all.”
Michael Berg
“Homosexuality is not a choice, but a condition, some say environmentally given, and others that it is genetically inherited. Whatever the case, being a Homosexual is not about choice, but about accepting a part of who you are, who God has created, and made in the same image as God. This is the basic change in thought. If men and women are Homosexual by nature and everything that God makes is good, including sexual expression as God has created it, then of course we are able to share our sexuality out of Love and Responsibility.”
Father Vincent C. Schwahn
(Source: goop.com)
