aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Be not afraid

I’ve been waiting for Andrew Sullivan to comment on the Catholic bishops’ attempt to thread the needle - gay people are “objectively disordered” though not “rendered morally defective by this inclination;” we should come out to family, friends and priest but not be public; and priests should go ahead and baptize our children.

No comment from Andrew yet. In the meantime…

I read the transcript (via Michael Demmons) a couple nights ago of his bout with Hugh Hewitt. Today Andrew points to the core moment:

HH: But if God is interested in something other than the sincerity of your search for truth, that would be a problem for the seeker, wouldn’t it?

AS: Yes, but since God is truth, how could He possibly object to you trying to seek Him out?

And comments:

There lies the difference between Christianism and Christianity, between what these fundamentalists preach and what Jesus actually taught. Be not afraid, Jesus told us - always. All some fundamentalists really know is fear. And they mistake fear for faith.

A lapsed Catholic who is far from conservative, I’d like to read the book.