Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Parlin, Steven" <PARLINS AT culver.org>]

Yes...yes, Karey. I saw the episode, and Bartlett was brilliant in his delivery (very nicely crafted by the west wing writers, I must say...it was, I confess, very well done), and the ignorant tight-ass English Phd was of course rendered silent and helpless...of course. Convenient.

 

However, I would like to have seem him tangle with an Orthodox Catholic Theologian, (or anyone who knows his/her way around the bible) on the matter (which the writers obviously knew they couldn't do without repercussions). But, while that would have been more fair, it wouldn't have been very interesting and it wouldn't have served the agenda of the writes of the WW.

 

That is...He wouldn't have been able to proudly say..."Toby...that's how I beat him", for he would have been set straight on his self-stlyed interpretations of scripture --all of which was taken completely out of the context of the Creation and Salvation Narrative.

 

None of what he said really made sense following the incarnation. Those were all proscriptions of the LAW that were done away with, or rather fulfilled and transformed... but natural law is fixed, like gravity. Moreover, the NT is rife with references to homosexuality as an "abomination".  Romans, 1 Timothy, 1 Corinthians...

 

But again... its the whole creation and salvation narrative that makes the case for how disordered homosexuality is, not just isolated biblical sound bites.

 

Nevertheless... I agree with you. I'd vote for him too.

 

Steve

 

BTW: I think its a much stronger case to leave Christianity out of this... the Natural Law is unbiased and is quite clear on the matter. Sex is principally for procreation, not recreation. The penis is not designed for the anus.