Queermisia and the Great Apostasy
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:31 pm
Mormons believe that the Mormon church is the legitimate continuation of the church established by Jesus, Peter, and friends in the first century. They also believe that a Great Apostasy took place in the decades after Jesus' departure and the Apostles' deaths. They also believe that Paul, as a true Apostle of Christ, freed Christians from the obligation to obey Jewish law.
Now, here is where it gets interesting. The Roman emperors Theodosius and Valentinian made gender-variant and homosexual behaviour capital crimes in the fourth century CE. You will note that this is long after the Gospel had perished from the Old World, and well into the Era of Apostasy.
Let us now reason, in the light of the foregoing facts. Since queer people have existed for hundreds of thousands of years and no culture had a problem with that until the fourth century; since Jesus said nothing whatsoever about it; since Paul freed Christuans from Jewish law (though he personally found queerness distasteful)–could we not conclude that queermisia is an apostate doctrine?
Now, here is where it gets interesting. The Roman emperors Theodosius and Valentinian made gender-variant and homosexual behaviour capital crimes in the fourth century CE. You will note that this is long after the Gospel had perished from the Old World, and well into the Era of Apostasy.
Let us now reason, in the light of the foregoing facts. Since queer people have existed for hundreds of thousands of years and no culture had a problem with that until the fourth century; since Jesus said nothing whatsoever about it; since Paul freed Christuans from Jewish law (though he personally found queerness distasteful)–could we not conclude that queermisia is an apostate doctrine?