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Jerry Falwell praised the performances of queer theater major Glenn Scofield Williams
Christine C. Hall
Senior Loan Consultant
Proudly Serving Oregon and
Washington for over 13 years.
Not long after, Falwell’s music minister told me
they were doing a premiere of a contemporary
opera based on the passion of Christ. Falwell had
told him that 1 would make a good Jesus. “I’d he
honored to audition for the role,” 1 told the music
minister. “Oh, no,” the minister replied. “If Dr.
Falwell wants you to be Jesus, no audition is
required.”
Somewhere in my junior year, 1 began pulling
away from Falwell and fundamentalism. 1 was
studying the Bible in depth and in earnest, seeing
if it contained true answers for me. 1 was beginning
a long, slow walk away from Christianity and
toward self-empowerment. 1 was trying to find
a way to walk inside a Christian philosophical
framework without the burden of literalism. 1 found
rhe Bible, literally taken, more and more difficult
to swallow.
At one moment of crisis, 1 went forward dur
ing an altar call, to see if someone could help me
with the burdens of my emerging identity. One of
the assistant pastors shook my hand, led me to
a room behind and below the pulpit and asked me
about my problem. 1 told him 1 wasn’t sure, but
I might be a homosexual. His body jolted as if
he’d been slapped, and he wiped his hand repeat
edly on his trouser leg. He quickly put me in
touch with a young pastor who, he said, would
“help me with my sin.” Needless to say, neither
men had anything to offer: no advice, no counsel,
no cure. They prayed with me uncomfortably for
a few sessions, then found t<x> many conflicts to
meet with me again.
Within rhe confines of a literal interpretation
of rhe Bible, the fundamentalist has nothing to
offer: no love, no mercy, no understanding, no
grace. In the end, Christianity only works if it is
divorced from any literalist stance. Only when a
Christian truly believes that “love is of Gcxl and
everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth
God” can they see that we love, therefore we are of
God.
Financial Planning Strategist
Willamette Financial Group
3529 NE Broadway, Ste 101, Portland
503 445 9390 ext.101
floreid@wfgadvisors.com
www.wfgadvisors.com
*Ftoreid Walker is an investment Representative offering
Securities and investment Advisory Services through AiG
Financial Advisors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and
SEC registered investment advisor. Member NASD/SIPC.
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