RE: Christians should look at Scripture as a whole

The irony is so thick, you could cut it with a knife.

An author cherry-picking scripture in order to castigate Christians for cherry-picking scripture.

...as if citing Leviticus 18:22, Exodus 20:13 or 1 Corinthians 7:4 ended all discussion of homosexuality.

Note that he cherry-picked Old Testament references and one, very oblique Pauline New Testament reference. He neglected to include Mark 10:6-8 or Romans 1:27. Hey Tom, I thought we were supposed to consider the entire "trajectory" (whatever that means).

Yes, that is the passage that might have inspired Karl Marx.

Dream on, Tom. There is nothing in that passage about government confiscating wealth by coercion and redistributing it. There's not a word in there about planned economy.

Such Scriptures don't apply, modern folks will say. Utopian experiments never work.

Horse manure, Tom. Once again, cherry-picking scripture, especially in the Old Testament, doesn't make your point, Tom. Maybe no one explained the position and prominence of the Old Testament to you, Tom. Real Christians live under a new covenant with God, these days.

Maybe partisans for "protection of marriage" are right to ignore Paul's counsel that believers not get married at all.

More cherry-picking. That's not what he said, Tom, but you knew that, didn't you?

Those who claim they are "defending the biblical faith" by demanding a certain doctrine or moral code based on a few convenient Bible passages that prove their point are actually undermining biblical faith in order to get their way.

Hello pot, have you met kettle? Apostates love to quote convenient and partial bible passages to defend their apostasy.

Tom Ehrich, a writer and Episcopal priest, lives in Durham.

All is now clear.