Organizers for the Silver Spring-based second international Adventist conference on sexuality have invited Alicia Johnston, a former Adventist pastor to present as a keynote speaker.
Johnston recently resigned from Adventist ministry after coming out as bisexual.
Countless hours of prayer and theological study had brought Johnston to a fresh theology of human sexuality that led to her resignation decision.
“The least we can do is hear Ms. Johnston out on this one,” said conference organizer Lite Tänkande.
“Basically all we did last time was invite people that patted us on the back and told us we were right all along.”
Tänkande added that as unlikely as it was that a bunch of graying, overwhelmingly male, change-averse defenders of the status quo could be wrong about God’s view on something as complicated as personal sexuality, the topic was worth a fresh look.
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Every so often, you good people come out with an contemplative, introspective piece of satire. This is one of those gems. Thanks my dudes.
This goes to show that some of the TOSC members were correct in their concern that women’s ordination would lead to acceptance of lesbianism.
And the Completely Missed The Point Of The Article award goes to…
Spectrum has the actual report on this at http://spectrummagazine.org/article/2017/04/22/adventist-pastor-alicia-johnston-comes-out-bi-announces-resignation for those who want all the details.
Preachers should be asexual. Not just celibate, like the Catholic priests supposedly are, but truly asexual. That would avoid scandals like Jimmy Swaggart, Ted Haggard, and Tullian Tchividjian (grandson of Billy Graham), and many others. Ministers are human (at least most of them are), and they have feelings like other humans. Even medical doctors, who allegedly view the body in merely a scientific clinical way, can have feelings — and many male gynecologists have been accused of improper activity with patients. Again, the solution is to require asexuality for pastors and doctors. People who are not asexual should not apply to enter those professions.