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04/23/2004: "Kinda defines solipsism, doesn't it?"
Gene Robinson got together with a genuine anomaly–a gay Orthodox Jewish rabbi–to teach a Bible study in LA yesterday. According to the Los Angeles Times:
Convened jointly by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the seminar was led by the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal priest to become a bishop in his church; and Rabbi Steven Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, who is with the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York.
Although both Greenberg and Robinson said they believed most rabbis and Episcopal priests present were sympathetic toward their liberal views of homosexuality and faith, clergy who took issue were also present. The important thing, the two gay clergymen said, was to encourage dialogue.
"In many scenarios, the text is used either to silence conversation or it's abused by not being actually taken terribly seriously," Greenberg told reporters after the seminar, which was closed to all but clergy.
Robinson added, "The question is not what does the Bible say, but what do you believe the Bible is saying."
Gene Robinson: center of the spiritual universe.
(Hat tip: Uncle Dino.)
