Mayor Pete Has a Problem With His Bible

One of the things I have "enjoyed" since the election of Trump and the reaction from "The Left" is how so much hypocrisy and treason has been laid bare to the public. Among these things is how Christians are starting to see what is in store for them once the Democrats (with the assist of some Republicans, to be fair) get ahold of the courts and other levers of power. Which brings us to Pete Buttigieg.

Mayor Pete has been picking on Vice President Pence, saying:

"Yes, Mr. Vice President ... it has moved me closer to God. ... That's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand: That if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. ...Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator."

In other words Pete asserts that God made him the way he is and since we [must] approve of that which God as made, we must accept his homosexuality and his homosexual behavior, including his "marriage". His is a very wrong understanding of scripture. It's hard to blame him on this because there are so many so-called Christian denominations that are teaching [and allowing] things that are not Christian.

Now it would be easy to understand if Pete declared himself not a Christian. Then he could assert whatever he wanted. However; when he blatantly misrepresents the faith it should not go uncorrected. So here it is.

First for Mayor Pete is Genesis:

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

So here we have established that God made [hu]mans as male and female pairs and meant for them "to be fruitful" (have sex) and multiply (make babies).

Since two males and two females cannot "multiply" that kind of coupling was not the purpose of creation.

In case that wasn't clear, Genesis 2 goes into details:

18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

So man was originally "alone".

19And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.gave: Heb. called

So out of everything out there none was satisfactory.

22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Two points here. I think the science conflicts with the "woman from man" thing, but that's not the point here. Point being that if you are a Bible believing Christian, the above is what you hold to. The important points being:

Eve was female.
Eve was the wife [help meet] of Adam
God declares that a man leaves his mother and father (at which point there was no mother and father for Adam to leave) and "cleave" (meaning join) to his wife.
So if it wasn't clear from Gen 1 that it's man and woman. Then Gen 2 further underlines the point. Since Mayor Pete is supposed to be highly intelligent, with his Harvard degrees and language skills, he ought to know this.

Which brings us to God's creation. Genesis 3 discusses the fall of man. Eve eats the forbidden fruit of knowledge (why didn't she get at that tree of life?) Adam eats because Eve gave him a piece to eat. They "discover" they are naked (among other things) and [hu]mankind starts the slow decline in life expectancy as the "original sin" takes it's toll.

Again this runs counter to what we know from science where human life expectancy has gone UP since we've arrived rather than down but again this is about what a Christian claims to believe. If you are a Bible believing Christian, Genesis is what Genesis is. And homosexuality comes after the fall of man and is *NOT* the creation of God but a consequence of sin . In this case the original sin was *rebellion* against God's instructions.

Ahem.

But in case it still wasn't clear as to what was intended as human coupling we find Exodus:

12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Not "your parents". Not your "fathers". Not your "mothers". Thy father and thy mother.

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,

Neighbor's wife. One of the reasons why "husband" is not mentioned is because a wife was something bought. Just keeping it real. What do you think "Bride price" means? I'm not suggesting chattel but wives, or better said, their parents don't pay for husbands.

Lastly from Exodus:

3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

This is a discussion of servants, AKA slaves. But notice "he were married, then his wife..." Didn't say his "spouse", "partner", husband" or any of the other things. A man has a wife. Period. Wife is female. Period.

There are those who like to do the whole "New Testament supersedes the Old Testament" thing. Well not on this point it doesn't. Mathew 19:

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

So this is supposed to be Jesus speaking. A man...shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh. Nope, no husband here. Wife = female. Period.

Mark 10

5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

So it is evidently clear as to what the Biblical scriptures have to say on the subject of marriage and sex. So Mayor Pete is deceiving the public when he makes his statements that God created him the way he is and thus condones his behavior. This brings us to what knowledgable Christians should be aware of:

2 Timothy:

1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

As Pence said: Pete knows better. So did the serpent in the garden.