Homophobes create a god in their own image
Angry? Anti-gay? Anti-feminist? “It is a terrible idolatrous mistake when we make God in our image.” — the Rev. Canon Rosie Harper at the Intimate Conviction conference, Jamaica, October 2017.
This paraphrase of remarks by the Rev. Canon Rosie Harper is one of a series of glimpses of the Intimate Conviction conference from October 2017, Jamaica.
Harper is vicar of Great Missenden in the United Kingdom, chaplain to the bishop of Buckingham, and chair of the Oxford Nandyal Education Foundation serving rural India. She has written and broadcast for The Guardian and served as a panel member for the BBC.
Videos of the conference are available online:
The schedule of speakers at the conference can help you find the section of the videos that will interest you the most.
Related articles:
- Sanctions target gay-friendly Anglicans, not homophobes. Why? (October 2017, 76crimes.com)
- Beyond Sodom: A biblical case for repealing sodomy laws (October 2017, 76crimes.com)
- Taking aim at anti-LGBT laws dating back to Henry VIII (October 2017, 76crimes.com)
- Church leaders target anti-gay laws; conservatives protest (October 2017, 76crimes.com)
Move over, queer suffering. It’s time for queer joy.