Former Love In Action exgay live-in program participant Peterson Toscano compares his past journey as an exgay with that of the unclean woman in Mark, chapter 5.
Wandering for years as an outcast, thanks to religious authorities who declare her untouchable due to vaginal bleeding, the woman struggles through a crowd to reach Jesus, who says, “Go in peace. Your faith has healed you.”
Exgay activists no doubt will accuse ex-exgays of lacking “faith” — missing the point that (contrary to the claims of Leviticus) the woman was not unclean to begin with.
Thanks Mike!
You can go all over dozens of ancient texts and the role of the woman is somewhere as the arbiter of the world’s troubles, or her natural bodily processes, like menses and physical difference from men isn’t a cause for celebration, but a means to keep her at a distance as a pariah.
The Spanish Inquisition used anything from hormonal behavior difficulties to the ‘mask of pregnancy’ marks or coloring changes in women from child bearing or menopause as cause for execution.
All of this was considered evil and a woman’s mark from the devil.
Women who never bore children (as if there wasn’t reason to be terrified of doing so) whether by choice or naturally were outsiders in society and still are.
Things like this persisted as something unnatural and bad-instead of normal and not at all to do with evil or good…just natural.
I’m just fed up that homosexuality is weighted down this same way still.
Looks so primitive and stupid in a space age society like ours.
The cultures not so invested in this ego centrism of males and heterosexuality were very strong and egalitarian…of course until the global advent of Christianity or Islam.
I still say there must be a serious secret to more enduring peace on Earth in the equal standing of women and homosexuals in the world.
Cafeteria Leviticus quoters get on my last black woman’s nerve.
Especially women who say anything about it that are bare headed and sleep in the same house with their family while they are menstruating.