The following from a recent book are just two examples of the gross blasphemy contained therein:
[Jesus] consciously
became both male and female, cisgender and transgender, agender and pangender,
black and white, strong and weak, heterosexual and homosexual. I am suggesting Jesus
the Christ left Gethsemane queer. The Atonement was a queer experience. (Blaire
Ostler, Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction [By Common Consent Press,
2021], 39)
Trying to blasphemously parallel Jesus
with a
drug-pushing rent-boy:
In The Queer Bible
Commentary, Thomas Bohache states that we need not let Shepard’s death be
in vain. The horror and brutality of Shephard’s death brought the issue of
violence against queer bodies to public awareness. Even after his death, Shephard’s
story was told. Like Jesus, his story lived on because his disciples shared his
story. As stated in Terrance McNally’s play Corpus Christi, “Jesus
Christ did not die in vain because His disciples lived to spread His story. It
is this generation’s duty to make certain Matthew Shephard did not die in vain
either.”
Sharing stories,
awareness, and advocacy are important parts of redemption. Changing ourselves
to be more benevolent is another part of redemption. However, Mormon theology
takes the idea of redemption even further. According to doctrine, we believe in
the redemption of all things. So much that through Jesus Christ, Matthew
Shepard might be wholly redeemed.
Latter-day Saints
consider the resurrection of Jesus to be one of the most glorious events of all
time. By being resurrected, He broke the bonds of death. Death would have no
more dominion over Christ, including us. It is in Christ that we all shall live
again. Not only that, but all will be restored, including the brokenness of
Matthew Shephard’s body. (Ibid., 46-47)
As with all regressive leftist works on
"queer" issues, there is absolutely no mention whatsoever of
repenting from sexual immorality or urging those with "queer"
tendencies to strive against sin. Blaire's is the blasphemous repentance-less
gospel that will drive many people to justify their sinful lifestyle and
perverse "gospel" in the here and now, and wrath in the age to come.
