Pastor Rob Bell: Churches That Don't Support Gay Marriage Will Become Irrelevant

At times I almost feel sorry for Christofascists - but then I get a grip on myself and say "Hell no!"  They have consciously decided to reject knowledge, reason and objective reality and to cling to a fairy tale world instead that is based on the writings/myths of ignorant goat herders.  The result is that they are seeing society as a whole reject their fantasy world and move in a totally opposite direction.   One of the areas where their myths are being rapidly rejected is the issue of same sex marriage.  As former mega church pastor Rob Bell has recently stated, churches that do not support gay marriage will ultimately become irrelevant and, as aging members die off, disappear.  Here are excerpts from a piece in Huffington Post:

Rob Bell, the widely popular and controversial former megachurch pastor, is now convinced that a church doesn’t support same-sex marriage will "continue to be even more irrelevant."

Bell made the comments on an episode of Oprah Winfrey's "Super Soul Sunday," where he appeared with his wife Kristen to talk about religion and spirituality.

"One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness," Bell said. "Loneliness is not good for the world. Whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural and healthy to want someone to go through life with. It's central to our humanity. We want someone to go on the journey with."

Bell notes that Christianity is evolving and that many Christians have already opened their hearts to the idea that two people of the same sex would choose to journey together.  In fact, he says the church’s acceptance of gay marriage is “inevitable."

"I think culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago as their best defense, when you have in front of you flesh-and-blood people who are your brothers and sisters, and aunts and uncles, and co-workers and neighbors, and they love each other and just want to go through life," he said.

[C]onservative Christian critics aren’t happy with Bell's message. Author Michael Brown accused Bell of trashing the Bible as an outdated text.