A Modern Retelling of John 8:1-11
A Modern Retelling of John 8:1-11
This is simply a modern retelling of John 8:1-11 about the woman caught in adultery. I think this speaks for itself.
A Man Caught in Homosexuality
Jesus returned to the City, but early the next morning he was back again at Church. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. As he was speaking, the religious teachers and leaders brought a man who had been caught in the act of sodomy. They put him in front of the crowd.
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this man was caught in the act of sodomy. The Bible says this sin is punishable by death. What do you say?”
They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the man. Then Jesus stood up again and said to the man, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
“No, Lord,” he said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
Notes
Based on the New Living Translation
I should probably make a number of qualifying statements for this but I think it stands on its own. Ten pages of footnotes would detract from the power of the simplicity. You can bring up a number of objections to my retelling, but, I believe it is theologically sound. I pick this particular issue out of many that I could have. I could just as easily retell the story with any number of other sins. The woman who had an abortion, the couple that got divorced etc… This passage came to mind while I was reading a blog post entitled, “Is Homosexuality the Worst Sin of All?”
The idea that Europeans are anti-Semitic because of a perception that the Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus is preposterous. It is a distraction from the real facts. The Nazis who were a secular humanist group where the ones who tried to eradicate the Jews from the world. No doubt, the real culprits would like to use Christians as a scapegoat. 
There is a group of people that I look up to or think exemplify a certain trait that is worth of emulation. I call them heroes for the lack of a better term. As a disclaimer, I realize that no one is perfect. I may count someone as a hero who may also have negative traits. For example Noah is a great hero because he was faithful, however, he was also a drunk.
In some of my previous posts on Atheist, I have explored the source of their ethics.
The second post in a series exploring homosexuality and Christianity.
I need sleep but can't sleep because I need to write this.