In a topic-driven, well-organized, and well-substantiated paragraph, SUMMARIZE Butterfield’s argument—her “they say”—in the first half of chapter five of Openness Unhindered.
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In the first part of Butterfields “I say” argument she argued with Freud by stating that, God made us in his image nut Freud replaces it with identity. She states that Freud is a product of romanticism the romanticism times was not a self-represented time. Romanticism was more about experience and live in the moment kind and time. It’s not about identity it’s about what God has planned for us
ReplyDelete"In Christ, your self-representation is Christian." (Butterfield 116)
ReplyDeleteButterfield speaks about Christians that are trying to be heard. But it's hard for "gay Christians" to seek for help because of the lifestyle they live. That's why Butterfield asks us this question, "what happens to identity when gay modifies Christians: Nothing? Everything?" When people talk about sexual identity, you're basically putting a label on someone because of there sexual orientation. Lastly, Butterfield wants us to stop using the word "gay" as a adjective. This phrase is a term of identity. God wants us to be identified as children of God not a gay Christians. We all are highly favored.
Rosaria Butterfield tells in the first half of the chapter of “Self-Representation – What Does It Mean to Be gay?” about the development of the word “gay” and she points out how to self-represent in Christ and what the word gay means in connection with sexual sin. The history of the word gay is long. From the meaning in the sixteenth century “bright” (p.113) and “festive” (p. 113) “to a precise portraiture of male effeminacy in the eighteenth century” (p. 113). Later it changed from a meaning of a “new kind of person” (p. 113) to a positive connotation of homosexuality in the twenties century (cf. p. 113). Thereby she talks about the real sin of having sex without marriage (cf. p. 116) and later about the term “gay Christian” (p.116). In her mind, sexual sin is both: “a Moral Problem” (p. 124) and a “Physical Problem” (p. 124).
ReplyDeleteIn chapter five of Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's "Openness Unhindered" it speaks about the true description of the term "gay." and how it has changed in history also how it affects some homosexuals this day. When Butterfield begins the chapter, she describes the meanings of the word "gay." How much they have both changed in history. "The word 'gay' shifted from its historical sixteenth century meaning of merry, brighter, festive, and joyous."(113) But modern day describes the word as a negative to Homosexuals all over. That is why it is hard for those who have that sexual sin to turn away from it to become a follower, because the term is so much of a negative to modern day Christians, they would not get the chance of redemption. Butterfield explains in the chapter that the term 'gay' is just a term, but to the so called "Modern Day Pharisees" it is more than just a term. To them it is a deadly sin that they want nothing to do with so the "Homosexual Christians" will not be sought out for forgiveness. Butterfield claims that because of how much the term has changed, the identities of the regretful homosexual Christians are being tainted.
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ReplyDeleteSaying "gay Christian" is essentially stating an oxymoron. You can be a Christian and struggle with unwanted homosexual thoughts and desires, however, you cannot actively be pursuing a homosexual lifestyle and be a Christian. The Bible is clear on that. Rosaria explains in chapter five that by saying "gay Christian" you are using gay as an adjective, in which is identifying what kind of Christian you are. "When you modify the noun Christian with the adjective gay, you pair terms with incompatible anthropologies, and recommend a false philosophy of the soul." (Butterfield 115) By identifying a Christian as gay, the meaning of "Christian" is changed because you are using a word that goes completely against what God says about homosexuality in the Bible, and Christians are supposed to live their lives by what God says, and what finds favor with God.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter five of Openness Unhindered, author Rosaria Butterfield discusses what it means to be gay. In the sixteenth century gay was defined as being merry, bright, and joyous. Now in the twenty-first century gay is associated with homosexuality. When the term “gay Christian” is used, gay is acting as a descriptive adjective, and its purpose is to indicate the quality of the noun; Christian. This is creating a subgroup of Christians and is furthermore publically categorizing sin. Butterfield states “Gay is not just another adjective. It is a term of identity. Gay describes an intimate disclosure of real and abiding selfhood.” (Butterfield 118) Our words matter and so does our self-representation. Butterfield describes the term “gay Christian” as it having “the potential to mislead people, even as those who use it are seeking clarity, honesty, and transparency.” (Butterfield 119) In respect to all of this information, we should remember that as a Christian our identity is in Christ, not in our sin.
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In the first part of this chapter, Butterfield explains the origins of the word “gay.” She then goes on to define what the word means now. Then she talks about self-representation and how one identifies themselves. Putting the adjective “gay” in front of Christian created a philosophy that is false. “So in the phrase ‘gay Christian, ’the noun Christian is changed by using a word who’s sexual expression affirms behavior that stands apart from God’s commands.” (Butterfield 116)
The meaning of the word gay in today’s time is far from what it used to be. There is no good reason for why except for words just change in meaning over time. Butterfield knows that homosexuality is not a mental illness because “that is not how God records things.” Homosexuality isn’t a physical or mental illness it is simply sin. We as Christians need to realize that God works through us no matter what our temptation. Butterfield doesn’t like the term “gay Christian” at all. It makes it sound like you are different from other Christians just because you struggle with a particular sin. The phrase “gay Christian” is a battle within itself. It is “someone who both loves Jesus but is also, in attraction or action persistently experiencing homosexual desires”. Adjectives can modify the word Christian, but the words should make the word stronger not tear it down. We also must realize that “gay is not just another adjective. It is a term of identity.”
ReplyDeleteIn the first half of Butterfields " I say" argument with Freud she states that, we are made in the image of god however, Freud replaces it with identity. She then goes on to say that Freud is a product of romanticism. the period of romanticism was not a self-represented time. The romanticism period was a time of quick adrenaline based reactions and live in the moment actions. It is not about identity, rather it is about finding the true plan God has made for each and every one of us.
ReplyDeleteThe first half of the fifth chapter in Rosaria Butterfield's book Openness Unhindered she argues that the word "gay" has changed its meaning over time and has become a completely different word. The meaning has been switched and pressed onto homosexuality and has made homosexuality "good". It is now a term of identity instead of just an action, it now identifies people as "gay" instead of performing "gay" acts. Butterfield says that Christians should not use the because it goes against what the Bible says and takes away your identification in Christ and basically says that "gay" is good. Christians need to be weary of how they associate their selves with being "gay" because it doesn't make much sense to be Christian and gay, they contradict each other.
ReplyDeleteThe word meaning of the word gay has been changed many times over the years. Now a days it is used mainly when talking about homosexuals. Butterfield explains in the story that “gay is a term of identity.” (pg.118). What this quote means is that when a person is homosexual they are automatically titled with the word “gay” because of it. Butterfield also goes on to explain that the phrase “Gay Christian” is condemned by God but “Italian American” is not only because it does not have the word gay in front of it. Gay is not just a word to describe someone, it is an identity of a person.
ReplyDeleteDr. Butterfield starts this chapter with what the meaning of the word “gay” used to be. She then explains to us self-representation and the way people identify themselves. “Gay Christians” are described by Dr. Butterfield as “the potential to mislead people, even those who use it are seeking clarity, honesty, and transparency.” (Butterfield 119)
ReplyDeleteIn the first half of the chapter we see how Butterfield writes of how the meaning of the word "gay" has shifted from the sixteenth century to the twenty first century. She goes on to say how as christians we should flee from the gay sinful mature because it conflicts with biblical law. "this is in contrast with biblical norms..." (114). We see how she clarifies that you can name a sin something nice to seem like it is right but in all truth we know Gods word is Gods word and sin is sin. In closing the first half of the chapter we see how gays are mislead because they want to be good like saying the words "i'm a gay christian" but in fact they are dis obeying Gods law of a sin and the two factor do not mix we can no break Gods laws and sugar coat them.
ReplyDeleteRosaria Butterfield lets us the reader know what the word "gay" years ago was defined as which is merry, bright, festive, and joyous. Now in the twenty-first century we use it in a completely different way, meaning a homosexual. Further into the first half she talks about how "gay" is apart of a persons identity and how it isn't just another adjective. Shes goes on saying how there isn't a more explosively charged word that 'gay'.
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