In Sunday School yesterday morning, we began our study of Revelation. Explore the Bible encouraged the class to focus on Revelation 1:1-8. In order to gain context of being stranded on an island as John was when writing the book of Revelation, we spoke about several television shows and movies that illustrated being stranded on an island: Castaway, Lost, Gilligan's Island. The class then considered what two items they would want to carry with them if they were allowed two items on a stranded island. Answers varied from a knife to an airplane with a pilot!! As we continued to discuss the eventual hopelessness that would be sure to follow being stranded on an island, we began to discuss tha
In 1978, Gilbert Baker decided to implement the symbol of a rainbow to represent the gay and lesbian ideology. He states, "the rainbow came to mind almost instantly as an obvious expression of diversity and acceptance. The rainbow is a part of nature and you have to be in the right place to see it. It's beautiful, all of the colors, even the colors you can't see. That really fit us as a people because we are all of the colors. Our sexuality is all of the colors. We are all the genders, races and ages." The LGBT desires to have their lifestyle accepted culturally. When their flag was created, Baker spent time studying the rainbow's placement in Biblical teaching. However, Baker did no
