Indeed. There is no objective basis to any kind of religious belief. Christianity exists in thousands of different flavors for exactly that reason. Theology is sandcastles in the air. In my opinion, all theologians are ultimately deluded fools. Theology is not a discipline; it's an exercise in imagination.

I'll be happy if this guy's new imagining makes life better for some queer people, but I'm not holding my breath. Religious people believe things because they want to and decide to — not because of evidence, facts, or objective reality.

The Evangelical Protestant Christians who mistreat queer people quite evidently want to mistreat queer people. If you listen to them, you understand that they are highly emotionally invested in their repugnant religious delusions.

I would be shocked if a significant percentage of them started to become better people just because somebody wrote a book.

But who knows. We'll see. I truly hope Hays's imagination proves attractive enough to win "converts."