The point I'm making, AD, is that one can fold up homophobia and hatred and bigotry with pretty bible pages as wrapping paper, then tie it all up with more pretty ribbons of scripture, but its contents are still homophobia, hatred, and bigotry.
It is not Christian compassion to render "ministry" to a gay man or woman in order to deliver them from a mental illness. The absurdity of that is glaring. Those types of ignoble acts are no more than a religious person trapped in their own narrow mindedness, denying another's humanity. Too often, we are aware of our shortcomings, our failures, our weaknesses, our prejudices; but we don't want to face them and muster the necessary courage to change, so we trumpet what we perceive to be others' faults in order to deflect and to avoid looking honestly at ourselves.
Isn't that part of what The Lord's Prayer was all about? self introspection? Or the whole chapter of I Corinthians 13? Hatred and prejudice is the much too easy path. Isn't it more worthwhile to stare our faults honestly in the face and do something about ourselves before we indict others?
Oh, and I'll take a pass on your backside.
It is not Christian compassion to render "ministry" to a gay man or woman in order to deliver them from a mental illness. The absurdity of that is glaring. Those types of ignoble acts are no more than a religious person trapped in their own narrow mindedness, denying another's humanity. Too often, we are aware of our shortcomings, our failures, our weaknesses, our prejudices; but we don't want to face them and muster the necessary courage to change, so we trumpet what we perceive to be others' faults in order to deflect and to avoid looking honestly at ourselves.
Isn't that part of what The Lord's Prayer was all about? self introspection? Or the whole chapter of I Corinthians 13? Hatred and prejudice is the much too easy path. Isn't it more worthwhile to stare our faults honestly in the face and do something about ourselves before we indict others?
Oh, and I'll take a pass on your backside.
