I know plenty of devout Christians, in fact quite a few entire Christian Churches that love and welcome gay and lesbian parishoners, even clergy.
I listened to Evangelical speakers discussing gay marriage, and they came away agreeing we deserve civil unions at a minimum, and always, respect as human beings.
my point is, your preacher may spit venom on gays and lesbians, but he is NOT CHRIST HIMSELF.
Ask yourself, What Would Jesus Do?
He sure wouldn't be protesting soldier's funerals to espouse God's wrath against America for coddling gays.
2006-09-01 02:53:38 · 16 answers · asked by tkdeity 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
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Hey you ! Gay! I support all those Christians, Jews and Muslims for condemning same sex por.n.o . This is a crisis that started at the time of Abraham!And yes it still continous......our kids ,relatives ,friends are all in danger!
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kill em all!"
Pardon me? same sex por.n.o . This is a crisis that started at the time of Abraham?
would that have been on betamax? who mentioned por.n.o? and if porn is demeaning, isn't male/female porno the same? I don't know if you are not a native English speaker, but you're not communicating clearly.
2006-09-01 03:35:34 · update #1
"pita
Love the sinner,hate the sin.You either believe in the Lord and his teachings,or you don't.We welcome gays in our church,but that doesn't mean you will be married in it."
I appreciate the welcome, and I'm not asking to be married in your church. I'll ask that while I'm there, I hear more of love than hate in the sermon from the minister, and the parishoners. From what you've said, I'd enjoy a Sunday morning sharing a pew with you.
"one family is responsible for most of the protesting,and they're Baptist."
actually, they are members of one particular Baptist church, and for the most part, are also related (read:inbred) I was raised a Baptist, but there's no way anyone from my church would protest like that.
2006-09-01 11:59:31 · update #2
I agree with you, my Dear. There are many people who DO appreciate and love their Happy neighbors; probably much more than we know about. It's those nasty 10% that always get the limelight. Mr. Phelps and(the Westboro Baptists) are extremists. They get the spotlight because they're bloody well nuts. God understands. I figure God loves, Man hates. Jesus loves us for ourselves. Blessings on you.
2006-09-01 04:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Love the sinner,hate the sin.You either believe in the Lord and his teachings,or you don't.We welcome gays in our church,but that doesn't mean you will be married in it.And from the research i did on the protesting funerals,one family is responsible for most of the protesting,and they're Baptist.
2006-09-01 07:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by fluffer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The behavior of Fred Phelps and his roving band of zealots upsets a lot of moderate/conservative Christians.
I know I was sickened by hearing about the funeral picketing. I don't know if the lawsuit had legal merit, but morally I was glad the father was creating some headaches for Westboro Baptist. Maybe it will distract them from their destructive behavior.
It's obvious that, in their desire to get their message out, they've lost any sense of God-like love for individual human beings... so their entire message is devoid of the truth regardless of what they believe.
2006-09-01 02:59:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Actually I don't think it is the Beliefs being the issue so much as a lack of understanding of the Constitution.
Being a "majority" does not give anyone free reign to run roughshod over anyone else. It doesn't give them the right to do so(and actually if they were to care enough to look they were told in their Bible to not force beliefs onto anyone but to simply leave and allow God to deal with it as he will, contrary to what the Dominionist movement says,) the Constitution was specifically set up to PROTECT the rights of the Minority from the Tyranny of the Majority.
If you feel homosexuality is wrong, good for you, don't be gay, as for the rest you need to respect their beliefs as much as you "respect" your own and allow them to follow those beliefs unobstructed. Don't tell me how to live my life, I don't believe as you do.
2006-09-01 05:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people have a tendency to be narrow minded shits who thinks that only they are right and that everyone is and should be exactly like them.
however, here in the real world we have something called pluralism. and it really gets on my nerves when people try to hurt the very spice of life; what kind of a world would this be if we were all the same? how would we evolve, how would we become advanced, how would we further our minds? these are simply people who do not wish to learn.
2006-09-01 08:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by kittens 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance breeds intolerance hate brings prejudices against anyone who is different. Do want world that is all white, male and protestant?
We live in world of diversity and country that is composed of individuals of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles. This is American not Iraq.
2006-09-01 07:56:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance! Insanity! Who knows. Just another example of "Good,devout Christians trying to force their beliefs on others. Please explain to me why they would put the families of fallen soldiers(who died for their country) thru more unnecessary grief just to get publicity or attention to their cause. Hate is hate. Seems like they are losing site of Gods overall message.
2006-09-01 05:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by psykobarbi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being gay is not a religion or belief. Most people, from all religions, believe that homsexuality is a mental problem. Jesus would forgive gays for their sins. Even though some one may speak evangelically on any topic, in religion, the term Evangelical is normally associated with Christianity. We are all part of God and deserve respect for being so. A person's lifestyle doesn't neccessarily deserve respect.
2006-09-01 03:07:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I agree with you completely. many churches in my city (St. Louis) as well have open, accepting congregations, and yes, you can be gay AND Christian! most "real" Christians are not venomous, hateful scum like "Rev" Phelps and his band of freaks. people like him give real Christians a bad name, "using" religion to justify your bigotry is evil!
2006-09-01 03:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by redcatt63 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because part of any religion is power over the masses...and thus they are conditioned that everyone SHOULD be Christian and therefore they should act as though everyone is...
2006-09-04 20:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by musikurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋