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keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)You know you believe in the one, true God when he hates the same people you do.
Does anyone need the ???
Biophilic
(5,266 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,390 posts)I have brothers and sisters who are in the Evangelical Christian Cult. I grew up with it.
In fact, they twist it into an explanation that its actually LOVE. And in fact, they love gay people probably more than you or I do, because they care for not only their life here, but for their survival after life. Because as we all know....God only accepts hetros into heaven.
They will always answer with "We don't hate them, we hate the sin". So I try and tell them that to say to someone that you hate their life, their partnerships, their friends, who they decide they love, etc.. then its pretty much telling them you hate them. But its WOOOOOOOOOSH right over their heads.
They are not the haters, they can never be that because God, and their pastor, tell them they are the ones who love. Its everyone else that is a hater.
erronis
(17,682 posts)the cognitive dissonance.
Sit in a pew a few times in one of their "crutches" and you'll be able to spout the playbook automatically.
patphil
(7,369 posts)Angels don't reproduce; they are essentially sexless!
It's only in the 3D world that humans, and most other animals, need 2 sexes to reproduce.
So, from God's point of view, the whole concern we have for human sexuality to be heterosexual as opposed to homosexual, or bisexual is essentially pointless.
God deals in love, not body functions.
And God isn't fooled by people who say things like hate the sin, not the sinner, or that they don't hate, everyone else does. Those statements are done to fool people, including the ones who say them.
Effectively, we have a whole class of christians who stand opposed to the things Jesus taught, while deluding themselves into believing they are "oh so holy".
It would be nice if they were full of love, but they're only full of shit.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,078 posts)There is no arguing with intentional ignorance.
calimary
(85,158 posts)Some people are just unreachable.
spooky3
(36,908 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)lindysalsagal
(22,454 posts)Skittles
(161,712 posts)they certainly all have a superiority complex
yellowdogintexas
(23,008 posts)officially, starting May 1
Our senior minister announced this in worship today.
https://news.yahoo.com/united-methodist-bishops-acknowledge-breakup-205841360.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
The new Global Methodist denomination will essentially take with it the congregations and conferences which continually defeated any progressive agenda, particularly involving LGBTQ issues. This means a lot of the haters will be going away
cayugafalls
(5,767 posts)It is a well known fact.
paleotn
(19,861 posts)or personal philosophy for that matter....just leave people the hell alone. They're happy. They're not hurting anyone. Just leave them alone. As long as my neighbor isn't building an ICBM in their garage, threatening to launch on Morocco, I don't give two shits what they do. It would be a much more peaceful world if others did the same.
My favorite comeback is...Isn't your omnipotent, omnipresent, all powerful God able to deal with "teh gays" on his own? Pretty weak ass god if he needs YOUR help.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Thousands and thousands of years of wars against non-believers, wars against different denominations of believers, imposition of slavery, land grabs, murder, torture.
But they don't want to talk about that
Wounded Bear
(61,242 posts)and not so much the "love" part.
At least that has been my experience.
IronLionZion
(47,496 posts)American Taliban uses Bibles instead of Koran.
No religion.
PJMcK
(23,298 posts)It sure seems like it.
Anyway, it's all bunk without a shred of evidence. Why people believe these stories is beyond my understanding.
Or caring.
marie999
(3,334 posts)Skittles
(161,712 posts)yes indeed
marie999
(3,334 posts)Skittles
(161,712 posts)they do it all the time
very often I have noticed that when churches "bring people together" it's people who all think the same
over and OUT
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Yeah, we get it. Not every religious person hates LGBTQ+ individuals, but the overwhelming majority of the opposition to their being treated as full and equal members of our society comes from religious people and their respective organizations.
uponit7771
(92,376 posts)... from those who do evil.
Raine
(30,674 posts)others in it. 🤔