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The problems with separation of church and state aside (everyone has the right to their own personal opinions), this, to me, is the problem with how Christianity is viewed in our society. Most of you who know me know that I am a Christian, and I have a hard time understanding how someone who makes remarks like the Alabama governor is making could possibly be reading the same bible that I am reading. The "Golden Rule" in the Christian bible contains two parts - 1) You shall love the lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, and 2) YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
Now, to me the first part is a personal relationship between a person and God. But the second part seems pretty clear - there are no exceptions on who is "your neighbor". That means everyone. Period. And it only takes a little bit of reading about the life of Jesus, for which "Christ"ianity is based on, to see that Jesus didn't hate people, exclude people, etc. Certainly, people have different opinions, different beliefs, different faiths, different religions, etc. The rule does not say "You shall agree with your neighbor as yourself". But someone who claims to be a Christian and yet isn't living part 2 of the "Golden Rule" and is ignoring the countless examples of it in the life of Jesus, to me, is a hypocrite. Period.
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Don't forget "coward." Coward is a big one. I'm still burned by the DVD the Catholic church sent out in 2010, paid for by an anonymous donor with an extra $1,000,000 lying around.
That $1,000,000 could have given a lot of warm meals to cold and hungry people who don't care who has sex with whom. You know what they care about? Eating. Not freezing. You know, dumb stuff.
First, let's take care of the problems Jesus wanted us to. Then, after alllll of those problems are fixed, -then- we'll have the luxury of sitting around and deciding who's a "deviant" for wanting to put certain things in other things. I'm looking forward to that conversation because I already have a few ideas about what these people can cram up where.
Want to deny rights to a percentage of the population? Man up and say it to their face. Look someone in the eye and tell them that. Don't hide behind a church and a checkbook, coward.
Not every church believes what you believe. For example, my church believes you suck. I wish yours felt the same way.
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