Spiritual Food for thought…
I enjoyed this article as a gay man of faith. Maybe you will, too. If not then go watch Avatar! It’s a great movie. I especially identify with the first three paragraphs:
I often receive emails from folks who suggest that I am trying to destroy Christianity. Some tell me that I am just ignorant and often suggest that if I would just read the Bible I would get it right. Others believe I am an agent of the devil, and some have even suggested that I am the Anti-Christ. I must admit, sometimes my ego gets off on that one. At least it seems that I am important to someone.Almost all of these types of emails suggest that the “real issue” is that we progressives are trying to ignore the “hard part” of being a committed Christian. That usually includes the statement that we do not want to believe that there are “ rules” that we are supposed to live by that have been given to us by God. And the second related part is that we ignore the “truth that we are sinners,” and therefore believe we have no need for repentance and redemption. Of course, they almost always end with something like, “ha, ha, you are going to burn in hell.” I probably receive about three of these types of emails a week.
I used to respond to most of those but I discovered that my responses just seemed to escalate the number of exchanges and never once in the last four years have I felt that I had changed anyone’s perspective by responding.
Posted: Friday, January 22nd, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
Categories: General.
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