What2Say2Day? Okay, I'm kind of riled this morning having just read a string of Facebook proclamations about what the TRUTH about the WORD is. Of course the proclaimer made many references to verses in the bible, picking and choosing what was appropriate to support his argument. In the process, however, he had forgotten to mention there were other things in the bible which aren't followed, but that's okay, he wasn't talking about stoning sinners or boiling kids in milk or wearing only cloth woven of a single thread (please don't take away my rayon shirts).
In the string of arguments, though, was a single comment stating that it's no wonder Christian churches are on the decline. It's the hurt and un-welcomed, un-accepting rhetoric which makes today's Christian churches a place not to spend a Sunday morning with family. I wouldn't want my children exposed to teachings about hate and division, would you?
I find it almost comical that all of the arguments about such things as homosexuality or women in the church or people of color all come from Old Testament verses or words written by Paul or in the book of Revelation. And the people arguing these things call themselves Christians. A very good friend of mine who just so happens to be an ordained gay minister once gave me a book titled "What Jesus Says About Gays". It was a thin book, no more than 150 pages, and each page was blank.
Follow the teachings of Christ. Welcome all people...scratch that...Welcome all creation with the love of God and not the rules of man.
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