The worldwide Methodist Church recently, by a narrow margin, voted to maintain its stance on refusing to allow gays to serve as clergy. In Missouri, a lesbian couple is upset that the Methodist church voted to maintain the “traditional“ stance that homosexuality is a sin.
In a story I read in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the couple - members of the Methodist church - are upset about the vote and feel that the church is wrongly not being inclusive. One member of the couple said this: “The Bible is inspired by God, but ultimately it is written by man. I know for me, the God I believe in is one that believes that love is love and that we should love our fellow man.”
This is the problem with the argument of the gay community: they want to interpret the Bible - even change the Bible - to fit today’s ideas of what’s right and what’s wrong. They can’t grasp the idea of “love the sinner, hate the sin” because they want to deny that the Bible - and thus God - says the homosexuality is a sin. We are all sinners. But there are those in today’s society who deny their own sin.
This is the problem I have with the gay community. They want to take what i believe to be is morally wrong, and tell me - and my children - that it’s NOT morally wrong because it’s okay by today’s standards. They want to change the Bible to fit their own parameters. To the gay community, live and let live - even acceptance - is not good enough. It has to be a celebration of their lifestyle.
Homosexuality and the Methodist Church
Signs a Church is becoming Progressive
Normalizing sin
In a story I read in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the couple - members of the Methodist church - are upset about the vote and feel that the church is wrongly not being inclusive. One member of the couple said this: “The Bible is inspired by God, but ultimately it is written by man. I know for me, the God I believe in is one that believes that love is love and that we should love our fellow man.”
This is the problem with the argument of the gay community: they want to interpret the Bible - even change the Bible - to fit today’s ideas of what’s right and what’s wrong. They can’t grasp the idea of “love the sinner, hate the sin” because they want to deny that the Bible - and thus God - says the homosexuality is a sin. We are all sinners. But there are those in today’s society who deny their own sin.
This is the problem I have with the gay community. They want to take what i believe to be is morally wrong, and tell me - and my children - that it’s NOT morally wrong because it’s okay by today’s standards. They want to change the Bible to fit their own parameters. To the gay community, live and let live - even acceptance - is not good enough. It has to be a celebration of their lifestyle.
Homosexuality and the Methodist Church
Signs a Church is becoming Progressive
Normalizing sin
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