something from another discussion board...
"When you helped your church ban gay marriage, how many souls do you think you saved?
When you went door to door, or handed out fliers at the grocery store, how many people saw God’s grace in you? How many people saw Jesus’ love for the sinner?
When you gave money to the campaigns to pass gay marriage bans, how many of the hungry did you feed? How many of the needy did you shelter?
When you voted in private to take away the rights of your fellow U.S. citizens simply because they have different beliefs than yours, how many people did you convert? How many sins did you prevent?
People will still have gay sex. They just won’t be able to visit their loved ones when they are dying, they will be subject to a different tax code, their estates will be unnecessarily tied up in court on their passing.
Great job, I bet Jesus is really cheering you on.
You hypocrites! You are being cruel to people just because they are different and too weak to defend themselves politically. You are teaching the rest of the world that your church is about cowardly hate. You are perverting the core values of Christianity, and you are undermining the freedoms of our state.
You are driving people away from the church, not bringing people in.
Yes, I know, you think these people are sinning and you think sinners should be punished. Do you sin? Does that mean we should be able to stop you from visiting your loved ones in the hospital? Or we should bar you from raising your kids? Or you should have to pay more taxes upon the death of your spouse? Would any of these things stop you from sinning?
For those of you that homeschool, you do realize a lot of people think that you are sinning by giving your kids an inferior education? You may not think that’s what happening — I certainly don’t think that’s happening in my home — but plenty of people believe this firmly. Does that mean it should be OK for others to take away your right to teach your children?
Absolutely not.
So why on Earth do you think you should get to deny other people their rights, just because you think they are sinning?
It’s a free country (for some more than for others) so of course you are free to spread whatever gospel you please. But if you really are a Christian, if you really want to live a Christ-like life, please stop and think a little bit about what you are doing. I know some of you are out there.
How many souls did Prop 8 save for the church?
I’d venture to say it lost quite a few."
"When you helped your church ban gay marriage, how many souls do you think you saved?
When you went door to door, or handed out fliers at the grocery store, how many people saw God’s grace in you? How many people saw Jesus’ love for the sinner?
When you gave money to the campaigns to pass gay marriage bans, how many of the hungry did you feed? How many of the needy did you shelter?
When you voted in private to take away the rights of your fellow U.S. citizens simply because they have different beliefs than yours, how many people did you convert? How many sins did you prevent?
People will still have gay sex. They just won’t be able to visit their loved ones when they are dying, they will be subject to a different tax code, their estates will be unnecessarily tied up in court on their passing.
Great job, I bet Jesus is really cheering you on.
You hypocrites! You are being cruel to people just because they are different and too weak to defend themselves politically. You are teaching the rest of the world that your church is about cowardly hate. You are perverting the core values of Christianity, and you are undermining the freedoms of our state.
You are driving people away from the church, not bringing people in.
Yes, I know, you think these people are sinning and you think sinners should be punished. Do you sin? Does that mean we should be able to stop you from visiting your loved ones in the hospital? Or we should bar you from raising your kids? Or you should have to pay more taxes upon the death of your spouse? Would any of these things stop you from sinning?
For those of you that homeschool, you do realize a lot of people think that you are sinning by giving your kids an inferior education? You may not think that’s what happening — I certainly don’t think that’s happening in my home — but plenty of people believe this firmly. Does that mean it should be OK for others to take away your right to teach your children?
Absolutely not.
So why on Earth do you think you should get to deny other people their rights, just because you think they are sinning?
It’s a free country (for some more than for others) so of course you are free to spread whatever gospel you please. But if you really are a Christian, if you really want to live a Christ-like life, please stop and think a little bit about what you are doing. I know some of you are out there.
How many souls did Prop 8 save for the church?
I’d venture to say it lost quite a few."






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