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Originally Posted by Tanya Fairywings
Sadly Progressive Christianity is catching on . It's so painful to listen to. A "minister" named Brandon Robertson said that God lied to Adam and Eve about dying when they ate of the friut and the serpent told the truth. He even claimed that being queer is holy... The heresy is so obvious yet people choose to ignore it..
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I don't respect the koran. Guess what? I'm not an islam. If I did respect the book, I'd have to consider conversion. Probably. Maybe not. I don't know. But the point here is I don't and I'm not.
I don't respect the Kama Sutra. Guess what? I'm not a sex monkey. If I did respect the book, I'd have to consider conversion. Maybe not. It would depend on how much eroticism I thought necessary for enlightenment. The point here is "swingers" never seem very enlightened so I don't and I'm not.
I don't respect the apocrypha, assorted pseudepigrapha, Romish patristics and garish pompous liars. Guess what? I'm not a catholic. If I did respect their tawdry portfolio, I'd have to consider conversion. Well, probably not – but the point here is I don't and I won't be.
Can you spot a pattern emerging? The question arises: what does it mean to respect a book? Or an entire creed, for that matter? Surely one element is to endorse its teachings. Even if lukewarm in embracing the doctrines set out, usually very plainly—and don't bother researching idolatrous carvings that depict a message for those who can't read, glommed onto hindoo temples, they're about as plain as you can get—outright rejection of the message hardly qualifies as respect. So if he doesn't respect The Bible, particularly where its most straightforward teachings are concerned, why does he stay a minister?
Is that what he calls himself? From his perspective, surely by preserving the book he loathes he leaves the way open for future generations to rehabilitate the very things he opposes!
Satan is certainly wily and will corrupt just about anything.