I am not an advocate for gay pride per say because I don’t support heterosexuals or homosexuals handing out free condoms and parading around half naked wearing lingerie or S&M attire in public. What consenting adults do behind closed doors is their business. Parading that kind of stuff around in public leads me to say "Find a room."
Nevertheless, the wacked out religious extremists that preach hate at the most absurd places in the most inappropriate times claiming they have anything whatsoever to do with God are absolute freaks. Nothing more nothing less.
I’m referring to Fred Phelps author of godhatesfags.com. This guy is a freak. There is a facebook group entitled keep Fred Phelps out of Canada at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34102103084 Indeed we should.
This is the nutcase who tried to come to Canada from the States to picket Tim McLean‘s funeral:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/08/08/westboro-protest.html
The protest was tasteless and deranged. Tim McLean was the guy murdered on a greyhound in a random act of violence by someone with a mental illness. Tim wasn’t even gay. The family was in shock and requested privacy. It was not the venue for extremism.
Well they’re back at it. Now, Mr. Phelps is trying to come back to Canada, this time to protest the Laramie Project, a play based on the brutal killing of Matthew Shepard who was gay. These wackos are tasteless freaks. There is nothing Godly about them. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=c5ce725f-7b55-4686-8f97-33877ba08e9e
Their website pulls one scripture from the Old Testament out of context, which forms their foundation of sand. Yes, the bible teaches that homosexuality is "wrong." However, it teaches that many things are wrong and that all hath committed sin and that if anyone claims they have not committed sin, then they are a liar and the truth is not in them. The bible does say that God hates liars BTW and since God is not a respecter of persons, I submit that God hates bigots.
Anyways the scripture they cite is from Leviticus – the old school old law that was fulfilled when Christ came. There is a whole list in that scripture including adultery and bestiality but the quote makes reference to the former inhabitants of Israel and states that God abhorred them. No he was not referring to the Palestinians. He was referring to the people who inhabited Palestine before the Palestinians. The bible claims that those people were really really bad.
These wackos are what I define to be the great and abominable church. They set themselves up as a light to the word when they are really scam artists. When you take a survey and look at the number of paid ministers out there wanting to outlaw homosexuality, then find out how many of them are adulterers sleeping with prostitutes, those numbers are revealing. One could justifiably hold a sign that says God hates Jimmy Baker: http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/sexevangelist.html
God hates all sin. Does that mean God hates everyone? Of course not.
Homosexuality was not the fall of Rome promiscuity was. Remember that Elaine show that the extremists were in such an uproar about when she came out of the closet? Did any of them watch the episode? She was struggling with her sexuality, then finally came to the realization that she was gay only to discover that the person she wanted to have a relationship with was already in a relationship so it ended there. You missed the whole point about being faithful to your partner.
How can we condemn gay marriage but condone desperate housewives? A homosexual who is faithful to one partner is better than a heterosexual who is not.
God hates Fred Phelps: http://fredphelps.com/
2 comments:
Ah, Leviticus. The one who says a deformed or crippled person should not be allowed to enter a Church.
Leviticus (21:16,24)
Oh yes, the Loving God. As long as you are the perfect specimen.
Actually I think that’s another scripture taken completely out of context. The scripture you cite says he that has a blemish, or is crippled as you say, shall eat the bread of his God. That means he is welcome in church.
That scripture states that he shall not be a priest in the temple which in itself seems a bit weird but since the old laws were full of symbolism, me thinks it was symbolic of how it had to be an unblemished lamb that was offered up as a sacrifice which in turn was symbolic of Christ’s sacrifice in that he was without sin. That would be my understanding of that religious tradition.
However, the whole concept of animal sacrifice is something I really have a hard time accepting. Wiping blood all over the alter may have been symbolic of the atoning blood of Christ but it is a we bit weird in my opinion. I will also agree that many of the Old Testament rules and laws were extreme and Leviticus was likely the most extreme. Everyone and his dog got stoned for everything under the sun and it wasn’t with BC Bud.
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