Churches contribute to gay suicides, most Americans believe
That's the CNN headline based upon a survey from Public Religion Research Institute. They do not publish their methodology but the survey is here
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Really?
In my experience the Church doesn't talk about homosexuality at all - it talks about sin and assumes correctly that all are sinners in one way or another.
And the Church talks about overcoming sin and redemption.
The Church talks about trying to live a Godly life and the struggles that that entails because it doesn't come easy.
And the Church tells us to examine our own sin and not to judge others.
Is it that the activists are so self centered and absorbed that they want the Church to be all about them and when it doesn't conform to their wishes and desires they portray this as hostility toward them?
That's the CNN headline based upon a survey from Public Religion Research Institute. They do not publish their methodology but the survey is here
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Gay rights campaigner Dan Savage said the idea that churches send out an anti-gay message "totally jibes with my experience and that of millions of other gay and lesbian people."
Really?
In my experience the Church doesn't talk about homosexuality at all - it talks about sin and assumes correctly that all are sinners in one way or another.
And the Church talks about overcoming sin and redemption.
The Church talks about trying to live a Godly life and the struggles that that entails because it doesn't come easy.
And the Church tells us to examine our own sin and not to judge others.
Is it that the activists are so self centered and absorbed that they want the Church to be all about them and when it doesn't conform to their wishes and desires they portray this as hostility toward them?
Sounds about right.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'd get on a bit better down at the friendly neighborhood mosque.
In the same survey, 62% of people thought churches also contributed to higher standards of morality too, and most of the others weren't sure one way or the other.
ReplyDeleteI would expect only deeply religious people who are gay to be influenced by whatever their particular Church says, and if they listen carefully, what they are saying should not generate suicidal thoughts.
I think asking those that are gay and suicidal might yield more interesting answers than this simplistic survey.
No one said it is easy, Ackers. But things that appear impossible are doable with the help of Jesus.
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