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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because we have let the Christian Right take over the narrative of what being Christian in America means. What part of the golden rule makes it okay to shun the LGBT community? Personally I believe that God loves everyone and who am I to make all these rules about other people whose activities do not affect me at all? Our church’s (Episcopalian) focus is on feeding people and all are welcome at God’s table. I don’t make myself feel good about myself by putting other people down. What good is served on Earth by diminishing other human beings? Members of our congregation feel the same way - when making the decision on whether to perform same-sex marriages there were listening and discernment sessions and there was way less discussion or debate than anyone expected.

And the Christian right kids themselves that the “doctrine” is divinely inspired. They’re going to say that we can’t pick and choose but if you’re not attending the Holy Mother Catholic Church, you already failed at that. [/quote]

It’s interesting that a post that starts with a back-handed insult about the “Christian Right” then goes onto say “I don’t make myself feel good by putting other people down.”   Sure you do — they might not be putting down LGBT people, but you absolutely consider yourself morally superior to other people — “those” people on the “Christian Right.”   And yes, people on the Christian Right do the same thing — they are often times smug and consider themselves superior to other people.   It runs in both directions.

It is only the true Gospel that takes away your superiority complex.   When you believe that you are a sinner saved by grace, then you cannot believe you are morally superior to anyone else.

The “golden rule” is fine, but it’s not the Gospel.  And in fact we can not follow the golden rule.   Try doing it for just a few hours.   Wait until someone annoys you or ticks you off and then immediately treat them the way you would want to be treated.   See how hard it is.

The fact that we are imperfect and cannot follow the golden rule — that is why we need Jesus.  It is through his substitutionary atonement that we are made right with God.  The Bible is abundantly clear about this.

You might not believe this, but this is what Christianity and the Bible actually says.  If you dont believe it, then you are belonging to a group, but its actual true Christianity.   [/quote]

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