my friend told me about a bumper sticker she saw the other day. it said, "gay marriage: last stop on the road to hell".
it has seriously bothered me ever since. AHHHHHH!
this is why i have a difficult time telling people that i'm a "christian" on occasion. why??...because much of the secular realm equates "christian" with "hell-fire hatred"...which i also call hypocrisy...
i just don't understand why people can't have their disagreements with a semblance of ascribed dignity and respect for humanity. how does 'hell' help their case in any way?? if anything, it makes the bumper sticker holder look like he or she is afraid of homosexuality. i just think that's weird...and utterly un-loving. you know who jesus was mostly furious with when he walked this earth???...the pharisees of his own tradition who lost all capacity to love because of selling their souls to pride, power and legalism all in the name of god. that's who he called "white-washed tombs" and a "brood of vipers"...perhaps those on the "last stop on the road to hell"?? i don't believe jesus lived a hateful life then nor calls us to live any differently today.
i just wish such people were...better. and actually i'm reminded of something...there are "christian" people out there that have no experience of the living and real love of jesus. they know a lot in their heads but with no real relationship with the divine. so how can they show it to others???...perhaps that means they can't. so maybe...just maybe...that should also be my prayer.
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