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The homo clergy letter you mean?


This comment speaks volumes.

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Let me put it this way Linda... you are very put off by any mention of God that suggests God has a mind and is in charge, has set the world and universe in motion upon unchanging laws which he decides, he decides Linda... and as far as what you believe, consider what God believes and perhaps that he does not believe in you, that your intentions are honorable insofar as He is concerned. Then consider that God is able to do whatever he wants.

Because he is able.


Does it put me off? Yes, because I don't believe in a personified god who is up in the sky, actively running everything. You knew this, and you also knew that I'm not going to feel frightened or intimidated by being told that I am a truth-hater, blasphemer, heathen on my way to hell, etc etc. We obviously are going to have to agree to disagree on this point.

Just for the record, during the years that I was a Christian, my God was the loving one that the Bible also describes. If people did things to turn away from him then it perhaps made him feel sad or disappointed, but he didn't try to trick them or do anything else vengeful, because he still loved them. I wouldn't have understood this Old testament-style god who punishes and burns the heathen and sends them to hell to rot for all eternity, and I have problems with such an ideology that sets people up to feel that they are righteous while others are sinners who will be condemned. In my eyes, God loved everyone because they were his people. It encourages those who believe this to likewise love others, rather than condemn them. Anyone whose religious encourages them to love others is OK with me.