Ichabod.

The name means, incidentally, "The glory is departed."

Texas megachurch cancels vet's memorial service because he was gay.

Quote:

Simons said the church believes homosexuality is a sin, and it would have appeared to endorse that lifestyle if the service had been held there.

"We did decline to host the service — not based on hatred, not based on discrimination, but based on principle," Simons told The Associated Press. "Had we known it on the day they first spoke about it — yes, we would have declined then. It's not that we didn't love the family."

My response:

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Simon Peter went up upon the house top to pray about the sixth hour: and he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to earth: wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill, and eat."

But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean."

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, "What God hath cleansed, that call thou not common."

- Acts of the Apostles, 10: 9-15, KJB

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. [The matter being certain teachers who claimed that Christians who were not circumsized and who did not follow the law of Moses re: diet, sex, etc. could not be saved.] And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers no we were able to bear? By we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they."

- Acts of the Apostles, 15: 6-11, KJB

Regardless of whether or not Christianity is truth- and I won't argue either side of that, so forget it- High Point Church doesn't practice it according to St. Peter.

High Point practices it according to whichever disciple advocated bigotry and injustice.

(Incidentally, I just read Misquoting Jesus, which had some interesting snippets of certain parts of the Bible- most notably the Great Commission, but other things as well- which were added -centuries- after the fact... so I'm not even arguing that this is part of Christ's message. I'm arguing that this is part of modern Christianity, and ought to be followed- from common decency if for no other reason.)

Ichabod.

The name means, incidentally, "The glory is departed."

Texas megachurch cancels vet's memorial service because he was gay.

Quote:

Simons said the church believes homosexuality is a sin, and it would have appeared to endorse that lifestyle if the service had been held there.

"We did decline to host the service — not based on hatred, not based on discrimination, but based on principle," Simons told The Associated Press. "Had we known it on the day they first spoke about it — yes, we would have declined then. It's not that we didn't love the family."

My response:

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Simon Peter went up upon the house top to pray about the sixth hour: and he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to earth: wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill, and eat."

But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean."

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, "What God hath cleansed, that call thou not common."

- Acts of the Apostles, 10: 9-15, KJB

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. [The matter being certain teachers who claimed that Christians who were not circumsized and who did not follow the law of Moses re: diet, sex, etc. could not be saved.] And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers no we were able to bear? By we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they."

- Acts of the Apostles, 15: 6-11, KJB

Regardless of whether or not Christianity is truth- and I won't argue either side of that, so forget it- High Point Church doesn't practice it according to St. Peter.

High Point practices it according to whichever disciple advocated bigotry and injustice.

(Incidentally, I just read Misquoting Jesus, which had some interesting snippets of certain parts of the Bible- most notably the Great Commission, but other things as well- which were added -centuries- after the fact... so I'm not even arguing that this is part of Christ's message. I'm arguing that this is part of modern Christianity, and ought to be followed- from common decency if for no other reason.)