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As tragic as this is, it doesn't reflect what I believe any more than it reflects what you believe. I'm no more "proud" to be a Christian than I am "ashamed" to be one. After all this time on RF, you still don't get it, do you? All Christians aren't alike. All Muslims aren't alike. All atheists aren't alike. When is this going to sink in?
As tragic as this is, it doesn't reflect what I believe any more than it reflects what you believe. I'm no more "proud" to be a Christian than I am "ashamed" to be one. After all this time on RF, you still don't get it, do you? All Christians aren't alike. All Muslims aren't alike. All atheists aren't alike. When is this going to sink in?
If an atheist is not to believe in God, yet man...... the difference is one stops the other believing....And you are proud to be a Christian-hating atheist?
That, to me, is the real issue. Here are people who are basically kind, who want to be kind, but they feel compelled by their religious principles to be insulting and unkind.It seems the church did show some kind gestures toward the family in providing food, making the memorial video and offering to pay for another venue for the service. I give them credit for that. However, it really broke my heart they declined the memorial service be held at their church, like this vet was someone to throw away. At least that's how I felt.
That, to me, is the real issue. Here are people who are basically kind, who want to be kind, but they feel compelled by their religious principles to be insulting and unkind.
Article said:Homosexual Lutheran clergy who are in sexual relationships will be able to serve as pastors, the largest U.S. Lutheran body said on Saturday.
“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.”