Dallas Church Removes Homosexual From Membership?

[Truth7t7]

Dallas church to gay member:

We lovingly call you to repentance

By Kimberly Winston | October 19, 2016

(RNS) A Dallas megachurch is embroiled in controversy after it lovingly ousted a member for being in a gay relationship.

Watermark Church, which draws 11,000 people to three campuses every weekend, sent a letter to member Jason Thomas, informing him it was removing him from membership because he was in a relationship with another man.

We are left with no other option but to remove you from our body . . ., the letter, posted on the website of The Dallas Morning News, states. We lovingly but firmly call you back to repentance.

 

[Sunstone]

Helps to give Christians a bad reputation.

 

[Reaper]

"Lovingly"
Mhm, sure.

 

[Jumi]

Maybe they will leave that church and find God instead.

 

[Nakosis]

Maybe they will leave that church and find God instead.

God damned churches, right! Always thinking they know what God wants.

 

[Jainarayan]

Helps to give Christians a bad reputation.

Some don't need any help. For some it's a God-given talent (see what I did there?).

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Horrible. I wonder if they do the same for fornicators, adulterers, divorced people and so on. Best to leave that church.

 

[Jainarayan]

I wonder if they do the same for fornicators, adulterers, divorced people and so on.

Extreme sarcasm alert:

What kind of crazy talk is that!? Of course they don't!

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

"Thomas said he has since gone to two other Dallas churches, which have welcomed him warmly." Wonderful!

 

[viole]

, informing him it was removing him from membership because he was in a relationship with another man.

I thought all Christians have a relationship with another man.

Ciao

- viole

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

@Truth7t7 what is your point here? Or are you just posting random news articles that mention homosexuality? You obviously have strong feelings about the subject, but you're lack of commentary on your posts makes it hard to understand your concern.

 

[Father Heathen]

While their bigotry is disgusting, I don't understand why a homosexual would want to belong to them anyway.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

RNS) A Dallas megachurch is embroiled in controversy after it lovingly ousted a member for being in a gay relationship.

Watermark Church, which draws 11,000 people to three campuses every weekend, sent a letter to member Jason Thomas, informing him it was removing him from membership because he was in a relationship with another man.

We are left with no other option but to remove you from our body . . ., the letter, posted on the website of The Dallas Morning News, states. We lovingly but firmly call you back to repentance.

How so loving and Christ-like of them.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

While their bigotry is disgusting, I don't understand why a homosexual would want to belong to them anyway.

I personally don't understand why any homosexual would want to be a Christian when the Bible says they are to be put to death and their blood is on their own hands.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I personally don't understand why any homosexual would want to be a Christian when the Bible says they are to be put to death and their blood is on their own hands.

The Bible says a lot of things that sound crazy if taken literally and read out of context. The interpretation you make here is highly debatable, but anyway...

 

[Father Heathen]

I personally don't understand why any homosexual would want to be a Christian when the Bible says they are to be put to death and their blood is on their own hands.

I don't understand why anyone would want to use the irrational, unsubstantiated, and arbitrary superstitions of ancient primitives as a moral compass in the modern world.

 

[Jumi]

I personally don't understand why any homosexual would want to be a Christian when the Bible says they are to be put to death and their blood is on their own hands.

Probably inspired by Jesus hoping to find others who had the same idea, tough luck when they arrive at some of these churches because Jesus is out and OT and Paul are in... well, selectively. Of course there are always better churches than those that dismiss the poor and those they don't care to understand.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I don't understand why anyone would want to use the irrational, unsubstantiated, and arbitrary superstitions of ancient primitives as a moral compass in the modern world.

Touche.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I don't understand why anyone would want to use the irrational, unsubstantiated, and arbitrary superstitions of ancient primitives as a moral compass in the modern world.

That's awkward for someone claiming heathendom

 

[Father Heathen]

That's awkward for someone claiming heathendom

Nah, back when I made this moniker, I was thinking of the original definition. At the time, I had no idea that it had been co-opted to refer to Asatru and such.