My eye was caught by this provacative title a little more than a week ago. My first inclination was to be completely offended. But after reading the blog by the pastor who is asking this question I found myself finding that the answer to this question isn't so easy.
If you think about it, why is the church so harsh on the gay community? Maybe harsh is the wrong term to use. Focused. Why is it that the modern church has become so focused on the sins of the gay community? After thinking about it, it seems to me that the Bible says that all sins are evil. Where does it say that the sins of a homosexual are more wrong than the sins of a liar? Or that of a lustful heterosexual? For some reason the church today has chosen to focus so much more of their attention on the gay community than on other sins; making it so much harder for members of that community to feel welcome in a church.
What is the ultimate goal of the church's stand against sin? Is it to deal out guilt and judgement? Or to show that man in all manners of his sinfulness are indeed depraved and in need of a savior.
Check out the provacative blog and decide for yourself.
An interesting video found on youtube also deals with this topic. Check it out!
-Robert D.
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I wonder if an apology is the answer. I think an apology is necessary to God, but to people, it means little. I would think that the right direction to head is an apology to God, but changed action towards the gay community.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think there is something more to the situation than the gay community alone. The church needs some revamping in regards to its use of love. Selective and conditional, transformed to universal and unconditional could change everything. I think it's more the Church's problem than the churches'.