Who Would Jesus Expel?
More lessons in love and compassion from our nation's Christian leaders...
PlanetOut (via Yahoo): Baptist college expels gay student
The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., has kicked out a sophomore because he revealed he was gay on his MySpace.com page, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported...
Luckily, it seems the younger generation of Christians are beginning to reject this nonsense. A friend of the expelled student says, "I would consider Jason a Christian because so many of his values are Christian. He embodies everything a friend should be. A lot of people are suffering because he is not here." However, this is not universal... One Georgia-based college student is suing for her right to be intolerant toward gays at her school in the face of rules preventing harassment toward those of different orientations. In that article, Rev. Rick Scarborough (a well-known) evangelical) speaks of a Christian 'civil rights' movement, stating "Christians are going to have to take a stand for the right to be Christian."
Reverend, have you met Tom Delay? You two would get along nicely.
I hope when Jesus rises this Sunday, he decides to kick some persecuted Christian ass.
[PS- Pat Robertson's power wanes- Christian Coalition Shrinks as Debt Grows - Thank God.]
posted by BlueDuck @ 11:36 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Thank you; it is a good post.
However, while yes the school has the right to expel for that reason, it is not right nor does it seem particularly Christian.
Intolerance seems to be a staple of today's Christianity and they simply use their faith to defend their preexisting prejudices. The modern Christian landscape (Falwell, Robertson, Rick Scarborough, Rick Santorum, etc) is filled with people who spew hate all the time... and if not for their faith, they would not get away with it. The anti-gay forces in this country simply hate gays... it's just a convenience that they have some obscure biblical defense for that.
I am also always constantly amused at how modern Christians- whose faith is supposed to be based on the New Testament- mostly preach the fire-and-brimstone, everything-is-a-sin faith of the Old Testament rather than the 'love thy neighbor', 'turn the other cheek' philosophy of the New.
And, on a semi-related note about Christian's merging with Republicanism, I've written about that before.
Let it be noted, for the record, that I am no fan of religion, though I enjoy it greatly from an academic standpoint (went to Catholic school through high school, studied religion in college).
I appreciate your visit and comment. However, I would challenge you to read one or more of the gospels in the New Testament. I did recently, and was immediately struck by just how firm and - yes - judgemental Christ was. There is a right and wrong, and He knows it, period. Yes, I agree that the most important commandment is to love God, and the second to love thy neighbor, but He pulled no punches.
On that basis, I think the arguments and points put forth in your two main paragprahs are inherently mistaken.
Thanks.
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