A meme, seen on Facebook: So many folks talk about how they’re being “forced to accept” things that go against their beliefs. You’re not being forced to accept them. If you have a problem with people of color, with gay marriage, with trans people, with immigrants, with women of any race, then you’re still welcome… Continue reading Forced to Accept
Evangelicals say things like this all the time about gay people. Threatening someone with eternal damnation is a mind-control tactic. And saying (or even just accepting) that someone is going to hell because (you think) you’re morally superior to them, that’s just cruel. This produces a huge amount of cognitive dissonance. And so to ease… Continue reading “I Love You, But You’re Going to Hell.”
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters–yes, even their own life–such a person cannot be my disciple.” ~ Luke 14:26 Someone recently asked me how many people among a person’s friends and family need to be gay before being gay becomes okay. This was… Continue reading How Much until Being Gay Is Okay?