tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post2186585138492319049..comments2023-10-07T04:19:14.316-07:00Comments on A CHRISTIAN VOICE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: TOXIC RELIGION AND SELF-LOATHINGJerry Manekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-55412769913003155962011-09-20T09:04:27.473-07:002011-09-20T09:04:27.473-07:00Jerry,
Jud Brown's attitude can be summarized...Jerry,<br /><br />Jud Brown's attitude can be summarized in one word: Delusional! The man does not know what true Christianity is, and the "education" he got at Liberty University is very likely to blame. A doctrine of love and inclusion cannot simultaneously be a doctrine of hatred and stigmatization; it's impossible! Mr. Brown must choose which tenets he wants to honor: God's Ten Commandments, or Conservative ideology. Contrary to what he apparently believes, they are not one and the same!<br /><br />Isaiah 29:13: The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me! Their worship of me is made only of rules taught by men."DC HAMPTON JACOBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884630801131861786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-43498235139714178132011-09-19T16:32:00.681-07:002011-09-19T16:32:00.681-07:00Hi Jud: I referred to you as it was delineated in ...Hi Jud: I referred to you as it was delineated in that cited article. Obviously, it was not possible to sit down and clarify your views any more than that article stated. Obviously, I wish you the best. Jerry ManekerJerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-55194831209658946102011-09-19T16:23:52.598-07:002011-09-19T16:23:52.598-07:00Thanks for your comment, Jud. Jerry Falwell may h...Thanks for your comment, Jud. Jerry Falwell may have hugged you, but his homophobic rhetoric belies his unconditional love for others as Christians are enjoined, indeed commanded, to do by Jesus. Christians are to worship our all-inclusive God, and if we seek to exclude any non-predatory people from full fellowship, and call them "sinners," and blame them for assorted natural phenomena like Hurricane Katrina, that rhetoric denies the faith that they profess to have. Best wishes, Jerry.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-66564744153849697052011-09-19T11:41:00.784-07:002011-09-19T11:41:00.784-07:00I am Jud Brown and I am sad by how I am portrayed ...I am Jud Brown and I am sad by how I am portrayed in this article. I am open to sitting down and clarifying my views instead of being dissected erroneously as I have been here.Jud Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503753045554645609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-86543397114190471122011-09-19T11:39:27.019-07:002011-09-19T11:39:27.019-07:00What an interesting read. My name is Jud Brown an...What an interesting read. My name is Jud Brown and I seem to be the center of the topic of this article. I must say that I am not shocked that my words and my feelings of Liberty are being grossly distorted. The Washington Blade, shortly after Jerry Falwell's death, wanted someone from Liberty to portray a school that degraded and emotionally injured LGBT students. I knew Jerry Falwell personally, and though we came from two different perspectives, I celebrate his American right to develop his own moral world view. And I like to say he loved me in spite of our differences, put his arms around me and hugged me as a christian brother. It is easy for people from different views to belittle the other side and I won't take part in it. My parents are Christian, and though you would like to say that they worship a doctrine and not a all loving being, I disagree. Who God is and how he would have us live our lives is still a mystery. I live in his grace whether right or wrong knowing that his love covers a multitude of transgressions. Whether they be bigotry from conservative Christians or liberal ones.Jud Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503753045554645609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-76736856230613743152010-10-30T21:36:17.921-07:002010-10-30T21:36:17.921-07:00And God bless you, The Favorite Things Guy, for sa...And God bless you, The Favorite Things Guy, for saying what you said. It means more to me than I can express. All Christians, and all decent people, are to flee those toxic "religious" institutions as fast as their legs can carry them! If they don't preach unconditional love, and act accordingly, and embrace all of God's children, they are not "Christian," despite what they may call themselves. My very best wishes, Jerry.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-55052129484524971372010-10-30T20:19:24.549-07:002010-10-30T20:19:24.549-07:00God bless you for pointing this out. I can't h...God bless you for pointing this out. I can't help but think about the number of GLBT Christians who've refused to go forth in the ministries God's called him or her to be in, because "religion" has told them they were going to hell just for being who they really are.J.E. Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08819133633070040379noreply@blogger.com