Sunday, March 28, 2004
The Rapid City Journal
March 28, 2004
Whose beliefs?
Whose beliefs are stronger: 80-year-old lesbians wanting to legally recognize their 50 years together ... or Episcopalians deciding not to break from the main body because they'd have to sacrifice billions in church property?
Whose love is more powerful: the couple seeking the legal recognition just to exist ... or the neighbor who preaches that they're inherently dishonest and must change to fit someone else's opinion?
Whose sins are more forgivable: the neighbor asking to not be fired, discriminated against or brutally attacked ... or some of the born-again S.D. moralists with admitted pasts of drug and alcohol abuse, womanizing, divorce and abortion?
Whose goal is pure: those who seek true social equality ... or the elite claiming "we're all sinners in the eyes of God" but dividing their families and neighborhoods for political gain?
Whose God reigns: a watchful, forgiving deity ... or a vengeful smiter?
Which Scriptures are of more importance: those on "abomination" ... or the multitude commanding love, tolerance and respect for all your fellow men?
"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." (Matthew 5:44)
I do.
March 28, 2004
Whose beliefs?
Whose beliefs are stronger: 80-year-old lesbians wanting to legally recognize their 50 years together ... or Episcopalians deciding not to break from the main body because they'd have to sacrifice billions in church property?
Whose love is more powerful: the couple seeking the legal recognition just to exist ... or the neighbor who preaches that they're inherently dishonest and must change to fit someone else's opinion?
Whose sins are more forgivable: the neighbor asking to not be fired, discriminated against or brutally attacked ... or some of the born-again S.D. moralists with admitted pasts of drug and alcohol abuse, womanizing, divorce and abortion?
Whose goal is pure: those who seek true social equality ... or the elite claiming "we're all sinners in the eyes of God" but dividing their families and neighborhoods for political gain?
Whose God reigns: a watchful, forgiving deity ... or a vengeful smiter?
Which Scriptures are of more importance: those on "abomination" ... or the multitude commanding love, tolerance and respect for all your fellow men?
"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." (Matthew 5:44)
I do.
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