Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Daniel #084: You then state that, ―God does not want us to seek the dead, the palm
readers, and the ghost hunters.‖
Dan, what in the world does this have to do with Oliver Clyde Allen?!? And what in the
world does it have to do with why you & yours are still continuing to falsely claim that his
homosexuality is a valid reason to not go and hear him preach the Word of God?!? Snap out of
it, my dear Friend! Oliver Clyde Allen is not ―dead‖, Oliver Clyde Allen is not a ―palm
reader‖, and Oliver Clyde Allen is not a ―ghost hunter‖. Rather, he is an ordained Christian
minister living in a loving homosexual marriage (which itself never has been, and never will
be, a sin!) … Heavens to Betsy, Dan! I do often wonder where you are getting this stuff …
Now, if you are going to speculate on the sins that Oliver Allen might be committing in
private, that‘s fair, and if you are going to arrogantly refuse to hear him preach as a result of
those speculations, well, that is your prerogative. And if that is indeed the case, then you are
required by the edicts of Jesus Christ to A) keep such prejudicial ideas to yourself (see Matthew
7:1-2, Luke 6:37-38, John 8:7 et al), … and B) privately denounce all other Christian ministers as
equally probable mortal sinners – and thereby stop going to church altogether! Otherwise you
will be worshiping hypocritically, which was one of the sins Jesus despised above all others (see
Matthew 7:3-5, Luke 6:41-42, Matthew 23:25-26 et al) … Just sayin‘.
―Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom …
Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and
the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor‘s eye, but
do not notice the log in your own? … You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to identify the speck in your neighbor‘s … Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees; you
hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup [of others], but inside are full of greed and selfindulgence.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of your own cup, so that the outside might also
become truly clean.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:3-4 + Matthew 7:1-5 + Matthew 23:25-26)
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