Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

POINT #03) Cherry-picking hatred is Sinful … As this discussion alone has clearly
evidenced (not to mention the millions of ―progressive Christians‖ who agree with me, and the hundreds
– if not the thousands – of Biblical scholars who happen to agree with me as well), there are a quite a
few theological contradictions in the Bible – the most significant of which having to do with God
Himself; namely – is He a god of hatred & condemnation & bigotry, or is He a God of Love &
Mercy & Grace & Forgiveness?
My Friends, Lucy & Bart can quote all the Old Testament oracles and all the professions of
Paul and all the ramblings of Revelation they want – they can quote them all to you and they can
do so until the end of their days, and it won't change the fact that another God exists within the
pages of the Bible – their own Bible – your own Bible; a God that loves all of His creations; a
God who forgives all of our trespasses; a God who understands and adheres to and indeed abides
in the same ―perfect LOVE‖ that was walked & talked by his own Son, Jesus Christ …
Essentially, all you Christians reading along have a very important choice to make: You
can either worship a callous & capricious God of hatred & intolerance (and possibly spend a very
uncomfortable – if not downright creepy – eternity with Him in Heaven after you die), or you can
―become again as a child‖ and adopt the humble, Kind, compassionate Love of Christ in your
lives – by embracing the teachings of Jesus Christ, and extending them actively & humbly to
everyone around you – to Democrats as well as Republicans; to Muslims as well as atheists; to
―thugs‖ as well as yuppies; to CEO‘s as well as the homeless; to gays & transgenders & straight
folks alike. And it is thereby – and thereby alone – that you will then be able to walk hand-inhand
with Jesus into his Kingdom of Heaven (see Luke 17:20-21 + Matthew 10:7 et al).
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