I am Jewish, but am (frankly) sick of these so called religious leaders [whatever their stripe] distorting their own religion. If they want to start a new faith, fine, but leave the rest of us alone. My breaking point was when our rabbi decided to bless same sex unions. I had tolerated his liberal rants on Shabbat and high holidays for years, but this was it for me. I left his congregation (as did maybe 1/3 of the others). For months afterwards I got phone calls and letters urging me to reconsider and professing puzzlement as to why this was so divisive an issue. One even went as far to tell me to drop the “hatred in my heart”. I wrote a letter back effectively telling them to pi$$ off. There are some issues where you just need to draw the line—compromise be damned.
Bravo!
Genesis?
This happened to members in a Methodist congregation I once was part of, to those who questioned the creeping affirmation of homosexual behavior. One morning the pastor announced that the (almost all-gay) Strategy Committee had "decided that we would no longer emphasize the needs of traditional families." Can any true Jew or Christian imagine such heresy?
After walking out, I got a list of sins mailed to me, with "mine" highlighted in yellow marker. Threw it in the fireplace.
Jackals. I am so gone from there.