Posted on 04/07/2016 7:29:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
I had no idea who the man was, but he ended his note to me on Facebook with these words: “You’re a monster, and you do not exhibit anything near ‘Christ’ like. You are a demon. You are a plague on this earth. And that is all I have to say.”
What had I done to provoke him to such anger?
His name was John, and he made things clear in his opening paragraph: “Oh Dr. Brown. Where should I start? You sir are a quivering fool. You express hate, and vitriol towards human beings. You protect individual rights to cause harm to members of a community within the United States. Your hatred has been seen, that you can't stand the LGBT community, and that for some reason you feel that it is up to you to judge us, and save the world. Sadly sir, I have bad news for you. ITS NOT UP TO FILTH LIKE YOU. Your hate, and your ignorance, is what keeps fueling the fires, which keep this fight going.”
Writing as an openly gay man, he said, “I hope that one day you realize the world is actually a good place with the LGBT community in it. We thrive as individuals, and we are successful as a community. We strive for equal rights just as women did during the suffrage movement. We fight for equal rights just like African Americans did during the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's.”
John stated that some of the greatest artists and leaders have been LGBT, along with “some of the greatest, kindest people on the earth.” In contrast, he claimed, when it comes to Christians, “None of you exhibit peace, and love.”
Of course, if John actually knew what I believed, he would know that I’ve said many times that, in the eyes of gay activists, this is a struggle for freedom and equality and respect and that, while differing deeply with LGBT goals, I understand their perspective.
He would also know that I’ve said countless times that some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet or work with identify as LGBT.
And he would know that I tell parents whose kids come out as gay to show those kids unconditional love, even while making clear that they will not compromise biblical standards and truths.
Somehow, however, this gentleman had a very different impression of me, and this is what fueled his fire.
John wrote, “In fact you exhibit violence. You make claims that the entire LGBT community is not only infected with diseases, but that the LGBT community is a disease itself. And that we're wildly promiscuous.”
Again, wild exaggerations (although, on average, gays and bisexuals, especially males are more promiscuous than heterosexuals, but this certainly does not describe every gay man or woman).
And then this: “I live my life day to day dealing with people like you. Who would like to see my community exterminated. And removed from the earth. I have gone through beatings. Rapes. I have been drug behind vehicles. I have everything done to me that you can imagine.
“And all of those things you condone, and accept.”
This is why he called me a monster and a demon and a plague.
John actually thought that I condoned violence against gays (nothing could be further from the truth), and that I would commend those who beat up a gay man or dragged him from a vehicle.
Ultimately, we had to block him from our Facebook page because he violated our guidelines (using profanity and wishing for violence against others), with posts to others like these: “A man who supports the Kill the Gays movement however, like Dr. Brown, has no morals.”
And, “I can't wait for you to feel the physical hate that the gay community has felt. I think it's high time Christians started getting beat for who they are. Drug behind trucks. Tied to fences and left for dead. They deserve it. Filthy bigots.”
And, “You are just the same as Hitler. He said the same thing about Jews as you say about the lgbt community.”
And, “I can't wait for the Christian persecution to start. They deserve it.”
When someone asked, “John, why are you so hate filled. Can you name something that a true Christian has done to you?”, he replied, “My father, a Christian pastor beat me almost to death and dumped me in the middle of the desert. Claiming god told him to do it. He spent the rest of his life in prison.
“He was a Christian. So now it's the Christians turn. I hope they all feel as much pain as they dish out.
“His church even tried to get him out of it. Claiming ‘religious freedom.’ F--- that. F--- him. F--- Christianity. And F--- your God.”
Tragically, that says it all: Behind the seething hatred and anger, behind the false accusations and lies, is a massive open wound. The pain is raging through his words.
Of course, I have no way to verify his story, but even if it is embellished, it is representative: Many who identify as LGBT and spew venom against Christians, against God, and against the Bible have been wounded by professing Christians – by their words, their attitudes, and their actions.
And while people like John are responsible for their ultimate decisions, we do well to remember that behind the anger there is often pain, and if we respond to the anger and ignore the pain, we will not be able to help them find wholeness in the Lord.
Since early 2005, I have sought to live by the dictum of “Reach out and resist,” meaning, reach out to LGBT’s with compassion; resist the LGBT agenda with courage.
And as much as I am hated and vilified by many LGBT leaders, branded one of the nation’s most vicious homophobes (among a multitude of other epithets, many too rancid to repeat), my heart continues to go out to them, longing for their repentance, longing for them to encounter the Father’s love, and longing to see them come into the fullness of God’s plan for their lives.
May the love of God touch John, and may he come to know the Father he now reviles.
Why not offer up a prayer on his behalf?
“That said, for LGBT people like John there is no hope. “
There is always hope. That anger is directly linked to the conviction in their heart that they are sinners. They know it. They just hate it.
When gays go off on how horrible Christians are to gays, I remind them there are gay Christians and even gay churches. The reaction is usually stunned silence. They can’t break out of the narrative.
Nice strawman, Where did you get it?
Et, tu, Pappy?
You can ask for forgiveness and ask for healing you can ask for help...and i will give it.....
but i can not give you a lie...I can not give a blessing of gay as truth
and that what that’s what makes you so angry... because I won’t give you a lie
Everyone who doesn’t parrot your narrative is the enemy in your eyes.
It’s the old “love the sinner, hate the sin” thing. It’s difficult to do when the sinner insists there is nothing wrong with his sin.
The heart of the issue is rebellion towards God and those whose hearts are so hardened that they can’t see that are going to require a long, patient conversation before they see any results, if at all.
I have a brother who has accepted Christ then became a homosexual, now experiences depression and feels clearly rejected by the religious side of our family even though we have done nothing to reject him - only his lifestyle and generally we don’t even discuss it around him because we want him to feel like family.
My sister had a friend by the name of Laura who took her little dog Henry with her everywhere she went, even when she’d come to our home. We pointed out to Laura that she was welcome but Henry was not (some family members have allergies to pet dander). Laura was offended and refused to accept that Henry was not welcome in our house.
That’s the way I believe some gays are. Their Henry is their gay identity and they refuse to accept that they can be welcomed in our homes if they’ll just leave Henry behind. They refuse to do it. They feel mortally offended that you would even ask them to do it.
But God does not change for man. He’ll love you and try to lead you but if you will not leave your Henry behind, you’ll ultimately end up despising God because He wants you to repent the sin in your life, not demand that God accept it.
I’ve told defenders of gays that their problem is not with me. Their problem is with the God that demands repentance. It’s that issue they have to deal with before progress is made.
For such a small percentage of the population they sure are noisy.
Are you sure you’re not slap-happy Pappy? I have no idea why you’re insulting me unless your ox has been gored.
It is why they react so violently when challenged on the morality of their behavior.
They want so bad to be told their sin is ok so they can feel good about themselves.
When you are wrong and know you are wrong, it sometimes causes you to just crank up the volume. But mostly it is “PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!”.
You may want to reconsider the author's point.
Only because of a very complicit media.
There is always hope. Jesus is willing to forgive all sins.
I’m sorry Red, I don’t quite follow you.
I’m lost on this: “Refusing to get involved is counterproductive to this.”
You mean this pap?
The world needs perverts like it needs a cancer epidemic.
No.
I'm referring to the fact that the author apparently has taken on some sort of a ministry to this group and that he has found dealing compassionately with them while maintaining steadfast adherence to the truth is the most effective means of intervening in their destructive lifestyles.
He also points out that he receives a great deal of vindictiveness from them as a result. The article attempts to explain why he thinks they are so angry and he makes the point that confrontation about their anger (without keeping an ear open to the pain that has caused it) seems to be ineffective.
He's hoping to be able to get them to reconsider their abnormal lifestyle by addressing the abuse at least some of them have experienced when younger.
Your post about wishing more of them would die is diametrically opposed to the author's point which is why I pointed out the possibility of reconsidering it.
“The world needs perverts like it needs a cancer epidemic.”
I may have to change my tagline.
I don’t care what is behind their anger (or who is behind them in bed). I would like to ignore them and not even think about them. I am a conservative. I live my own life within making demands on others, and I expect others to live their lives without making demands of me.
If they insist upon harassing me, I will respond appropriately to their unwanted intrusion into my life. If my response adds to some snowflake’s pain, it’s called Karma.
I wish success to those who are attempting to pull those who have dropped into a vortex of self-hatred due to the disgusting methods used by LGBT for sexual gratification. I honestly believe it finally gets to them and cause great damage to their circuitry and self-hatred springs in when they begin to realize what lost souls they are.
The additional problem is that the Satan-inspired act of luring youngsters through complicit school systems to the ways of homosexual activity is mushrooming. There will be no end to this as long as the homosexual agenda is hell-bent on a conversion mission.
The visible sycophants here, like the louse who inhabits the White Hut, et al, place these perverts atop pedestals and congratulate them for owning up to their perversion.
I have no regard for the perversion represented by this asinine LGBT gaggle. Obama has hired scores of them to work within our government and the White Hut and its Annex is full of them.
This is the ‘New Normal’ according to Frankenstein monsters like the reconstructed Bruce Jenner.
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