As to "draping" or camouflage, we can note that the "Methodist" church is deep into a schism. And yet we cling to the ntion that church means unity.
More Florida churches leaving UMC over LGBTQ issuesAs to "minister," the term is applied in various ways, not all favorable. A rather well known example:Departure of 55 churches in Florida Methodist Conference is approved
As Sharpton Rose, So Did His Unpaid TaxesAs to "mother," one finds love in some and horror in some, thankfully fee:
Susan Smith, South Carolina mom jailed for killing 2 sons, stopped writing to long-distance boyfriendDisclaimer: None of this is meant to characterize the originator of these threads. Nothing at all.
But an simple examination of words as we use them shows many words to be multivalent, sometimes containing their own opposites. Therefore "drapery" wrapped is much like a theatrical costume -- or in the modern parlance of virtue "signaling" -- that there is so often an intent in the use of words to convey something which may not in fact be true. To give an impression.
Were we to practice such a language investigation of ourselves, we too would find many of the words we use to describe ourselves can be read in other, and sometimes condemning manner. We all have clay feet, as the adage goes. Daniel 5:27 informs. As does Romans 3:23.
For us all.
Yup. I see the thread on Methodism and its descent into Sodomic madness. I was going to drop in and say howdy to the usual trolls, but decided to deprive myself of that joy.