If only people could see that their fear, anger, and hatred casts out love. Like doubt, it becomes the anchor that lowers us as it did Peter when he walked on the water.
PS. Guilt does the same thing!
The “God loves everyone” crowd always conveniently leave out the “God hates sin” part of the Bible. Those who want to create a religion which speaks only of God’s love without any requirement to obey God (which is where most of the old denominations have gone), are welcome to do so. But please don’t call it Christianity.
As sophistry goes, this is in a class all by itself.
Amen to that
“If only people could see that their fear, anger, and hatred casts out love.”
So, you won’t mind being sexually assaulted as that would just be fear, anger, and hatred.
Oh, and, uh, you won’t mind some pervert grabbing your little doggie and sodomizing it. I mean, you wouldn’t want to be judgemental; that would be fear, anger, and hatred.
Nevermind the sick naked bastard that runs around with something sticking out his butt in a public “gay-days” parade in front of children, otherwise you would be showing fear, anger, and hatred.
There’s a lot of misunderstanding what “love” is on this thread.
Love does NOT necessarily mean “I honor or respect everything you do, say, believe, or think.”
Real unconditional love means this: “I love the real YOU which is an eternal soul. Maybe you think evil nonsense, perform noxious and sinful acts, speak lies, and in general identify with perversion. I hate all that stuff. But the real “you” - that you may not even know exists - is what I love. I hope that you seek help and change your life and try to find out who you REALLY are, because you are NOT “gay”. No one is.”
Real love means not wanting the loved one to suffer. Is it real love to say “there, there, God “loves” you just as you are, performing sodomy anonymously in public bathrooms, don’t change! I should not judge your actions but love everything about you just as God [supposedly] does.”
That is not love, that’s helping someone go to hell.