Posted on 07/15/2002 10:58:55 PM PDT by scripter
One of the fastest growing churches among homosexuals in America and around the world is the Metropolitan Community Church – a "Christian" church specifically for "gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered communities." The MCC was originally started by openly homosexual ex-Baptist minister, Troy Perry, who after the discovery and disclosure of his homosexuality, losing his license as a minister, a divorce and estrangement from his wife and children, as well as a failed suicide attempt, "rediscovered" his rainbow-colored vocation and ministry.
From his Los Angeles living room in 1968, Perry and his initial 12 members began their "gay church." According to their website, in 2003, the MCC will embody over 77,000 members, spanning more than 17 countries around the globe. Tens of thousands of so-called faithful "Christian" homosexual men and women flock weekly to MCC-affiliated churches worldwide to be "reaffirmed" with the message that God loves them and "gay is OK."
The Rev. Troy Perry, highly regarded in gay circles, has been an invited guest to the White House on four separate occasions from 1977 to 1997 – three alone by former President Bill Clinton. In 1997, Clinton "celebrated" Perry as an "honoree" at a White House breakfast recognizing 100 national "spiritual leaders" in America.
I don't know where this new "open and affirming" world would be today without this modern-day homosexual prophet and "gay"-savvy biblical interpreter. According to Perry and the MCC's official website, for over 2,000 years, Christians including myself, have been interpreting the Bible wrong. Maybe you have, too. Did you know:
In the immoral days in which we live, homosexual men and women are grasping for every possible straw to get acceptance for their destructive, aberrant lifestyle. The secret gay agenda has infiltrated the media, Hollywood, the public schools, the government and, yes, now even religion. How sad to say homosexuals have gone as far as to try and hijack and pervert biblical Christianity and the Gospel of Jesus Christ – all in the name of "gay sex." And America, we've let it happen.
As a man who once lived as a homosexual, my heart continually breaks for those lost in the web of the "gay" deception – a life of sadness, loneliness, pain and even death. Yet a godly anger within me burns even more for those who have the gall and nerve to try and make my Lord and Saviour, the One who rescued me from the tentacles and grips of the homosexual lifestyle, into the "God of Gay."
It may be a "rainbow day" for these misguided men and women now ... in biblical terms, "the pleasures of sin for a season." I highly doubt that it will be as colorful a day when they hear the words from the God whom they thought was so "open and affirming": "Get away from, ye that work iniquity ... I never knew you."
May they be miraculously reached with the truth in love, before it's too late.
inch by inch
And Homosexual theology is based on Jesus riding an ass into Jerusalem.
(I refuse to refer to that perversion as gay)
Wow, are they misguided. They should have chosen the muslim cult that was founded by a homosexual thief rapist. They could get on their knees 3 or 5 times a day and pray to a meteorite while they gaze at each other butts. Even their cult meeting places would have phallic symbols already in place. Another plus would be that they get to treat women like animals.
The SADs will reach for any straw to get approval won't they.
GSA(P)
Wasn't it the color for royalty? The soldiers placed it on him in mockery. He probably wore what the Roman soldiers forced him to wear.
As to your other comments, I will have to give them some more thought.
Since it entered my consciousness, I can't understand why John put his head on Jesus' breast. Maybe that culture was not as uptight about such things as we are, I would like a rational explanation for it.
But you're assuming that "you're either gay or you're not" is a true statement. Some folks have a different view of how one goes queer. Who has been proven, without a doubt, CORRECT? Not you. Homosexuality is a huge toe-trample for alot of the religious right, and it's just plain RUDE to try to shove the homosexual agenda up the RR's collective a$$. Hell, folks are suing over their rights not to be offended every day in this country. What about conservatives, huh?
#2) I've been to an MCC Church here locally on several occassions. (The congregation is mostly gay, but there are also quite a few "straight" members.) I have never heard anyone suggest that Jesus (or any of his desciples) was gay.
That doesn't mean that someone somewhere ain't preaching it. Hell, I heard a man stand up and yak for two solid hours, in an academic enviro with folks taking him dead seriously, about how Jesus was a vegan. Non-lacto, or whatever the hell they call it, and all.
Just another hate-filled load of crap trying to disguise itself as a loving Christian concern.
Characteristic of a true Christian is hating sin, but loving the sinner, unlike other folks, including alot of gays I've noticed... I noticed nothing "hate-filled" in the above article being directed at individuals. You're projecting.
You can't reason with some folks, like that vegan-preaching whack-job I mentioned above... Audience members lobbed queries at him like "what about the bread and the fishes?" and he would hem and haw and wriggle his way through some tortuous explanation like "oh some texts don't say 'fish'..."
Most people are so caught up in their own petty grievances and delusions, they can't see anything else.
If you ever see him again, lob this one at him:
Matthew 9:10
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
I tried that on one of those Jesus-was-a-vegan freaks, and he shut right up after stammering that Jesus must have let the publicans and sinners have all the meat. Even he knew how lame that was. :D
I believe Jesus only condemns greedy folks, as it pertains to wealth.
Why does this "church" piggyback on Christianity ant at the same time attack the validity of the Bible? This "church" cuts its legs off the make a point. Idiots.
And you'd have the corner on the market how, because you're gay?
And since I'm straight that makes you more knowledgable about sexual orientation how? Get off yer high horse. Everybody's special.
You called the article a "hate-filled load of crap" and I informed you that all of the highlighted points came from the MCC's own web site. It's not my fault that some of things are hilariously funny. I didn't write them.
Personally I have less of a problem with homosexuality than I do with this ridiculous attempt to force Scripture through a gay template. It's just dishonest. And pitiable at the same time, that some would need affirmation SO badly that they'd be willing to contort their brains sufficiently to believe any of this.
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