United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

PennLive.com ^ | 21 Feburary A.D. 2019 | Staff

[Wuli]

I have read some the material from a couple of the UMC “LGBT-rights” advocacy groups. Some of that material is very slick in its use of conservative-style “godly” language, even with phrases like “praying that the holy spirit is with us”, as part of their attempt to sway any moderate or undecided folks.

It is strange to watch as a particularly political movement with no particular foundation in Christian scripture, speaks about its advocacy as if it was coming from a place with deep “Christian” roots.

Its “championing” of the “rejected”, because “Christ advocated for the ‘rejected’ “, it leaves off everything about what they advocate that scripture rejects.

They take scripture only as far as it suits them, leaving off Christ’s admonitions.

They take the story of Christ’s meeting with the woman by the well, who had been accused of adultery. They end their reading of that event with how Christ said he did not condemn the woman. They do not continue on to where Christ told her to go “and sin no more”.

They always remark how Christ sat with sinners and included the sinner in those he spoke to. They read that as Christ letting the sin within them stand, ignoring that even with the sinner present Christ did not preach in support of the sinning.

My sincere belief is that intellectual honesty requires the LGBT advocates to build their own churches instead of taking over others. I also think it is intellectual dishonesty for the UMC to accept the LGBT demands and doing so will create another schism.

[lightman]

Jesus loved Zaccheus too much to allow him to remain a lying, cheating, money-grubbing tax collector.