California church draws backlash for sign: ‘Bruce Jenner is still a man’

Fox News ^ | January 11, 2019 | Bradford Betz

[lowbridge]

A Northern California church sparked outrage over a sign that read: “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not."

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The church, Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church, is located in Lake Shastina, Calif., which is about an hours’ drive from the Oregon border.

Protesters gathered in front of the church on Sunday to denounce what they called “hate and slander” and to “show our love and support for the LGBT community,” according to a Facebook page that organized the event.

Justin Hoke, the church’s pastor, wrote on Facebook Wednesday that the sign’s Plexiglass had been destroyed and the letters had been stolen.

"I woke this morning to find that our sign had been vandalized. They broke not only the plexiglas and stole some of the Letters, they also busted the power box. I have not seen it up close yet as this picture was sent to me by a member of our congregation. Please pray that God would provide."

[John O]

Hate to sound harshly critical, but you’re not giving that a lot of thought because it’s very easy to think of examples where telling the truth would be rightly considered hateful.

I can't think of any. Give me a few that you think are "hateful"

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>> I can’t think of any. Give me a few that you think are “hateful”<<

I’m thinking of the word hateful used as an adjective that denotes an action characterized by malice.

With that in mind, a person who, without any need to do so, reveals something truthful about someone with the specific intention of harming that person, the telling of that truth would be hateful. One example should suffice from which it should be obvious that a multitude of other examples can be easily imagined.

Let us suppose that when a teenager I had a long and intimate relationship with a young lady who suddenly terminates our relationship and becomes engaged to marry another man. Because of my bitterness about being rejected I contact this other man and give him a detailed but completely truthful account of my intimate relationship with his intended bride. My revelations to this man are truthful, but they are also quite obviously hateful.

[John O]

I understand where you are coming from but I don’t see that as hateful. It is mean. It is harsh. It is totally unnecessary. It is even malicious. But it is not hate.

I think “hate” is so over used as an adjective that it has become almost meaningless.

I will agree that more liberal minded people would see that as a “hateful” truth. I just can’t see it that way. Truth is truth. It is neither hate filled or love filled. It is only truth.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>I will agree that more liberal minded people would see that as a “hateful” truth. I just can’t see it that way. Truth is truth. It is neither hate filled or love filled. It is only truth.<<

Oh-kaaaaaaaaa. Perfectly fine with me! Enjoy your day.