imagine for a moment that you belive that homosexuality is unnatural, that it is wrong, that it is objectivley disordered, that you have learnt all your life to teach glbtqs with compassion and love, but still you cannot fully intergrate them.
imagine you are in mpls today, and you have prayed, sung, ate and lived with yr brothers and sisters in chirst, still you cannot in yr heart accept them, because you never had to, because you had always been told that it was wrong, you know romans and levitcus, and they have not been expalined away.
then imagine that who you consider wrong to have won.
there is blood on the floor tonight.
violence has been done.
let us remember that.
it would be unchrist like for us to gloat or brag.
this next part is anthony as christian, and i belive it.
if you wish to pray to allah or brahma or buddha then please.
if you wish not to pray then please do so.
there is no winning or losing here.
because victory is always christ jesus's
and it destroys him to see the church in discord.
pray for unity for the anglicans tonight.
a unity according to His word.
pray for unity in the whole church.
let us break bread, and have discourse between us.
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 7 August 2003 06:52 (twenty-two years ago)
Anthony, thank you immensely for that. I second the amen and request this prayer also be prayed with regards to Catholic clergy members as well. I hope that one day we too will see more understanding and acceptance of ALL God's creation, not just those aspects these people are most comfortable with.
― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 7 August 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)