Dr. Warren (et al),

Who the hell do you think you are? You claim to be a man of faith. Well, I sayot you, sir, that you are not worthy to so much as pick up the Bible to which you cling so tightly as you spew forth hatred and bigotry.

I've got news for you, Dr. Warren. God loves everybody. Yes, everybody. Even the people you absolutely loath. Even, as unfortunate for Christianity as it may be, you. So, I ask you again: Who the hell do you think you are? For you to treat any of God's children as less than, for you to say that ANYBODY should be denied the right to marry, particularly LGBT's, is to say that you think God is wrong.

That's a pretty bold statement from someone who clings so tightly to the "Word of God." Each and every time you stand up and compare gay marriage to incest or pedophilia, you say to God, "I know better than you do who is worthy of your love and compassion."

In the end, that's what it all comes down to. Compassion. You can't have faith without compasion. It just doesn't work. Without compassion, faith turns hard. It's nothing more than a list of rules that you pick and choose from a really old book. That's where hatred and bigotry come from, Dr. Warren. When you pick and choose passages from the Bible to use as artillery in the war against the people YOU'VE deemed unworthy of God's love, it's not because those people actually ARE unworthy of His love - it's because you've got unwavering faith with absolutely no compassion. In order to truly understand the message of the Bible, you NEED compassion. Without compassion, the Bible is just a bunch of words - there's no meaning.

So I ask you, what kind of wold do you want to live in? One where we show compassion for everyone, even the people we don't like or understand, or a world where a few people can take away the rights of millions, just because they feel like it? I don't know about you, but I'd choose the first one.

I only pray that God treats you with more compassion than you've treated millions of people.

Sincerely,
Someone whose potential marriage you claim is as bad as incest or pedophilia.

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December 19, 2008 11:20 AM

[0+]  doubleb said:

"When you pick and choose passages from the Bible to use as artillery in the war against the people YOU'VE deemed unworthy of God's love, it's not because those people actually ARE unworthy of His love"

I feel pretty confident that Mr. Warren would say that you are worthy of God's love, and the God does love you. He would say the same thing to anyone.

I'm also not sure you want to talk about him picking and choosing passages. I get the feeling that he reads for comprehension and then acts accordingly. I still think that it's crazy, but it's certainly consistent with his views.
To be fair, the bible doesn't say anything about lesbians, it just says not to lay with men as with women. So apparently only male homosexuality is wrong. I kind of wonder how Christians get around that one. I'll need to keep this in mind.

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December 19, 2008 6:21 PM

[0+]  mayfly said:

I just find it interesting that bigots like Mr Warren seem to think that it's extremely important to prevent men from laying with men as with women, but somehow mixed fabrics and shellfish are a-okay? Funny how the things that they deem "most" sinful, are coincidentally the things that intrude on the lives of other people. "Different" people, at that.

And for the record, the Bible clearly states that we have all fallen short (i.e. EVERYONE has sinned and NO one is good enough) so picking and choosing "worse" sins just doesn't make sense, theologically. There was also this dude Jesus who said some crap about "he who is without sin cast the first stone" or something, but I guess that doesn't really influence modern Christianity very much...

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December 21, 2008 2:31 AM

[0+]  doubleb replied to mayfly :

I'm going to respond on behalf of Mr. Warren, because... basically because I will take any opportunity to argue any point that I can.

Preventing gay marriage isn't taking rights away from anyone. The benefits of marriage are just for society to encourage good behavior. There's no reason for society to encourage sinful behavior, so it doesn't make sense to grant them legal benefits. I doubt that he would support outlawing homosexual behavior.

Of course, I think this is all retarded. But I think Warren is one of the more internally consistent theologians in mainstream Christianity, and I can at least respect that.

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