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Title: In Defense of Affirming Christians
Post by: Shana A on December 08, 2011, 01:15:39 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 08, 2011, 01:15:39 PM
In Defense of Affirming Christians
12/07
POSTED BY dentedbluemercedes
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/in-defense-of-affirming-christians/ (http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/in-defense-of-affirming-christians/)
or http://www.bilerico.com/2011/12/in_defense_of_affirming_christians.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2011/12/in_defense_of_affirming_christians.php)
This post is long overdue. It really is.
I've made this distinction in my blog before and also in comment threads, but it keeps coming up and requires a post of its own.
When I decry some of the radical and unhinged rhetoric that comes from some people who use the Bible as their justification — or to talk about some of the ways that growing up with a radical Christian ideology had hurt me and my family — I try to be clear that that these harms shouldn't be attributed to all Christians. I need to talk about these things — how faith is being used to justify discriminatory actions today, and how deeply those attitudes have cut me. I don't need that all turned into a message that all Christians are evil. I do have my own concerns about belief systems and what they can sometimes drive people to, but at the end of the day I choose to respect those who live respectfully. This also applies to affirming people of other faiths.
12/07
POSTED BY dentedbluemercedes
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/in-defense-of-affirming-christians/ (http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/in-defense-of-affirming-christians/)
or http://www.bilerico.com/2011/12/in_defense_of_affirming_christians.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2011/12/in_defense_of_affirming_christians.php)
This post is long overdue. It really is.
I've made this distinction in my blog before and also in comment threads, but it keeps coming up and requires a post of its own.
When I decry some of the radical and unhinged rhetoric that comes from some people who use the Bible as their justification — or to talk about some of the ways that growing up with a radical Christian ideology had hurt me and my family — I try to be clear that that these harms shouldn't be attributed to all Christians. I need to talk about these things — how faith is being used to justify discriminatory actions today, and how deeply those attitudes have cut me. I don't need that all turned into a message that all Christians are evil. I do have my own concerns about belief systems and what they can sometimes drive people to, but at the end of the day I choose to respect those who live respectfully. This also applies to affirming people of other faiths.