tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post5834687256116859989..comments2024-03-28T10:34:18.285-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: Something We All Should Read...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-29502633559863934912011-12-12T13:11:29.153-05:002011-12-12T13:11:29.153-05:00wow that was powerfulwow that was powerfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-48227030147974856182011-12-07T02:37:17.733-05:002011-12-07T02:37:17.733-05:00Labels! "He is . . . and she is . . ." ...Labels! "He is . . . and she is . . ." The only label we should use is "human." So what if he is different from you? To him, you are different! <br /><br />Yes, we do need to LOVE one another. Look for their goodness, not what is bad about them. Love the homeless. Can we also love the wealthy citizens in our midst living in McMansions? How do we learn to love the person, and not the possessions and/or what he represents? Can we put on blinders that allow us to only peer into the soul of the person, without the benefit of peripheral vision of his environment?<br /><br />OK, I'll admit that I hate bigots and I just can't help it.Uncutplushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456398466578990531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-46144674136996149752011-12-06T13:32:36.631-05:002011-12-06T13:32:36.631-05:00Thought provking -- and flies right in the face of...Thought provking -- and flies right in the face of so much that is spoken in our Christian pulpits! Thanks!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-22665274126668209562011-12-06T03:21:38.131-05:002011-12-06T03:21:38.131-05:00Joe: Thanks for reminding us that if people stick...Joe: Thanks for reminding us that if people stick to guiding principles, rather than obsess about rules, that are often contradictory, the world would be a much better place. There is something about extremes and absolutes on either end of the political/social spectrum that forces each side to try to outshout the other, and all we end up is a lot of noise.fan of caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-43164499381048970932011-12-06T02:09:24.847-05:002011-12-06T02:09:24.847-05:00Hate gives some people help to live or some reason...Hate gives some people help to live or some reason to live..So they may be as stupid and wicked as to use God or his name to feed their hate....<br /><br />It would be their problem if they were not dangerous.<br /><br />Could God hate anybody ? Could Jesus have spoken in that way ?<br /><br />Who, as a human being,and whatever his religion, may dare speak as the "true words" of God ? <br /><br />MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-73332967034204489022011-12-05T21:58:19.140-05:002011-12-05T21:58:19.140-05:00I just don't know what to say. This essay dese...I just don't know what to say. This essay deserves the widest distribution possible. I shared it on my Facebook...who knows, maybe some of the 200-odd people there will get something from it and spread it more. Dan is pretty awesome, I've been reading more of his blog.<br /><br />Thanks for this important post.<br />Peace <3<br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-53241201795889205922011-12-05T11:01:06.493-05:002011-12-05T11:01:06.493-05:00‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will e...‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?” Then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.” <br /><br />I am thoroughly convinced that this passage from Matthew is about those who claim to be faithful, and yet did not love their fellow human beings as Christ taught. <br /><br />While I don't really think much about sexual sin - I'm not really sure how sinful sex in any form really is - I do think treating one another with dignity and respect is at the top of God's agenda for us. The greatest sin we can commit is to be the Pharisees of our day.Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417879115453658262noreply@blogger.com