Gay Pastor Conducts Tammy Faye Service

[forrestkc]

forrest, you never cease to astound me.

I believe we are witnessing what Paul wrote about in Romans:

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator

[Matthitjah]

Grace to you,

Marnie,

I removed the links that you provided. Worthy will not link to a site that openly promotes and preaches apostasy.

Bless you sister.

Peace,

Dave

[Marnie]

I am not making a theological argument in favor of her actions, I am saying that if your going to die, its your business and yours alone as to where you want your memorial held. Would you disagree as to that?

Nope.

[forrestkc]

I am not making a theological argument in favor of her actions, I am saying that if your going to die, its your business and yours alone as to where you want your memorial held. Would you disagree as to that?

Nope.

Would you care to elaborate? Wait, never mind, you said "nope" you would not disagree to it. So your actually agreeing with my statement.

[chrisb]

She has been involved in gay churches for some time. I believe she was at the one here in Fort Worth fairly recently.

[forrestkc]

She has been involved in gay churches for some time. I believe she was at the one here in Fort Worth fairly recently.

Exactly, so she chose to have her memorial in the community that she has been involved in. One certainly might believe that the church her memorial was held in is an apostasy, but where ones memorial services are held is up to the person that is about to die and their family. Their choice is really no one else's business.

[Marnie]

I am not making a theological argument in favor of her actions, I am saying that if your going to die, its your business and yours alone as to where you want your memorial held. Would you disagree as to that?

Nope.

Would you care to elaborate? Wait, never mind, you said "nope" you would not disagree to it. So your actually agreeing with my statement.

lol Yes, I agree.

My purpose in posting this lurid story, which is now of no value since the links were removed, was to point out the sorry state of the Church in America and our "Christian icons," who see no problem with supporting such an abomination.

I didn't mean to jump down your throat, forrest. It's been a frustrating day business-wise.

[forrestkc]

lol Yes, I agree.

My purpose in posting this lurid story, which is now of no value since the links were removed, was to point out the sorry state of the Church in America and our "Christian icons," who see no problem with supporting such an abomination.

I didn't mean to jump down your throat, forrest. It's been a frustrating day business-wise.

I am so used to you disagreeing with me that I did not recognize when you actually agreed with me.

I have mixed feelings about "Gay Churches", I certainly recognize that being an openly gay pastor is unbiblical, but I also see where gays and lesbians have been demonized and used as a political whipping post by many in the religious right in this country too, so I think that many of them do genuinely want a relationship with God and want to be part of a community of believers and for them, and thus from their perspective a gay church is their only option.

Many times on this forum gays and lesbians have been compared to pedophiles and those who engage in bestiality. If someone were gay or lesbian, what would you have them to do? Go to churches where members compare them to child rapists? Somewhere between churches comparing gays and lesbians to child rapists on one extreme and churches that have openly gay pastors on the other, is that level of common decency and humanity that could be a spiritual home and community for gays and lesbians in this country. Unfortunately, there are not a whole lot of churches in some parts of the country like that, so the only option for gays and lesbians is to join or form a church just for them.

[sweetycakes]

lol Yes, I agree.

My purpose in posting this lurid story, which is now of no value since the links were removed, was to point out the sorry state of the Church in America and our "Christian icons," who see no problem with supporting such an abomination.

I didn't mean to jump down your throat, forrest. It's been a frustrating day business-wise.

I am so used to you disagreeing with me that I did not recognize when you actually agreed with me.

I have mixed feelings about "Gay Churches", I certainly recognize that being an openly gay pastor is unbiblical, but I also see where gays and lesbians have been demonized and used as a political whipping post by many in the religious right in this country too, so I think that many of them do genuinely want a relationship with God and want to be part of a community of believers and for them, and thus from their perspective a gay church is their only option.

Many times on this forum gays and lesbians have been compared to pedophiles and those who engage in bestiality. If someone were gay or lesbian, what would you have them to do? Go to churches where members compare them to child rapists? Somewhere between churches comparing gays and lesbians to child rapists on one extreme and churches that have openly gay pastors on the other, is that level of common decency and humanity that could be a spiritual home and community for gays and lesbians in this country. Unfortunately, there are not a whole lot of churches in some parts of the country like that, so the only option for gays and lesbians is to join or form a church just for them.

Or repent??

[nebula]

I am not making a theological argument in favor of her actions, I am saying that if your going to die, its your business and yours alone as to where you want your memorial held. Would you disagree as to that?

The trouble though is that she was considered a leader of sorts in the Christian community. Anyone in the spotlight, really, has a voice in the community that spotlights them. That's just the way it is. By this action, what is her voice saying to the Christian community?

Although I agree that we "worship" celebrities too much and that they do deserve their right to privacy, the message this sends saddens my heart.