ArchivedCruelty, Violence, and Hate for JesusIf you are going to share information get it right. The men who killed Matthew were not Christians. Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, the people who you are referring to do not represent mainline Christianity, they are a bunch of bigots who can't seem to read or understand the Bible. As to the families, Matthew Shepard's family has set up a foundation in his name and they are perpetuating his death in their way. So, take you slander to the dump or get your facts right. The Catholic and Orthodox faiths split shortly after Constantine made Christianity the official religion of his empire. If you want to see how the original Orthodox faith was practiced check out the Greek, Russian, Coptic, or other groups that have "Orthodox" in their names. As to the protestant reformation, that came about because of the heresy promulgated by Roman Catholicism. Martin Luther did not want to start new denominations, he wanted to reform the Catholic Church. German barons latched onto Luther’s teaching as an opportunity to break the political power of the Roman Catholic Church and live free of the Popes financial stranglehold. This was the birth of the Lutheran Church in Germany. The Anglican Church was formed by King Henry VIII again to break the Roman Catholics hold on England, and so he could divorce one of his wives. The Bible teaches, “We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.” The RCC has added “works” to this as well as other heretical teachings in direct violation of Biblical truths. The current Pope has elevated Mary, the mother of Christ to co-redeemer with greater authority than Jesus Himself. Mary’s own words as recorded in the Gospel of Luke refer to her unborn child as “my redeemer”. If Mary was born without “original sin” as the Pope claims she had no need for a redeemer. Also if Mary was born sinless, and since God is Christ’s Father that means Jesus was born without a sin nature and therefore cannot be a “High priest who has suffered as we have.” A cursory Bible study will show the heresies present in Roman Catholicism. Catholics maintain that Peter was the original Pope because he was given the keys to the kingdom. Peter used those keys to open Christianity first to the Jews, and then to the Samaritans (half Jews or Jews married to gentiles) and then to the gentiles, which made the “keys” permanently useless. There are no Biblical provisions for a Pope or a religious head of Christianity. We are told in the Bible that all husbands as the head of their household are “priests” to their household; therefore a formalized priesthood is superfluous. Paul warned us in a letter to Timothy that “deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons” would cause problems. The Catholic Church forbids priests to marry, and at one time forbid eating anything but fish on Friday. I could go on and on. So again, your information is tarnished and wrong. People who label themselves Christian and then advocate violence against any person for any reason under the guise of Christianity are self-deceived and probably ignorant of Biblical truth. As to labeling homosexuality sin, God did this in both the Old and the New Testament. We are called to “love” our neighbors, however, love does not equate to recognizing and/or legislating sin as a viable alternate lifestyle whether it be homosexuality or free sex for heterosexuals. Have you read, better yet, have you studied the Bible or are you just pulling your hateful rhetoric from a gay activist website? |
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