April 8, 2015
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Let them eat cake...
Why even invite O to speak at the White House Easter Breakfast? He mentioned that sometimes Christians act in an unloving manner (not baking gay wedding cakes). Is it unloving to agree with God on what He has said about sin? He said that all are not automatically children of God, but this is not the case as the Bible defines matters. Has this man even cracked a Bible open? I challenge him to find that written anywhere. And the obvious double cake standard... Why are only Christians hated when they don't make cakes that contradict their beliefs? Why not Muslims? Why not gay marriage supporters? Tolerance is a two way street. I am required to act in a loving manner to all, but I don't have to condone what God says is sin.
In the case of Memories Pizza, a reporter purposely searched out a Christian restaurant owner and posed a hypothetical question as to whether the restaurant would cater a gay wedding, and the reporter was told that the answer would have to be no. There was no wedding, no customer and no actual refusal of service to anyone, yet the restaurant owner was exposed to all manner of hate. In another instance, a reporter went to several Muslim bakeries requesting a gay wedding cake and was turned down flat. Where is the hate and outrage here? Where is the protest against bigotry. There is a double standard here. Why is it all right to hate Christians and not Muslims when both are refusing service based on religious beliefs?
Other thoughts - Liberals think that killing babies is all right, but the thought of someone being denied a cake is horrible?
Some blogger thought that Christian bakers should turn the other cheek and show love to gay couples by baking them two cakes. What? There was only one comment on the blog that made any sense to me. "Jesus was a carpenter. If somebody hired him to carve an idol, don’t you think he could have declined but still treated the person with love and respect?"
Nephew Joshua's thoughts . Twisted thinking, and a completely false application. Matthew 5:38-41 is talking about when people insult you or are mean to you. The obvious point is that we should not take vengeance on people who wrong us, and that we should remain concerned for the well-being of people who are not concerned for ours. This passage says nothing about participating in things which are sinful. It also is not literal instructions: It's using examples to explain what our attitude should be like. The correct application would be that if tolerance bullies come after you, you should not hate them for it or seek revenge. To say it means that we should use our talents to support sinful activities is really twisted. By this woman's logic, if a thief asks me to rob one bank with him, I should offer to rob two. Etc.
My two yen again - My mother in law prayed to and worshiped the family ancestors, and when I could not join her in doing this, she said that this was a reason that she opposed her son marrying me. It was possible for me to respect her feelings of love and respect for her deceased husband, but it was not possible for me to pray to his spirit. I found a different way and prayed aloud in thanks for his life, for guidance to live in a manner that would have pleased him, and for God's future protection of the family; but I prayed to the God of the Bible and not to the spirits of the ancestors. She seemed to be ok with that. I did not show her love by saying double her Buddhist mantras in front of the grave or family altar. It is possible to disagree without being disrespectful.
