"They're Ruining The Country"

I've heard it being said that fighting for equal rights for the LGBT community is ruining the country. Many times these words are being said by people that claim that the Christian savior Jesus, hates gays.
I've made this point before.
If Jesus is the Son of God and if God is love then how can Jesus hate gays?
Simply stated, He can't.
Some Christians like to put the "sin" of homosexuality (or any lifestyle that isn't heterosexual ) the greatest of sins.
Some of these people say that allowing gay marriage in this country is inviting wrath upon The United States. So let me point something out.
Many Native American tribes allowed gay marriage. It wasn't a taboo. It wasn't a sin. It was a celebration of two people in love forming a sacred bond.
Then the white man came.
They brought the values of Christianity with them.
They brought slaves here.
They killed "savages" one village at a time.
I suppose that the Native Americans thought that Christianity ruined the country.
So before their was a fight over who can get married me must look at other things that are destroying The United States.
Religious intolerance. This includes infighting among many Christian denominations.
Looking the other way when someone that we trust puts our children in danger.Whether it be a doctor touching a young patient in a sexual manner. Or maybe a teacher having sex with an underage student.
Pornography often portrays women as being "daddy's little girl" and yet we wonder why so many of these girls are being sexually abused and even sold so that girls who ARE underage can become the play things of men that prefer prepubescent girls as a conduit for their depraved sexual cravings.
No matter how you feel about abortion Christian extremists take it upon themselves to kill abortion doctors After all it's a life for a life. But doesn't The Bible say that vengeance is the lord's and that he'll repay?
Mocking, hating, and killing Muslims is OK because we're in a Holy War.
Mocking, hating, and killing Christians is OK because we're in a Holy War.
Perhaps if homosexuality wasn't seen as an abomination perhaps Christian ministers wouldn't lead a double life where they have to sneak around to have sex with people in their own gender. While covering their tracks by getting married and having kids.
Adultery is a sin but isn't stopped husbands from cheating on their wives.
Lust is a sin but some of our pastors look at pornography. They even download pictures of children being sexually exploited.
I'm not saying all of this to declare that I'm not guilty of sin.
I need not point out the speck in your eye.
I need to allow God to help me remove the beam from my own eye.     

I'm Back Even Though God Never Left

It's been a while. I'm back.
Why the absesnce?
I got mad at God. Silly huh?
Especially since I have written about NOT getting mad at God.
It's not His fault that I was taking things the wrong way concerning friends. Heck it's not all their fault either.
I chose how to react.
I was the one who yelled and screamed.
God doesn't force our hand.
God gives us what we need to react in every situation.
Is school hard? Then study hard. Ask questions.
Jesus studied the scriptures and he asked questions.
He even asked His father if salvation might come in a way that didn't involve him being
whipped
,tortured,
spit upon,
mocked,
crowned with thorns,
nails driven in his hands and feet into the wood of a cross
put on display. Naked and ashamed.
Entering a grave.
Going into the pits of hell.
But did Jesus gave into all of that.
Sure he felt that his father had forsaken him. But Jesus didn't shake his fists. He didn't cuss God out. Jesus even asked his father to forgive all who were responsible for the sins he shed his blood for.
The Father was always there.
Jesus is always there.
And through the Holy Spirit we all can communicate directly to God.
No matter where we are.
No matter if the drugs and alcohol made me do it.
Even if my mental illness caused me to sin.
No matter the excuse.
No matter how far we stray from God.
He will never leave us nor forsake us.