Originally Posted by: hunter60...For example, alternative lifestyles. The church says no way. But you know what Jesus said about it?

Nothing. Not a single word.

So why then does the church take the position that people who practice this lifestyle are doomed and can never be loved by God? It makes no sense to me. And there are hundreds of other issues like this...

One major aspect of Jesus was the theme of forgiveness. Religoious dogma, such as Moasic law, was simply black and white, about retribution and punishment. An eye for an eye. You know the story of the woman who was brought to Jesus coz she'd been caught red handed in the act of adultery. According to mosaic law, she was to be stoned. The eye for the eye. But what did Jesus do? He told them that he who has not sinned to cast the first stone. And when no one did and they all went away, he told her to go away and not to sin again.

That's what our churches don't see. They are just into practices and forms and code and what have you, but they're nothing like what jesus taught. Another example from the story of my mother. Our church refused to officiate at her funeral ceremony, guess for what? Brace yourself; she wasn't eating holy communion in the run up to her death. WTF is that?!?! :confused: Even if you weren't that familiar with the bible and all, what the hell has holy communion got to do with the things that God cares about, such as sin and righteousness? Churches are ****ed up like that.
That's why there are so many of them today. How can such a magnitude of groupings all come and claim th be based on the same book, the bible? The fact is they're not, they're just bunches of people who only want to see things from their own perspective and nothing else will do for them. Closed minds, that's what they are.