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Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Quote:The organisation’s Communications Director Chine Mbubaegbu told Christian Today: “I do get frustrated by the caricatures of evangelicals in society as homophobic, judgmental women-haters and that evangelicalism is synonymous with televangelism. That’s simply not what evangelicalism is supposed to be about.
“When the word evangelical is used in any other context, it simply means someone who is passionate about a certain thing and is keen that everyone knows about it.
“That’s what I want evangelicals to be known for: being passionate followers of Christ, keen on seeing his good news impact every area of society – with our hearts turned towards those facing injustice or who are forgotten and excluded.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/12/16/eva...en-haters/
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Then they shouldn't come whining to me, instead, clean up their own disordered religion.
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm
It's really bad when your movement gets such a bad rep that you need to state that you aren't mysogynistic bigots.
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:07 pm
"We aren't homophobic women haters, we just hold many or all of the same ideas and views that homophobic women haters happen to hold as well."
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:39 pm
The voice of surrender by the losers of the American culture wars. It's music to my ears.
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm
Christians aren't homophobic women haters. Yahweh is. It's right in the bible, and they have to do what the bible tells them to do. Don't blame them. Blame their god.
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:46 pm
(December 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Christians aren't homophobic women haters. Yahweh is. It's right in the bible, and they have to do what the bible tells them to do. Don't blame them. Blame their god.
That's what I was thinking. "We aren't homophobic women-haters, our deity is. We just worship him."
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RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 16, 2014 at 3:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm by Chad32.)
It isn't, but it's the root of the problem. I think there are good people out there that would be more progressive if they didn't have that book's values drilled into their heads.
