Church denies funeral to gay man

[AtheistBuddah]

awww , that's some Methodist churches opinion and they are welcome to it . Course opinions are like arseholes and everybody has one . The important thing is whether these Methodists have the freedom / right to deny funerals for gay people if they want to deny Luddley .

You know, you can say assholes. It's okay... lol

 

[AtheistBuddah]

Besides, why would a fudge packer want a Christian funeral?

When the Bible clearly says that sodomites are an abomination and are to be stoned to death. ...

I hope you aren't serious

 

[AtheistBuddah]

Now that this church has aligned themselves next to the Westbro Baptist Church, they might as well start producing protest signs reading, "God hates dead soldiers".

This church is actually right. Westboro is really mis-lead in their beliefs.

Consider this, bestiality is punished less harshly in the Bible, than homosexual acts. Why is that? Because at least the animal has no choice in the matter.

People don't like hearing the truth, but that is the truth. If you don't believe me, I can find the Scripture and point it out.

Wtf?? THAT'S NOT A DEFENSE!! Forcing yourself on an animal that can't consent or understand what's happening is way worse than two consenting adults having sex in private. How do you not see that?? I truly cannot fully understand the mind-numbing stupidity and ignorance that gave cause to that statement. How do you people like you still exist??

 

[MarcATL]

No REAL Christian would agree to this. The preacher and the church are going against the teachings of Jesus.

I also wonder why any gay Christian would attend fake church like this one.

Too bad there's no such thing as "god" cuz if there was, that slimy preacher is going to hell and wil be rooming with other slime - like gizmo.

You're wrong on this one Luddly.



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[AtheistBuddah]

The church has every right to refuse. However, to consider the Baptist Missionary churches that I have known in the south as acting in Christian charity would be error. The officials of the church are not acting as their and my Lord and Savior would wish.

For shame.

You should get to know Jesus better, and make Him your Lord. For obviously, He is not.

From your statement, and others I have seen posted by you, I would assume Lucifer to be your lord, if you actually have one.

It's funny to watch Christians argue about which one is a true follower of Christ. It's like watching two fat kids in a comic book store argue about which one of them is the true fanboy.

 

[AtheistBuddah]

You cannot deny a man a funeral the day before it. That is just wrong.

That's what I'm saying. It's one thing to deny the funeral. But to do it on such short notice is just an insult to that poor mother who just lost her son.

 

[AtheistBuddah]

It is a Church's job to judge what goes on in the church building, and also to judge the members of the Church.

Let me try to put this into a little brighter light for you. You believe that the church's job is to judge the congregation. Yet, you have got to be seriously naïve, if you don't realize that about 98% of the congregation is living daily, and perpetually in sin. The only difference between those that the church judges, and those that it does not, is that those that are not being judged have not yet been exposed. Rev. Johnson enjoys pornography on his personal computer. The Choir director is having an affair with his lead vocalist, who is married to a guy who cheats on his taxes. The Youth Leader has fantasies about the pre-teen boys he takes on camping trips. The preacher's wife is a perpetual gossip. The deacons are manipulating a real estate deal with the city counsel, for their own enrichment.

How nice it must be to live in your black and white world of "guilty of sin", and "those who have been saved". While sitting in the "Amen" pew, be sure to take a long look at yourself, and also of Mr. Smith, who may seem a little distracted during the sermon, because he has had his eye on Mrs. Jones oversized breasts as she sits next to the aisle.

I swear Liberals have the mental ability of teenagers. A world of unlimited tolerance also means a world devoid of standards and no judgment. Someone driving 21 mph in a school zone with a limit of 20 mph is just as much a rule breaker as the 9//11 terrorists.

Homosexuality is seen as a greater sin than being a gossip. Most adults understand this highfalutin reasoning and then there's liberals.

Are you for real? That first statement is just plain outrageous. You can't really believe something so moronic. And that second statement clearly contradicts the first. And yet liberals are the ones with limited mental ability...

 

[Two Thumbs]

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) - Julie Atwood was standing at her son's casket when the phone rang. The church where her son's funeral was scheduled to be held the next day decided to abruptly cancel the service, after the pastor learned the deceased was gay and his obituary listed a surviving "husband."

Atwood said she was told it would be "blasphemous" to hold the services at the church because her son, Julion Evans, 42, was gay.

He says the obituary named him as "husband," and that their marriage was no secret.

But when the obituary published in the local newspaper, everything changed.

T.W. Jenkins, pastor at New Hope says was not aware of that Evans had a husband or was gay until members of his congregation saw the obit and called to complain. They did not think it was right to have the funeral at their church.

Jenkins said his church preaches against gay marriage.

"Based on our preaching of the scripture, we would have been in error to allow the service in our church," Jenkins said. "I'm not trying to condemn anyone's lifestyle, but at the same time, I am a man of God, and I have to stand up for my principles."

Church denies funeral to gay man - WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

so there's no divorced people in their graveyard?

no Vets that had to kill in the line of duty?

No one that robbed somebody?

Did they all give their 10%?


what a dick

 

[ninja007]

a verse by Jesus Himself hit the nail on the head.

Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

Luke 9:60

 

[ninja007]

If the church doesn't allow it, then the queers should find another church.
It wouldn't be allowed in my church (Catholic).
Two men porking, sucking/fucking .... tsk tsk

They need to get to confession.

That sin is no worse than any of the other sins...

its much worse. You cannot procreate.

 

[Ravi]

You cannot deny a man a funeral the day before it. That is just wrong.

That's what I'm saying. It's one thing to deny the funeral. But to do it on such short notice is just an insult to that poor mother who just lost her son.

It is also the church implying that the guy is going to hell. In other words, they know better than God.

How sad and cruel.

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

Now that this church has aligned themselves next to the Westbro Baptist Church, they might as well start producing protest signs reading, "God hates dead soldiers".

This church is actually right. Westboro is really mis-lead in their beliefs.

Consider this, bestiality is punished less harshly in the Bible, than homosexual acts. Why is that? Because at least the animal has no choice in the matter.

People don't like hearing the truth, but that is the truth. If you don't believe me, I can find the Scripture and point it out.

Wtf?? THAT'S NOT A DEFENSE!! Forcing yourself on an animal that can't consent or understand what's happening is way worse than two consenting adults having sex in private. How do you not see that?? I truly cannot fully understand the mind-numbing stupidity and ignorance that gave cause to that statement. How do you people like you still exist??

Just because you don't like the truth, does not make it any less true.

 

[Sunni Man]

Besides, why would a fudge packer want a Christian funeral?

When the Bible clearly says that sodomites are an abomination and are to be stoned to death. ...

I hope you aren't serious

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.......

 

[DGS49]

Christians MUST be judgmental about BEHAVIOR.

No one should be condemned for "being gay" (i.e., being sexually attracted to people of same gender), but entering into a gay "marriage" is a public declaration of an intention to perpetually engage in behavior that the Bible clearly condemns.

Morality is not determined by public polling, or the New York Times, or the ACLU, or the United States Supreme Court. Any church that claims to be "Christian" or "Bible-based" and does not condemn homosexual sodomy is fraudulent, and should be avoided. Any man who is married to someone of the same gender is a seriously sinful, and publicly sinful person.

It is analogous to the Catholic Church's long-time refusal to bury a suicide in a Catholic cemetery. Suicide is a serious sin, and the Church cannot be put in a position of condoning it. The Church now recognizes that suicide may be the result of a mental disorder so it has softened its position on suicides, but the same logic does not apply to a "married" homosexual.

 

[JakeStarkey]

We see the heretical Christians of the far right evangelicals, fundamentalists, and Pentecostals justify their hate in the name of Christ. Careful of "I knew ye not", kiddos.

For shame.

 

[sameech]

Their building, their rules. Religious organizations are not public property.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Their building, their rules. Religious organizations are not public property.

I agree 100% with the legal right to exclude, but have no problem pointing out that they don't love Christ in so doing.

 

[PratchettFan]

Besides, why would a fudge packer want a Christian funeral?

When the Bible clearly says that sodomites are an abomination and are to be stoned to death. ...

I hope you aren't serious

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.......

Leviticus 20:2

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Should we start hauling rocks to the local high school and stone the boys as they walk out?

 

[Papageorgio]

The church has it's right, but good grief, why would the church agree to do a service for someone which they do not know and why would a person want a church in which they never attended, want them to preside over a funeral service?

Get a funeral home, get a good life long friend to do a eulogy and it is much more intimate and meaningful. It is obvious that neither knew of the others beliefs, very impersonal, very cold.

 

[Sunni Man]

I hope you aren't serious

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.......

Leviticus 20:2

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Should we start hauling rocks to the local high school and stone the boys as they walk out?

The verse is talking about having sex with devil worshipers.

Which is also a grave sin. ...