On Love and Hate in Christianity

[primaleph]

I recently posted something on the Xbox Live Forums about how I think avatars should be allowed to cross-dress, since currently they aren't. I realize that Xbox Live isn't the most gay-friendly place, so I wrote the following as a prepared response if someone came out trying to spread hate on religious grounds, which is really a pet peeve of mine

Comments

[ainulindale]

Very well put! I heard, once, that there is the general understanding that, "to be Christian automatically makes you a hypocrite." This isn't true across the board, but I've met more than a few Christians who only know certain parts of scripture out of context and very little else. Meanwhile, non-Christians know the Bible so much better than this.

I love how you also keep a distinct neutralness to your tone. You're preaching without being preachy, and that's not something many can do.

[primaleph]

Believe me, the tone was one of the hardest parts. The original version started with the words "Whatever you say, neanderthal

P.S.

[primaleph]

I did also want to show these people that a "godless gay" (and a "Christ-killing Jew", if they believe that too) can actually be well versed in correct scripture. It's like Rabbi Gibson said in my confirmation class: in order to be able to have intelligent theological or scriptural (or moral) discussions with Christians, you have to be able to speak their language, and that means knowing their scripture. Besides, as Gershon Winkler so eloquently points out in "JCF", nearly everything Jesus says in the New Testament was said first by Rabbi Hillel, 150 years prior... so it's not like his ideas are foreign to being a good Jew. Jesus was actually a really good kabbalist, in my opinion, and I'm sure you can see why that is... he advocated a degree of spiritual purity that would certainly help someone in meditating and discerning the nature of God. The problem is what's been done with his teachings after the fact.