This is an interesting article about one Arizone State University student’s complaint about an exercise that he was required to participate in before he was allowed to become an RA in the spring semester. The exercise was a roleplay that put a gay Hispanic male in direct conflict with a female Bible-thumping Christian. What was the young man’s beef? Well, basically, he was complaining that the roleplay stereotyped Christians to be nothing but a bunch of close-minded “southern” individuals who think all gay people are going to hell. While I do very much appreciate this young man’s stance, and believe that the roleplay he was made to “act out” was probably too extreme in its presentation, I can’t help but think it did kind of nail a good number of Christians to wall…
I mean… Do a lot of Christians live in the South? Yes! Are a lot of Christians close minded? Yes! Do a lot of Christians believe gay people will burn in Hell? Umm, yes.
Are those things true of all followers of Jesus? No. They’re not true of me and many [if not most] of my friends, but stereotypes are never perfect; and frankly, they don’t have to be. That’s just the nature of stereotypes.
I’ll be the first to admit that Christians do sometimes get pegged unfairly, especially in a university setting, but instead of making these kinds of things our platforms, let’s rise above it and go help make life better for somebody in need. The less we react, the better chance we have of changing that stereotype to somebody a lot kinder…
just a thought.
mpt.
PS: Will be in Indy for the next couple of days attending CBA Advance; I’m hoping to keep you updated about my week’s happenings… but as you can tell, I’ve been a bad poster for the last week or so… I’m trying, I promise.
Viagra is for the treatment of inability to get or keep an erection and similar states when erection is of low quality. When you buy remedies like cialis from canada you should know about cialis online canada. It may have a lot of brands, but only one ATC Code. Erectile dysfunction, defined as the persistent impossibility to maintain a satisfactory hard-on, affects an estimated 15 to 30 millions men in the America alone. Sexual soundness is an substantial part of a man’s life, no question his age etc.
Wow. Believe it or not, I almost went to ASU. I think I could see something like that happening at ASU. I think we as Christians need to stop condemning people and start loving. Good post.
I am finding that some of the most “open minded” people are also some of the most narrow minded individuals as well.
Yeah, Chris, I can agree with that… They closed-minded on a completely different level. And Stephen, when are we hanging out bro?
M
ps: Chris, thanks for the great interview…
Do you believe that homosexual offenders will enter the gates of Heaven?
If those who struggle with sins truly know Christ, they will overcome them eventually. That is why Christ died. He died so that we might be free of that nature, that lust, that selfishness, and have a likeness of God–knowing both good and evil, yet being perfected..
The children of God love the Lord their God with all their strength. They thirst for righteousness. They will be filled, and it is impossible for those who tasted the glory and hope of Jesus to turn away.
You can’t conform to the world.
What I am saying is that you cannot accept those who believe homosexuality and following Christ can be both be done. Homosexuality is not of God.
I wonder…If This Anonymous Person Has All Of The Answers On Homosexuality…Then Why Even Ask? Christ Called To Love Everyone, Not To Condemn Them.
Matthew 22:39 🙂
I pray that one day I may temper the lusts of my heterosexual heart and that my perversions do not disqualify me. The perfection that I (and we) pursue as commanded in Lev. 11:44 (restated in 1 Peter 1:16) is not a destination arrived on earth but a status achieved when we are finally glorified by God (Rom. 8:30). Regeneration and repentance must be the anthem of our lives on earth in order that we may someday be made perfect in His eternal sight.