tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post5690582756642101417..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: TRINITY VIII 2003 The Sunday after the Episcopal Church's General Convention of 2003, wherein Mr. Robinson's consecration was approved.Fr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-14904801214007902592007-07-28T23:27:00.000-04:002007-07-28T23:27:00.000-04:00One of the things that prompted me to write certai...One of the things that prompted me to write certain passing remarks in the sermon for Easter the way I did (this year, in the archives) was the fact that people at the church out there were, with the confusing "help" of the ECUSA "deacon", unable to know the difference between a person who endures that particular temptation (which has been the case in the lives even of certain saints) and people who willingly give in to the temptation and practice the sin. He used the word "gay" indiscrminately for people who willingy practice the sin, and equally for people who quietly live with a problem most of us do not understand, and who live in genuine faith commited to Christ, and resist temptation. I realized that some people really do not know the difference, which was a horrifying revelation to be sure.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-10282781421030478612007-07-28T22:57:00.000-04:002007-07-28T22:57:00.000-04:00Fr. I'm totally in agreement with you. I have no ...Fr. I'm totally in agreement with you. I have no patience at all with these "Godhatesfags" people. They are vile. <BR/><BR/>The point I'm trying to make is that, while we can easily see the horror in Phelps' kind of hatred, we all too easily miss the contempt implicit in refusing to administer correction. There is at least equal horror in that. <BR/><BR/>To hate a sinner is not an option. To act as though he is not one is not an option either. <BR/><BR/>I speak as a committedly celibate male who knows what same sex attraction is and feels like. I cringe at these purveyors of open hatred, but I am thankful, so very thankful, that I have been shown what the will of the Lord is in this matter. But for the grace of God so delivered ... I hate to think where that sentence leads.<BR/><BR/>The thought of anyone refusing out of "politeness" or seeming "charity" to declare the sinfulness of these acts to those caught up in them -- that thought brings chills to my spine.<BR/><BR/>edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-48274472975593106812007-07-28T18:41:00.000-04:002007-07-28T18:41:00.000-04:00Well, I'd have to say that they are both very, ver...Well, I'd have to say that they are both very, very wrong. good ol'Vicky and TEC for the obvious reasons, but the "Reverend" Phelps is, to put it charitably, a vile sort whose bilge spills over even at military funerals. The incredible pain he inflicts on innocent, grieving families to put across his "position" (to wit "GOd hates fags"), is indicative of a depraved mind. This is not "administering correction", it is as black as night. As a gentle suggestion, it would be well to have a critical look at all concerned. Having done so, one would realize that Phelps and his family are little more than a band of lawyer-provocateurs spoiling for a First Amendment suit and willing to do anything to get it. An inapt comparison here, I think.<BR/><BR/>In Christ,<BR/><BR/>Fr. Charles H. Nalls, SSMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-87655890156633637402007-07-28T14:36:00.000-04:002007-07-28T14:36:00.000-04:00Well said.Outside Robinson's consecration stood a ...Well said.<BR/><BR/>Outside Robinson's consecration stood a "Reverend" Phelps and his people holding loathesome signs declaring hatred for Robinson and for homosexuals generally. This deserved the highest possible condemnation, and yet ...<BR/><BR/>Inside the building, a far geater hatred was in evidence, the hatred that is willing to endorse a man in his sins, to leave him uncorrected, unrepentant, unforgiven and condemned. When the shepherds consign the sheep to destruction, that is not a better thing than actively devouring them.<BR/><BR/>To love is to administer correction to prevent self-destruction.poetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.com