tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post5226235812946398038..comments2023-05-05T00:45:20.298-07:00Comments on Caught by the Light: Small Ways in a Big Matter - UPDATEDBr Richard Edward Helmer BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603206783767329399noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-17589580568251650882007-03-25T08:56:00.000-07:002007-03-25T08:56:00.000-07:00Wayne,Likewise to you, and God's peace.Wayne,<BR/><BR/>Likewise to you, and God's peace.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474786207149076221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-78418896551094154012007-03-25T08:55:00.000-07:002007-03-25T08:55:00.000-07:00I appreciate your respectful response and your str...I appreciate your respectful response and your struggle to find solutions to our broken world. Sometimes it's easier to be more critical than helpful. I hope the light of Christ continues to guide your way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-53577431375118566812007-03-23T23:27:00.000-07:002007-03-23T23:27:00.000-07:00Wayne,Thanks for the visit. I ask you not to read...Wayne,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the visit. I ask you not to read too much into "considered sinners." I only meant they were perceived as notoriously sinful (tax collectors, prostitutes, etc.), and shunned for it. Likewise, LGBT people in many places in the world are treated the same way.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, I believe, in principle. All have sinned and all are in need of redemption. That's not under dispute here.<BR/><BR/>We may agree or disagree whether gay or lesbian relationships are inherently sinful. But that is not under dispute here, either.<BR/><BR/>The dispute here is whether or not <I>anyone</I> who is otherwise innocent of harming another human being or breaking a sensible secular law, should be singled out and thrown into an abusive prison system for simply gathering peacefully in public.<BR/><BR/>I simply cannot imagine Jesus sanctioning such action.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474786207149076221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-39058382462012562652007-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:002007-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:00You write of people who were "considered sinners."...You write of people who were "considered sinners." Were they not actual sinners? Did Jesus have to die for perfectly innocent people just because they were misunderstood? Sin is real and people sin. Sin is bad. Sin does not become good just because we accept it learn to live with it and celebrate it. Using that logic, why pray for the hungry or the sick? Surely, we can love them just the way they are. Why ask for or encourage change? Wouldn't that intolerance just be hateful?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-78305072142092828142007-03-06T09:31:00.000-08:002007-03-06T09:31:00.000-08:00Matt and Richard, I posted info, and action alert,...Matt and Richard, I posted info, and action alert, and links to you (Matt -- but Richard, you're also up there on the blogroll) on my (new-ish) blog also. (I also wrote a letter a few days ago, right up against the then March 1 deadline.) Hope it helps... Thank you so much for your work of information and advocacy.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>Jane<BR/>http://actsofhope.blogspot.com/Jane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814517077774999407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25560965.post-53608769997728525812007-03-05T20:04:00.000-08:002007-03-05T20:04:00.000-08:00Thanks, Richard, for posting the link. Phone calls...Thanks, Richard, for posting the link. Phone calls and emails on this issue will be surprising to those that receive them, and effective.Matt Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688340803579138040noreply@blogger.com