Gay is Good.

Homosexuality is good.

Despite the homophobic hatred which followed the AIDS crisis of the 1980s homosexuality is essentially good.

God does not discriminate. 

His love extends to all people.

And this includes homosexual people.

The reactive fundamentalism in the Church is inspired by fear.

Fear of death, fear of damnation.

But now that AIDS is no longer a death sentence their objections are bankrupt.

God loves gay people.

And His mercy and forgiveness are sure.

So do not be afraid of those who call you evil.

Their prejudice is inspired by fear.

Gay is good.

And gay people go to Heaven.

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Lightning.

"'I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.'" 

Luke 10:18 (NRSV)

Hence lightning is a symbol of Satanism.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Lies.

Jesus said: "'You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires.  He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.  When he lies he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.'"  John 8:44 (NRSV)

(Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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IDAHOBIT.

May 17 is IDAHOBIT

International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia and Transphobia.

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The Name of God.

To exalt the Name of God is to place love above all other things.

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Love.

Do you seek the love of power

Or the power of love.

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He.

Despite the fact that we intuitively know that God has no gender, or rather that God has characteristics of both genders, the bulk of our religious traditions represent God as male.

This is compounded by the fact that there is no gender-neutral pronoun for addressing God.

The Christian tradition uses Lord and Father on most occasions although there are some feminine images associated with God.

So our unconscious archetype for God is masculine no matter what we may think consciously.

This is important because we must navigate the unconscious to establish a relationship with God.

And if we reject the masculine stereotype of God we may be rejecting our own unconscious image of God.

So perhaps it is wiser to allow both images of God to co-exist rather than enforcing one over the other.

So using He or Father or Lord is still a legitimate way of addressing God.

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