Be certain that there are followers of Christ out there that follow the words of Christ above the words of the many flawed people that came after him.
My wife and I were reading from the gospel of Mark recently. The words in red made sense. (In our Bible, the words of Christ are printed red.) The words in red are pretty consistent, and easy to understand. They edify, and they do not divide.
There are a lot of other words in our Bible that seem to serve to break people apart and scare them. My background and tradition does not allow me to reject or overlook those passages; we are either not getting the whole story, and/or we aren't mature enough to understand them.
Be assured that there are followers of Christ about that respect all traditions, all beliefs; that respect every nation, tribe and tongue. There are those that appreciate that we can't possibly have even a fraction of all of the answers; that our traditions have been mostly wrong in the past, and that we're still trying to grow up enough to understand what it all means.
We will accept you and care for you because of who you are, awesome and wonderfully made.
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It makes me very sad to read your post.
Be certain that there are followers of Christ out there that follow the words of Christ above the words of the many flawed people that came after him.
My wife and I were reading from the gospel of Mark recently. The words in red made sense. (In our Bible, the words of Christ are printed red.) The words in red are pretty consistent, and easy to understand. They edify, and they do not divide.
There are a lot of other words in our Bible that seem to serve to break people apart and scare them. My background and tradition does not allow me to reject or overlook those passages; we are either not getting the whole story, and/or we aren't mature enough to understand them.
Be assured that there are followers of Christ about that respect all traditions, all beliefs; that respect every nation, tribe and tongue. There are those that appreciate that we can't possibly have even a fraction of all of the answers; that our traditions have been mostly wrong in the past, and that we're still trying to grow up enough to understand what it all means.
We will accept you and care for you because of who you are, awesome and wonderfully made.