“The sad thing is that these Christians believe they are
acting out of love - that they are defending what the Bible teaches. So they
genuinely don’t think they’re doing anything wrong. They don’t see it as hatred
or homophobia ― they see it as standing up for God’s truth,” Beeching wrote in
an email to The Huffington Post. “And history shows that people can do terrible
things when they feel like God is on their side and they have the moral upper
hand.” Vicky Beeching (Read
article here).
Ms. Beeching is a so-called “gay Christian” who appears to
think standing up for God’s truth and defending what the Bible teaches is
hatred and homophobia. According to the
article on the Huffington Post, she was upset that someone wrote her a seven page
handwritten letter suggesting she repent of the sin of lesbianism. She tweeted the following:
I mean, who has time to hand-write
SEVEN pages?! They contain “prayers of
repentance” for me to “pray daily” to “save myself from hell.” L
(You can
access the tweet here).
No threats, no attempt to intimidate, harass or harm, just
quoting Scripture and indicating a concern Ms. Beeching was likely going to
hell and offering prayers she could pray to possibly avoid hell. What a rotten, vile, nasty, disgusting, awful
human being who obviously couldn’t care less about the state of Ms. Beeching’s
soul. Seven pages, hand-written. Yeah, what a jerk.
Since when is a sincere concern for someone’s soul a slight
to a Christian? Even if you feel that
concern is wrongheaded? One of my best
friends for many years is an agnostic with whom I have had many wonderful and
heartfelt conversations. He and I remain
friends to this day, despite me moving 10 hours away. He cared about the state of my soul and knew
I cared about his. I recently gave him a
Bible – he thanked me for it. Whether he’ll
read it or not, I don’t know. But I know
he was not offended because he gets that I did it out of concern for his
eternal soul.
Shouldn’t Ms. Beeching, in Christian charity, give this
person the benefit of the doubt? Or is
she more concerned with her status as a lesbian than she is her alleged
Christian faith? Her tweet evinces
absolutely none of the kindness, understanding, and warmth she demands from
those who disagree with her. The irony
of her head shaking, holier-than-thou attitude seems completely lost on her.
I don’t see Ms. Beeching quoting Scripture to support her
concerns or her beliefs, either. Therein
lies the problem. It’s “sad” according
to Ms. Beeching that Christians actually attempt to argue with her about what
the Bible says and “defend” truth. Why
is it sad? Because they’ve misunderstood
the many passages that indicate homosexuality is sinful? No, it’s sad because it’s “hatred” and it’s “homophobia.”
Let’s make sure we’re very clear about what the Bible says
here. Not one single letter, word,
phrase, sentence, paragraph, letter, or book in the Bible, not one, contains
any message that indicates homosexuality is acceptable to God.
Not one.
I do not condone nor do I justify any personalized,
vitriolic invective against Ms. Beeching.
If people who claim to be Christians are writing truly wicked things,
then they need to look in the mirror.
However, given Ms. Beeching’s comments about the awful “hand-written”
letter she described, it sounds like what she really means when she uses terms
like “hatred” and “homophobia” is something like “people disagree with me.”
The irony and logical and philosophical inconsistency is so
appallingly ludicrous, it’s almost hilarious.
It would be funny if the subject matter weren’t so serious.
Rather than explain how the Bible justifies her lifestyle, she
defaults to current social clichés. Does
this mean she’s admitting her homosexuality is not Biblically acceptable? If not, then what argument is she
making? More: it seems peculiar for her
to argue people will do “terrible things” when they think “God is on their
side.” Is not Ms. Beeching’s
justification for her ongoing lesbianism a belief God is okay with it? Does that not then mean, by logical
inference, God is on her side? Further,
does it not then follow, by her own logic,
that she is equally capable of doing “terrible things” because she thinks God
is “on her side?”
Ms. Beeching believes she’s doing a service for other “gay
Christians” by being available to them via social media. Is it possible, even remotely possible, that
she’s, GULP, wrong? Is it possible, even
remotely, that the Bible says homosexuality is sinful? If so, wouldn’t restraint be the appropriate
by-word? Yet Ms. Beeching evinces an
attitude that she’s right and anyone who disagrees with her is wrong.
But isn’t that precisely the problem here? There is no middle ground. Either homosexuality is acceptable to God or
it’s not. If not, then Ms. Beeching is
wrong in leading people astray to continue wallowing in their sin while
believing their salvation is assured. If
she’s right, then shouldn’t she exercise the kind of charity she demands of
others? Wouldn’t that be the “Christian”
thing to do? But I guess for Ms.
Beeching the more important question is whether it’s the right “lesbian” thing to
do. We know how she answers that
question. And maybe that says
everything.
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