A huge majority of "Christians" use their Christianity as the reason (excuse) they marginalize, undermine and hate certain people. They pass judgement on those they find sinful, unworthy, disgusting or evil and many do so loudly and proudly...using "Christianity" as their shield. They don't see disregarding or dehumanizing gay people as a problem at all. They are supposed to hate those people, for the bible tells them so. Right? How about instead of these "Christians" cherry picking certain passages to fit their own fears and hatred, they be the good "Christians" they claim to be and really commit themselves to their righteous judgments. They need to be equal opportunity hate-mongers. I wish another reporter would check with that Duck Dynasty guy about some of the other biblical sins. I'd love to hear his thoughts on some other sins from the bible...read beyond the orange crescent roll to see which ones I've highlighted.
"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" (Corinthians 11:14) *So this Phil guy is a shame to God (according the good book he is!)...and basically every dude in his family and the millions and millions of men with long hair on this planet. It's high time that real Christians stop obsessing over the non-existent War on Christmas and start their own war against men with long hair. It's what God would want.
“Do not turn to mediums or wizards; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God”-- Leviticus 19:3 1 *Reagan famously loved using psychics....he and Nancy are big time sinners. Any good Christian cannot justify their support of the Reagans and should take down all the commemorative Franklin Mint Ronald Reagan plates displayed their curio cabinet. Any person on this earth who has consulted a psychic (past calls to the Psychic Friends Network included!) is a sinner. Plain and simple.
“You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you. I am the Lord”--Leviticus 19:28 *I don't know if any of the Duck Dynasty "celebrities" have tattoos...but if they do they are sinners who need to be called out. Every person who has a tattoo is clearly a sinner who personally offends the Lord...I mean it starts with getting a tiny flower tattoo on your ankle from your college Spring Break trip...then you're carving satanic symbols into your forehead. It's a slippery slope of sin.
"If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives." - -Deuteronomy 22:28-29 *Here's something the Conservative Christians should get behind...the rape tax. Yes, they hate taxes, but this one is in the bible, so I bet Grover and his minions could get behind it. Anyway, they need to make sure that rapists are actually paying the rape tax and actually marrying their victims. When a rapist does not pay this rape tax or marry his victim he is spitting in the face of God and has committed a serious sin. I can't believe this isn't brought up more often. What has Rick Santorum said about this lately? Anything?
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." - -Leviticus 19:27 *I'm not sure how this Phil guy trims his beard, but if he's doing it wrong he has yet again committed a serious sin. Clearly millions and millions of men are sinning on a daily basis. No wonder we had so many deadly tornadoes this year!
"Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together." - -Deuteronomy 22:11 *I doubt this Duck dude owns a stitch of clothing that violates this law of God....but if he's a true Christian who follows the bible he needs to check his wardrobe to be sure.
"No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord." - -Deuteronomy 23:2 *This is another big one...any child born out of wedlock or out of any other sinful union will NOT be allowed through those pearly gates. There are A LOT of kids who are going to be burning in hell because their daddy didn't put a ring on it! These people should be relentlessly shamed and persecuted....I hope Phil and other Christian voices can start addressing this enormous sin and affront to the Lord.
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. --- And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." - -Corinthians 14:34 *Okay, ladies...this one is for you! If you have ever spoken in church you have committed a great sin and you have brought shame to the Lord. Maybe a delegation of Christians can come together and visit churches to see if women are speaking in church...and if so, they can step in and punish them appropriately.
"But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." - -Matthew 5:32 *Any "Christian" who has divorced is a sinner. A big time sinner! Any "Christian" who has married a divorced woman is a double big time sinner! I think this should be the new super sin that the Christian Right obsesses over.
"The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses." - -Deuteronomy 14:8 *Almost all the Christians I know have an unhealthy (literally) love of bacon. They are disgusting sinners, according to God, and I wish the "Christians" would put down the pork chop, pick up the bible and focus on hating and judging their fellow man who eat pork. THAT would be being a good Christian.
The blatant hypocrisy so many "Christians" display is mind-numbing....but absolutely expected.