“...our intolerance and bigotry.”
Pardon me, but you must speak for yourself.
“God is going to hold all of us to account for our tolerance, apathy and inaction.”
You should be careful in your sweeping accusations, unlearner. There are a large number of Christians who do speak for the innocent, and the widows and orphans. They also organized ministries to help the poor and forgotten.
Perhaps you misunderstood me. I am NOT saying conservatives are the problem. If there is a remedy it will be from conservatives who act conservatively. But it is quite clear that a very small percentage of the population ACTS conservatively. There are obviously many who poll conservatively that are not acting so.
Also, your quote of my words “intolerance and bigotry” makes me think you misunderstood that as well. Conservatives are always being accused of “intolerance and bigotry”. My point is that not only that these accusations are untrue, I wish they were closer to the truth. We NEED to be less tolerant and have more of what the left calls bigotry and hatefulness. A lot of people who identify as conservative will not agree with me that the death penalty is warranted for homosexual acts.
At the time of our independence, all 13 colonies had laws treating homosexual acts as capital offenses. These were all subsequently changed to less severe punishments, but it was still a criminal matter in the states for quite some time. Gradually it has shifted to something people overheard rumors about until today it is advertised as normal and even glamorized. Not only is there no consequence to this behavior (by law), but those who disagree with it are being punished.
I am speaking for myself. I have not done enough. I want to do more.
You are speaking for yourself. If you think you are able to answer God on judgment day that you did all that was humanly possible to stop this evil, then congratulations, what I said does not apply to you.
God would have spared Sodom if he could have found just a few righteous men in it. Unfortunately he found only one. And that one was so influenced by the evil he was immersed in, he failed to protect his own family.
My question is, when will it be enough to stand up and fight? Do the homosexuals have to be beating down our doors demanding to hand over the visitors “that we may know them”?
You, like most of us, are probably willing to fight to the death to stop them at your doors. But do we love our neighbors as ourselves when we are allowing these people to adopt orphaned and abandoned children?
“You should be careful in your sweeping accusations, unlearner. There are a large number of Christians who do speak for the innocent, and the widows and orphans. They also organized ministries to help the poor and forgotten.”
Perhaps it is not what you intend, but your comment reads like, “You are wrong, unlearner. Don’t get too worked up over this issue. We are doing enough.” Well, I hope it is true of you that you are doing all you can. And I am sure you are right that there are many who are doing a lot. And I am sure they will be rewarded in Heaven for their faithfulness in this wicked and perverse generation.
Speaking for myself, I do not feel satisfied. And I do feel there are many conservative minded people who are just too exhausted or apathetic or afraid to try harder. So I am not trying to insult you or any other conservatives. I am venting my frustration at how evil our society has become, and that it seems to be moving in the wrong direction still.
If more conservatives do not stand up, this nation will end up like Nazi Germany. It is very close.