The Our America episode, "Pray the Gay Away?", got me thinking more about the negativity that infects 90% of the Christian churches we (or at least I) come in contact with. An insider won't see it as clearly as a non-Christian, but if you sit in a room with someone who holds views that are different from yours & allow them to lecture you on how to live all you hear is negativity, & sometimes hate. This alone makes me reject Christianity, because I think everyone should be allowed to make their own choices without feeling like they're evil & wrong. Making people feel good about themselves is a lot more successful way of getting them to join you.
If I feel rejected by Christian churches (although I don't try or desire to be accepted), then how must people who were raised Christian & firmly believe in it feel when they are shunned for being gay? I just can't understand using the Bible, a book that speaks of love & forgiveness, to fuel discrimination. How can they pass judgment on things they don't understand. This is all I'm going to say: the Bible versuses they use to justify their hate are ambiguous (at best) & 99% of the time bias-laden translations. I could go on all day supporting that, but this is my writing & anyone else can bite me.
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