Comments on: Uniting Church out of touch http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch Random thoughts and observations Wed, 23 May 2012 17:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jasmine http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch/comment-page-1#comment-60149 Jasmine Tue, 22 May 2012 09:17:00 +0000 #comment-60149 I'm sorry linda but I think what you said in that comment was very harsh and mean... Don't you remember that Jesus was a man who even hung around a prostitute? Jesus said that we shouldn't condemn others. Jesus said that only the one who has never sinned can condemn this prostitute. Therefore, its not right for us to condemn anybody.. not even a man who was a pedophile... and your minister did the right thing.. A church is a place for all people, even the outcasts. Jesus ate dinner with the tax collectors and the people who society found 'disgusting' (like you said my dear). And also.. I know it might say that homosexuality is wrong in the bible, but God says you should love one another. This doesn't mean you have to love the sin, but you still have to love the person, even if that person is gay.... You shouldn't call society sick.. people these 'sick' people happened to be children of God.. And God calls for us to love one another.. Jesus said that if you love Him, you will love others.. Linda.. I really pray you can learn to one day accept gays, not for their sin, but accept them as your brothers or sisters.. I pray you can love them... God Bless xox I’m sorry linda but I think what you said in that comment was very harsh and mean… Don’t you remember that Jesus was a man who even hung around a prostitute? Jesus said that we shouldn’t condemn others. Jesus said that only the one who has never sinned can condemn this prostitute. Therefore, its not right for us to condemn anybody.. not even a man who was a pedophile… and your minister did the right thing.. A church is a place for all people, even the outcasts. Jesus ate dinner with the tax collectors and the people who society found ‘disgusting’ (like you said my dear).
And also.. I know it might say that homosexuality is wrong in the bible, but God says you should love one another. This doesn’t mean you have to love the sin, but you still have to love the person, even if that person is gay…. You shouldn’t call society sick.. people these ‘sick’ people happened to be children of God.. And God calls for us to love one another.. Jesus said that if you love Him, you will love others.. Linda.. I really pray you can learn to one day accept gays, not for their sin, but accept them as your brothers or sisters.. I pray you can love them…

God Bless xox

]]> By: Michael http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch/comment-page-1#comment-46410 Michael Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:34:51 +0000 #comment-46410 Linda, I'm with you on the paedophile comment. Linda, I’m with you on the paedophile comment.

]]> By: Ebony Jackson http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch/comment-page-1#comment-46407 Ebony Jackson Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:33:52 +0000 #comment-46407 All of the above reasons why I do not follow religion. Who do you discriminate so passionately? People who hate others who may be mentally ill, or because of sexual orientation (gays)and consider them less than human because of questionable bible? teachings. If this is what being a member of a Church does to people...it is no wonder religion has lost its status. I feel sorry that you judge others so harshly, and have such rigid and narrow minded opinions. All of the above reasons why I do not follow religion.

Who do you discriminate so passionately? People who hate others who may be mentally ill, or because of sexual orientation (gays)and consider them less than human because of questionable bible? teachings.

If this is what being a member of a Church does to people…it is no wonder religion has lost its status.

I feel sorry that you judge others so harshly, and have such rigid and narrow minded opinions.

]]> By: Linda Kennedy http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch/comment-page-1#comment-46405 Linda Kennedy Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:32:22 +0000 #comment-46405 My parents married in the Uniting Church. I was baptised there as a baby and attended Sunday school and church there growing up in a Victorian town. As I grew to become an adult I became very involved with church life and even taught Sunday school for some time. I left the church due to the ministers views that we must not judge and had to accept all people into our congregation, including gays and (get this....... it's the truth) paedophiles! There was a man who began coming to church and pushed himself right into the team of assistants who set up speakers and sound control and so forth. He was a well known peadophile who had spent time in jail for raping a 5 year old boy. He had also raped his own children. I mentioned to the minister that I did not want this person around my children and wished that he be banned from the church, certainly not looking like someone with authority in the church, as he'd set himself up to be in charge sound control. The minister said it was not up to me or anyone to judge as this person had been dealt with by the law and it was not our place to turn someone out, that he would answer to God and only God knew if this man had repented and changed, not us. So I left the church and I have so many things like this against the Uniting Church. I will NOT accept GAYS either. It is wrong. It is a disgusting act against God so what do they want with church? Church is to learn about Gods word and what Jesus did. Not for mentally or sexually sick people to try and look good to the rest of the world! I have been a member of the Presbyterian Church now for the past 10 years as I believe they stick with bible teachings and don't alter things to suit modern (sick) society. My parents married in the Uniting Church. I was baptised there as a baby and attended Sunday school and church there growing up in a Victorian town. As I grew to become an adult I became very involved with church life and even taught Sunday school for some time. I left the church due to the ministers views that we must not judge and had to accept all people into our congregation, including gays and (get this……. it’s the truth) paedophiles! There was a man who began coming to church and pushed himself right into the team of assistants who set up speakers and sound control and so forth. He was a well known peadophile who had spent time in jail for raping a 5 year old boy. He had also raped his own children. I mentioned to the minister that I did not want this person around my children and wished that he be banned from the church, certainly not looking like someone with authority in the church, as he’d set himself up to be in charge sound control. The minister said it was not up to me or anyone to judge as this person had been dealt with by the law and it was not our place to turn someone out, that he would answer to God and only God knew if this man had repented and changed, not us. So I left the church and I have so many things like this against the Uniting Church. I will NOT accept GAYS either. It is wrong. It is a disgusting act against God so what do they want with church? Church is to learn about Gods word and what Jesus did. Not for mentally or sexually sick people to try and look good to the rest of the world!
I have been a member of the Presbyterian Church now for the past 10 years as I believe they stick with bible teachings and don’t alter things to suit modern (sick) society.

]]> By: Ebony Jackson http://gorey.com.au/uniting-church-out-of-touch/comment-page-1#comment-45342 Ebony Jackson Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:01:39 +0000 #comment-45342 This is exactly why I don't do religion. In my former life (before I got to actually own my views) I was raised Methodist, or Uniting? anyway it was all too intense. My dad died afew years ago, (a returned soldier) he wanted no fuss or drama...family interfered, as families do. To cut the story a bit... The uniting Church refused to bury him because he had not been to church in a while...and the minister? whatever..said he felt my dad being an alcoholic...did not meet certain criteria. This is exactly why I don’t do religion. In my former life (before I got to actually own my views) I was raised Methodist, or Uniting? anyway it was all too intense.

My dad died afew years ago, (a returned soldier) he wanted no fuss or drama…family interfered, as families do. To cut the story a bit…

The uniting Church refused to bury him because he had not been to church in a while…and the minister? whatever..said he felt my dad being an alcoholic…did not meet certain criteria.

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