Over the weekend The Foo Fighters protested back when they were picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church. (Google them if you are not familiar with this church, some of their stunts will curl your hair.)
You can watch clips on YouTube.
I'm glad they did. I'm not sure who is filling those people with the idea that what they are doing is o.k., but I would like to just grab them by their shoulders and shake the bejeezus out them.
Christians are supposed to love. We are to 'Love one another'. Not just other Christians, but love everyone BECAUSE GOD LOVES EVERYONE.
We, as a society, are trained to think that there are 'levels of wrongness'. Different crimes are met with varying degrees of punishments. Even in prisons, the worst of the worst are those who have committed crimes against children. The biggest, baddest guy in there feels better about himself because at least he didn't do that. We all want SOMEONE to be worse than we are.
But, God does not see our sins that way. We are all equal in his eyes. We are all sinners, and no sin is greater than the other.
That is why it so important to "not cast stones".
Every time they picket somewhere and choose to use such vile names for God's children, (because we are ALL God's children), how many souls are they preventing from ever being saved? How many people are they pushing further from Jesus Christ? What kind of example are they setting?
Part of being a Christian is to set an example by the way we live. We are supposed make others want that life too because they can see it is sooo wonderful.
God expects us to love. Even the lost. Especially the Lost.
Besides, who wants to become a part of something that is full of hatred and anger? There is enough of that crap in the world as it is.
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