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Proposition 8 (CA marriage legislation that passed a week ago) protestors at church today … didn’t actually see it myself, but read about it in the OC Register.

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ryan guard
November 9, 2008 at 9:06 pm · Reply

After watching the way that some Christians treated the Prop 8 opponents during this protest, I’m not sure which side of the picket line I would stand on! I might have my convictions, but I’m having a hard time being painted with the same brush as some of the people “standing up for truth”.

Bleh.
Alan
November 9, 2008 at 10:28 pm · Reply

@Ryan
So you would rather be painted with a brush on the other side? Keep your convictions and follow them with charity and clarity.
Chad
November 10, 2008 at 8:49 am · Reply

I agree Ryan.

“Christians are hard to tolerate, I don’t know how Jesus does it.”
-Bono
ryan guard
November 10, 2008 at 1:32 pm · Reply

Charity and clarity would be nice. So would some woman-at-the-well treatment. She was a sexual mess, an outcast in her society… Jesus “stood up for the truth” without a picket sign!
Nick
November 11, 2008 at 6:40 pm · Reply

Though I don’t believe that Christian’s need to stand up for their beliefs with picket signs, I would not find myself on the side of the picket line saying “Shame on you Rick Warren” and “Will your right’s be Next?” with the Nazi symbol.

I like the sign that was being held up by the student from Saddleback as featured on this blog, ‘Yes or No, Jesus loves you.’ We cannot control how people stand up for their principles or how they speak out about them, but as sad as I feel at how they choose to do it at times, I find it equally as disturbing that there are Christians who do not say anything and allow Biblical principles to be trampled on. Though some of us feel we have the right response, we’ve still got to be patient with those who do not, we’re in the same family and on the same team.
Christy
November 20, 2008 at 4:46 pm · Reply

Of course we (as Christians) would not hold a sign that says bad things or has the Nazi symbol (hopefully!)! But we have Christ who enables us to live differently (Lord willing). We need to stop expecting those who don’t know Christ to act like Christians, or blame them when they don’t. That’s the point. They are lost. John Fischer says there is a difference between seeing non-Christians as LOST, and seeing them as WRONG. When we see someone as wrong we get mad or want to argue. When we see them as LOST, we have compassion and are more prone to pray and love. I think we should stop being indignant that these lost people are indeed, acting lost- which is what they are without Christ.