re: Church Celebrates Transgender Pastor's Transition With 'Renaming' Ceremony

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What's the point of even calling it a church if they refuse to follow the instructions of God?

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EVERY church (that I'm aware of) has things they emphasize/enforce and things they ignore. Even the catholic church, which has all their old rules and dogma still on file, just turns a blind eye to much of it.

Like I said above, among American evangelical churches the biggest culprit is no-fault divorce. They emphasize that active, unrepentant homosexuals cannot be saved (which is true if the Bible is to be believed, no argument) however the same is true of active, unrepentant remarried divorcees unless they were divorced for the very selective and specific reasons allowed for in the Bible.

15-30% of church going evangelicals in this country (depending on which statistics you believe) are remarried after a no fault divorce. According to the Bible, they are active adulterers still married to their original spouse in God's eyes. Is there ANY chance that will become a point of emphasis in these churches?

Despite no fault divorce being BY FAR the biggest insult to marriage in this country and FAR more damaging than anything any gay person has ever done, I say that it will probably never become a big issue among the churches. And I think we all know why.