re: Louisiana private school boots kindergartener after her adoption by same-sex parents

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Are the parents members of the church? If not, I call bs. It’s just like the wedding cake thing, find another baker out of the hundreds in your area.

There is a lawyer somewhere behind this ploy.

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Another person who has not read a single thing about this case throws out an opinion anyway. Let me sum it up for you so you can understand the situation. Child previously attends the bible school, parents die and child is parentless. Aunt of child adopts her and enrolls her to continue their education at the school. School finds out her adopted parents are gay and ends her enrollment.

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I don't know how it could be viewed any other way. How could accepting people who are openly flaunting sin not be viewed as embracing that sin? If they were struggling with it, and attempting to repent and change their ways (which would require dissolution of the "marriage"), then I could understand. That doesn't seem to be the case here though.

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To my knowledge we're not talking about church membership, we're talking about a girl in a church school whose parents died and she's now being cared for by her gay aunt and partner. I think the circumstances (she was already at the school) merit consideration. Is the school "accepting" the gay couple by allowing an existing student to stay enrolled? Especially as her family was presumably in compliance with the rules of the school prior to her parents' death?

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I agree with some of your theme here, but I would argue this is not Biblical.

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My interpretation to that scripture is that it is spoken to the individual. Two chapters later in the book of Matthew it is also said to mind your own iniquities and judge not others for theirs. Citing the calling out of others issues as being caused by issues of our own. Most of the teachings are to the individual on how we are to live, when viewing others it warns of influences that are not Holy, but also says that the end all be all judgement is for Him. We are to love blindly as we do not know the hearts of others, just as they do not know ours. When Christians begin to apply the teachings meant to be internalized and navigated spiritually internally in our one on one walk onto others and their walks then yes the Christian is becoming a modern day embodiment of the Pharisees Jesus once challenged by saying they could certainly judge others, but only if they were perfect.

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The child is not the only person involved in this situation.

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But they should be the only person that matters in this instance. What's next, if a man beats his wife. Should the school place the child on suspension due to his father's crimes.

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My interpretation to that scripture is that it is spoken to the individual.

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I think the common interpretation is that it's directed to the apostles (and in turn, to be incorporated into their ministry).

I would argue, or interpret as the case may be, that Christ spent ample portions of his ministry showing the Pharisees how his actions were different but still fulfillment (as opposed to rejection) of the Law.

I doubt we disagree on the Pharisees, but I do caveat the oft-repeated "don't judge" mantras to the extent those admonitions are used to say "soften or don't proclaim Biblical truths." I'm not saying you're doing that or advocating that, but I think it's pretty common that people use "judging" in that manner.

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Baptists don't typically have portraits of Jesus in their house, but Jesus has traditionally been depicted as a reflection of the people where He is being shared. That is true in Africa, Asia, and yes...even in Europe and the Americas. This wasn't some grand conspiracy to make Him white. The purpose was to present Him as more similar to the people they were trying to reach.

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And it’s funny because he was an Arab. Changing a real person in order to make someone feel warmer and fuzzier. It’s the exact same reason for changing movie characters that gets blasted by people

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Why is this a gay thing to do? (See what I did there?)


Gays know that buttfricking other dudes is an abomination to the Bible. Why do you expect them to let this in the church? There are public schools for that kind of shite. Also, there are plenty of private liberal arts school that cater to their marginalization. Why can’t you fricks be happy with dominating most of the world? Quit your poking the bear.

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Got you down as a no vote on letting orphan attend the school.

If the court appointed them as conservators then both the mayor and the judge should not get anyone's vote. And if one of them is a church member then they should also be banned from the church.

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Pettifogger

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Based on scripture, who do you believe Jesus would have a bigger issue with, if either:

The person who rejects the teachings of christ

The apostle who turns away a person seeking to learn of the teachings of christ?