Leading the blind into a pit

The Pope has just announced that gay marriages are part of "a new ideology of evil".

Gay marriage is 'evil'

I am not an infallible mouthpiece of God, but I'd say that the Inquisition and child molestors in priestly vestments have done more damage to society than gay marriage. Perhaps His Holiness considers the teachings which led to those events the "old ideology of evil"?

Should a representative of Christ promote intolerance?

Isn't it abusive to control another's behavior when it does you no harm?

Does God Almighty need help with smiting and judgement?

If God created gay people isn't it blasphemous NOT to love them?

Here is some food for thought. This is the most famous passage in the New Testament regarding the judgement of others.

The Sermon on the Plain
Luke 6.32-38


If you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them.

If you do good to those who do good to you,
what credit is that to you?
For even sinners do the same.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive,
what credit is that to you?
Even sinners lend to sinners,
to receive as much again.

But love your enemies,
do good,
and lend,
expecting nothing in return.

Your reward will be great,
and you will be children of the Most High;
for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Be merciful,
just as your Father is merciful.

Do not judge,
and you will not be judged;
do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned.

Forgive,
and you will be forgiven;
give,
and it will be given to you.

A good measure,
pressed down,
shaken together,
running over,
will be put into your lap;
for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.

If you're interested the "speck in the eye" passage which President Bush likes to quote (see here) is also in Luke at 6.42. That passage also warns againts judging your neighbors.

I don't see how anyone can be familiar with the words of Christ, profess to love Him, and yet cast stones of judgement at others. Furthermore, I don't think the words of Christ should be used to embolden the self-righteous to violence against their neighbors, which seems inevitable with this kind of hate-speech.


The sun shines on the wicked.
The sun shines on the good.
The sun shines on the sapling.
The sun shines on the wood.

When will our lives reflect the sun?
When will our hearts embrace the One?
When will we live the way we need?
When will we love in word and deed?

Not yet.
Not now.
Not soon.

U.M.