What do you think about a church refusing to feed a trans person?

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4 thoughts on “What do you think about a church refusing to feed a trans person?”

  1. I’ll tell you, I really try hard to not judge churches/congregations, much. This week is observed a Holy Week in many denominations in at least 2 religions, so I’m working even harder at it. But food. Withholding food from a human being, and in a house of God. They better turn around and get right, because I’m afraid for them as to them blatantly disobeying the Lord of their religion. In His house.

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    1. Hi Ali. I understand and agree with you. I also never try to say someone is or is not a christian. That is a personal call by the person and if they tell me they are a christian I will accept that until their actions show they are not. The word Christian to me means follower of the Christ. Following the bible or the Old Testament and parts of the New Testament doesn’t make a person a Christian. Doing what Jesus preached and doing what he asked people to do is what makes a Christian. The people who do not are Biblists. They follow the bible but not the Christ. IMO.

      But when is it ok to call out a Christian not acting like Christ? When they push hate? When they push for harm to others? When they cause division and strife? And is it the place of an atheist to call out the bad behavior of a christian? These are questions I ponder. But I cannot let the abuse of others pass by me with out being called out even if it is done in the name of religion or a deity. Hugs

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  2. As a person who is “knowledgeable about “Christianity” (I do hold a higher degree in Theology and Christian education and counseling) I can say with certainty that anyone refusing to feed someone who is hungry for ANY reason is NOT Christian. That is one of the very first instructions that Christ gave to his followers for crap sake! The hypocrisy is mind-boggling!

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    1. Hi Suze. Thank you. The world seems to be getting crueler and harsher to the most vulnerable. I don’t understand how such hate got so powerful in people. I was 18 years old in the army. I was walking down a city street which fascinated me as a country boy. It was 1981. A man was sitting out side a diner type place asking for money. I asked if he wanted to go in and eat, he held up his box, looked and said not enough money yet. I said I would pay for the meal. He was suspicious and asked if I was going to mock him or preach at him. If so no thanks. I told him I wouldn’t say more than my name to him and would only talk as he wanted to. Once inside he went to the bathroom and washed. As he ate I listened. I learned a lot about homelessness. He was not a “bum” He was once military like me, he had a job when he got out of the service. But he lost his job, couldn’t get another one, and lost his apartment, and here he was trapped in a cycle that he couldn’t break out of just trying to live. I guess it resonated with me because the people who abused me told me often that I needed them to survive and had to take their abuse even as I got older or I would be living off the street under a bridge eating out of trash cans. To not feed someone who is hungry if you can is not just not Christian it is not human. IMO. Hugs

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