Follow up

I started to write this as a followup to a previous post, but thought I'd better start a new one...

I was, of course, being facetious about which sins we should screen for among clergy... But just to clarify:

1. Homosexuality is not a choice; these people are being singled out because of who they are. Any protestations otherwise are misguided, and merely a convenience to justify the hatred felt their persecutors feel toward them. It is interesting to me how uncomfortable some people feel about their own feelings, and the distortions they generate to rationalize them.
2. Look at the Bible as a whole... how important is this issue, in the overall scheme of things? So important that Christ spent, well... how much time did he spend discussing homosexuality? How many parables?
3. While we are at it, which topics do continually come up? The issues of love, compassion, helping the less fortunate... Christ didn't say that you're more likely to get a camel through the eye of a needle than for a homosexual to enter heaven, did he? Maybe we're reading different Bibles.

My point is that there are many things that Christ brought to our attention, and we happily look away from. How many Christians fawn over t.v. preachers who live in opulent homes, drive expensive cars and wear fancy duds? These rich pastors aren't choosing their behaviors? We are ALL human, we all make choices, and all of us (including pastors) make some bad ones. Why waste time persecuting people for being who they are, when we could spend more productive time examining our own behaviors and comparing them with the teachings and example of Christ. Book of Matthew anyone? Life is short, place nice.