tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post6853880743166215391..comments2023-07-01T14:46:02.985-05:00Comments on Skating in the Garden in High Heels under my Alb.: Chopping Down Thor's OakPastor Joelle Colville-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099855286381262526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-82483326029187859362015-06-28T17:59:02.970-05:002015-06-28T17:59:02.970-05:00No hard feelings Gary. Love wins!No hard feelings Gary. Love wins!Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-12337048923447355972014-12-09T12:28:19.011-06:002014-12-09T12:28:19.011-06:00Hi Pastor,
I left a comment yesterday but it incl...Hi Pastor,<br /><br />I left a comment yesterday but it included a link so it looks like your site sent it to spam.<br /><br />Anyway, I wanted to apologize to you. I left a belligerent comment on this blog approximately one year ago on a post regarding abortion. I was a fundamentalist LCMS Lutheran Christian at that time. I am now none of those things. I apologize for my ugliness.<br /><br />I wish you well. We need more people like you in the world who share peace and love rather than judgmental self-righteousness.<br /><br />Peace to you and yours,<br /><br />GaryGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-69158001242432985682014-12-09T01:01:49.072-06:002014-12-09T01:01:49.072-06:00Dear Pastor.
I owe you an apology. About a year ...Dear Pastor.<br /><br />I owe you an apology. About a year ago, I think, I had a confrontational conversation with you here on your blog regarding the issue of abortion. I was a fundamentalist Lutheran Christian at the time and felt it was my God-ordained duty to set liberals like yourself straight. I was a jerk. I'm sorry.<br /><br />The interesting thing is this: I am no longer fundamentalist. In fact, I am no longer even a Christian. I abandoned it all. <br /><br />But that is not why I am leaving you a note. I am leaving you this note to post this message to your readers: All good people must stand up and speak out against Christian fundamentalism. It is an ugly, hateful, discriminatory belief system. They have held a choke hold on our country and culture for far too long. They have been persecuting people for almost 2,000 years. Today they are persecuting our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. I ask you and your readers to join me in standing up to the advocates of hate speech. <br /><br />It is time to stand up to the Fundamentalists in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.<br /><br />I do not expect to change the mind of even one Christian fundamentalist by my online campaign against gay-hate-speech-promoting Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod official, Paul T. McCain and Patrick Henry Christian College provost, Gene Veith. I do not expect that any amount of reasoned argument will convince them of their vicious, hateful, "un-Jesus-like" behavior.<br /><br />My goal is to expose them. <br /><br />My goal is to have their Churches, Universities, Associations, and Websites added to the list of Hate Groups loathed by the overwhelming majority of the American people; so deeply loathed and reviled that these groups are marginalized to the sidelines of American society, politics, and culture; their opinions and views held in no more regard than that of other sponsors of hate, such as the KKK and Neo-Nazis.<br /> <br />http://www.lutherwasnotbornagain.com/2014/12/tell-rev-paul-t-mccain-and-college.html<br /><br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-13362590873056884742013-07-08T16:02:31.488-05:002013-07-08T16:02:31.488-05:00I really like this one.I really like this one.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.com