Imagine the indignation if a religious leader suggested that we need to “ban homosexuality completely”

indifferent children on November 17, 2006 at 8:49 am said:

> You think it’s ok to ban religion?

Just wondering…how many fundamentalist Christian preachers do you think would, if handed a (non-evil-tainted) magic wand, say to themselves “Hey, this is just a really fast, effective tool for evangelizing and bringing people to Jesus.”? I don’t expect many would concern themselves with “a man’s right to choose his own belief system”.

No one following the teachings of Jesus Christ would wave such a wand. Of all the people in the world, He really could have waved a magic wand (His omnipotent power as God the Son) and changed the minds of the religious leaders that opposed Him. But He did not. In order for God to create a creature that could truly love Him, He had to give us the ability to make choices and think rationally. He will not override your will to choose – even if you choose to hate Hime.

To me, that’s a pretty gutsy move… maybe you should give God a little more credit that what I’ve seen in this blog so far.