So I should really break these up like you broke mine up to counter-point them.
I am sure that we have all heard about Westboro Baptist Church
Yes, we hear about those 12 people all the time. Some people love to mention them as examples of Christianity.
If you read, I mentioned WBC as a form of Extremism, in the fact their website alone points at the nature of Hate Crimes, "godhatesfags"
Up until the 16th Century, the Roman Catholic Church was pretty much the only denomination of Christianity
Because they didn't allow anyone to read the Bible.
Until the protestant reform, the Holy Bible was written mostly in a then dead language, Latin and Aramaic, the New Testament texts were largely written in Greek.. But also average people were not very privileged to education and remained vastly illiterate.
Which has led many Christian groups to be vehemently against something or another, such as Gay Marriage, but also with these beliefs, would it be hard to believe that many denominations today do not really follow the teachings of their named Messiah, Jesus Christ, simply because they choose to live in the Old Testament of their Holy Scriptures and completely ignore the only thing their Messiah asked of them..? That we simply need to love and help our fellow man and woman, regardless of their creed, sexual orientation, etc.
Jesus didn't say to approve of sexual immorality. He told the prostitute to go and sin no more.
No, he did not say to approve of sin, and yes he did say to go and sin no more, however, how are Christians to love people if they show love by hating the person and not the sin.. Is that what they teach in churches in this day in age, Hate the sinner and not the sin itself? Because the sin is the terminal illness that all humans are born into, and sin is fatal.
Many denominations forget this
Many people forget where babies come from.
How many tenants of faith are universal..? I mean besides Jesus Christ being the Messiah.. Not all denominations believe that the Tri-fold (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) are one Entity, Most Pentecostal sects believe that you do not have salvation until you are baptized in the Holy Ghost which is an event completely separated from repentance of one's sins and being baptized by water, there are some denominations that believe that once you are saved, your salvation cannot be wrenched from you, while others believe that sinning can strip you of your place in Heaven.. There are many beliefs but many seem to pass over the teachings that were directed at Christ's Students (In general, Christians) and delve themselves in the history of God's Chosen People, the descendants of Abraham. And that being said, if we are meant to live in the old testament and completely ignore the new, then why do we not follow every law and commandment in the old testament, like stoning women caught in adultery (and the man that they are caught with) or selling our daughters into slavery?
and you have Christians condemning people of their actions and driving them away from God
They would have to be near God to be driven away.
The point I was making there is how could you be near God to be driven away if the cause of what drove you away isn't God-inspired, saying that, I know will be wrought with confusion.. How can God be in a place that has even pushed God away in the first place. If you don't believe my words, then read about the 12 churches in Revelations and tell me how many of those 12 churches actually are looked upon favorably.
There is a famous scripture that I like to quote to proselytizers all of the time, which in verbatim talks about "why do you confront your brother about the speck in his eye, yet do not see the log in your own eye, would it not be easier to remove the log from you own eye first that you could see clearly enough to see the speck in your brothers..?"
If I remove the log from my eye, then what will you tell me when I point out something you shouldn't be doing?
Will you have another answer for why bad is good and wrong is right?
The only way to answer that is to quote another writer that quoted Pope Francis (A seemingly hated guy here as he is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church) in
this article:
Drop the innocent look and the habit of judging others, Pope Francis said; recognizing one’s own faults and failings is the first requirement of being a good Christian.
In fact, paradoxically, one finds peace and relief in judging one’s own sins, being merciful toward others and saying, “Who am I to judge?” he said March 2 during his homily at a morning Mass celebrated in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives.
The pope’s homily was based on the day’s reading from the Book of Daniel, which laments, “We have sinned, been wicked and done evil,” and expresses the shame of having rebelled against God who is so full of compassion and mercy. It also focused on the Gospel reading according to St. Luke, in which Jesus tells his disciples to stop judging and condemning, but to “be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Pope Francis said it is so easy to shift the blame.