Woke School District Cancels All Halloween Activities, Reason Given: "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion"???

[vantexan]

IMO intolerance of sin is not love.
It is the opposite of love.

Tolerance of sin isn't showing love. It's a failure to warn others that participating in sinful behavior can cause you to lose your soul. I know you don't take the New Testament in its entirety, but we are told that if a Christian refuses to give up a sin then he is to be shunned. That's a far cry from tippy toeing around what others do. We all sin, but there's a difference between falling short and continuing to live in sin. For example if a married man is having an affair and refuses to stop. It brings reproach on the Lord's Church. He's given the opportunity to stop but if he refuses then he's to be shunned.

 

[vantexan]

What does Hamas have to do with local school boards?

If we were Hamas then how we would approach a school board would likely be anything but reasonable. I will protest but I won't kill over it.

 

[Wally]

I was referencing @UnionStrong’s reply.

Not yours.

Since I have you, what is your plan to correct this?

Flee the state asap. Only logical solution.

 

[Integrity]

Tolerance of sin isn't showing love. It's a failure to warn others that participating in sinful behavior can cause you to lose your soul. I know you don't take the New Testament in its entirety, but we are told that if a Christian refuses to give up a sin then he is to be shunned. That's a far cry from tippy toeing around what others do. We all sin, but there's a difference between falling short and continuing to live in sin. For example if a married man is having an affair and refuses to stop. It brings reproach on the Lord's Church. He's given the opportunity to stop but if he refuses then he's to be shunned.

Once the plank is out of your own eye then have at it. Until then keep working on your plank.

That’s what the Bible teaches at least.

 

[UnionStrong]

As is every person.

Loving all is.

 

[Integrity]

If we were Hamas then how we would approach a school board would likely be anything but reasonable. I will protest but I won't kill over it.

I see your point.

 

[UnionStrong]

I think you are overstating my impact on anyone.

Dangerous, give me a break.

Nope, false teachers are dangerous.

 

[UnionStrong]

IMO Absolutist thinking is more of a problem.

Pharisees were kinda moral know it alls.

Like you.

 

[Integrity]

Nope, false teachers are dangerous.

How so?

 

[Integrity]

Like you.

In what way?

 

[nWo]

Our culture celebrates Halloween. It's a day of fun for the children.

Want to move to America and not partake in some festivities? OK by us, but do not surprised if see things you may not like.

Folk that move here bend for us, not the other way around.

The kids can still celebrate Halloween. Stop being a snowflake.

 

[vantexan]

Once the plank is out of your own eye then have at it. Until then keep working on your plank.

That’s what the Bible teaches at least.

Of course it does. But church leadership is charged with protecting the integrity of the congregation. If a member refuses to give up a sin but continues to live in sin then he is to be shunned. I didn't write it but because an apostle of Christ did I believe I have a duty to live by that to the best of my ability.

Let's say the sin is drug abuse. Do you as a church elder have a duty to try to help the individual but if he refuses to give up meth then do you have a responsibility to protect others in your congregation, especially impressionable teens, from his actions? Saying it's up to Jesus and failing to act is a dereliction of your duty to protect your congregation. Shunning puts it on the shunned member to realize the gravity of their actions and to change for the better if they want to remain in the Lord's Church.

 

[UnionStrong]

How so?

They pollute the minds of the new Christians
with falsehoods.

 

[UnionStrong]

In what way?

You follow your own brand of Christianity. Cherry picking what you like from the Bible, you seem to have no belief in divine retribution for sinners. Everyone goes to heaven as long as they repent at the last minute. Lol

 

[newolddude]

 

[Wally]

You follow your own brand of Christianity. Cherry picking what you like from the Bible, you seem to have no belief in divine retribution for sinners. Everyone goes to heaven as long as they repent at the last minute. Lol

Isn't that what HayZues did for that punk on the adjacent cross?

 

[BrownFlush]

You follow your own brand of Christianity. Cherry picking what you like from the Bible, you seem to have no belief in divine retribution for sinners. Everyone goes to heaven as long as they repent at the last minute. Lol

I've never even read the repent part at the last minute.