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In reply to the discussion: Rick Warren on Same Sex Marriage: "When The Church Accommodates Culture, It Weakens It' [View all]hunter
(38,311 posts)59. By "The Church" does he mean Catholic or Orthodox?
Mr. Warren's church is culturally accommodating to the right wing homophobic "Prosperity gospel" of Southern California culture. His tiny splinter of Christianity raises money by sweeping the difficult teachings of Christ under the rug.
I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:23-24
I find Warren's mushy room temperature Christianity repulsive. The homophobic and materialistic culture that Warren represents is toxic. I much prefer the absolutist fire of the Anabaptist or Oriental Orthodox Churches, the "Love your Neighbor" sincerity of the Unitarian Universalists, atheism, paganism, almost anything but a religion that tells you that you are okay with God when you are violating your neighbor's basic human rights.
Christ had a lot to say about sins regularly celebrated in Warren's church. I think he's a false prophet serving poison fruit.
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves." Matthew 7:1523
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Rick Warren on Same Sex Marriage: "When The Church Accommodates Culture, It Weakens It' [View all]
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2012
OP
Isn't the bible also "very clear" that anyone who curses shall be stoned to death?
BzaDem
Apr 2012
#3
He comes out with these interviews every couple of years to keep his name out there.
IndyJones
Apr 2012
#5
hahahahaha.......haven't heard that since my mother sang it to me in the late 50's
Namvet67
Apr 2012
#68
I always loved all that stuff as a kid, still do. We danced around the May Pole in elementary, too.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#60
Yes, another wonderful pagan fertility celebration. We didn't care. People are too fricking serious!
freshwest
Apr 2012
#63
Hey Rick: Lying, cheating, and bearing false witness. Three of the 10 Commandments!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2012
#13
I hear Tim Tebow is the opening act this year. He's so mainstream and popular!
Safetykitten
Apr 2012
#30
Isn't that how we got christmas and easter? That was accomodating culture. I bet he still celebrates
teewrex
Apr 2012
#21
"And to me, the Bible is very clear that sex is for a man and a woman in marriage only."
JaneFordA
Apr 2012
#22
When you live to be hundreds of years old, what else are you gonna do?...hahahaha
Namvet67
Apr 2012
#72
One of the many charlatans using the weak minded to push their biblical interpretations.
sarcasmo
Apr 2012
#25
Like some demented gopher, he is back. He's in the news, he's being interviewed.
Safetykitten
Apr 2012
#31
I would say the exact opposite... when culture accommodates religion culture is weakened
Fearless
Apr 2012
#38
I wonder how many of his parishioners at Saddleback are on their second or third marriages.
QC
Apr 2012
#39
One more reason why religion poisons EVERYTHING it comes into contact with...
truebrit71
Apr 2012
#53
Hey Rick...doesn't the Bible also say that your body should be a temple? Nice temple expansion.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2012
#55