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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

TomSlick

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2. Unfortunate but not surprising.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 08:18 PM

Feb 2020

Most Baptists will be slow to get over their homophobia. They point to Paul's writings, ignoring that Paul's "thorn in the flesh" appears to have been that he was a self-loathing, closeted, gay man.

First Baptist Decatur should wear this as a badge of honor.

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