Robert Seeberger wrote:
But to use sacraments as a stick to punish anyone for any reason, or to coerce others into doing their will is just plain immoral in my book.
The church is called to distance itself from sin but never keep sinners at a distance, in the words of Brennan Manning.
Unconditional love seems scary because it says I can do anything and still be loved. Can't have that, the fear says, it's license to misbehave... and there comes the temptation to take a self-righteous "stand" against this or that thing that I perceive as sin.
The Bible isn't a lesson on "how to be good," tempting though it is to treat it that way. It's about how to be real.
Nick
-- Nick Arnett Director, Business Intelligence Services LiveWorld Inc. Phone/fax: (408) 551-0427 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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