So stop wondering why it is labeled a hate group by the SPLC, Nathan.
I can’t figure out how any group, especially one that is biblically based can legitimately be called a “hate group.” If living out the tenets of one’s faith and operating an organization based on those principles is enough to warrant being labeled a hate group then SPLC is going to have to update and increase their list of hate groups to include every Catholic charity, Christian owned business, religious non-profit, and individual citizen living out the beliefs taught in the Bible on homosexuality.
That’s a far leap to make, actually. But, the problem with Nathan and others is that they regularly taking the wrong flying leaps in the wrong direction.
What is the FRC a hate group? Because Tony Perkins is associated with David Duke. They love to issue hate speeches. They love bullying. I mean, the FRC makes it an effort to protect the right for bullies to bully LGBT children. If you need more…
Exactly what biblical principles are they founded on?
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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I chuckled on this one – and you’re quite right. “Biblically based” – what the heck does that mean? Perhaps like pornography, as Justice Potter Stewart put it, “It’s hard to define, but I know it when I see it.”
History is replete with examples of madmen and hate-groups all claiming divine/scriptural inspiration.
So what is “biblically based”? As I write these words, my mind and heart take a flying leap to Jesus; I cannot imagine any universe wherein Jesus would sit on the board of FRC and affirm their hate-filled notions and self-righteousness. I’ve long called this kind of Christianity, “christianity with a snarl on its face.” That, if anything, is a clue.
Thanks for posting this and not waffling on it. Jesus said to the Sadducees who had made their arrangements with Rome and the powers-that-be, “you are wrong because you don’t know either the scriptures or God’s power” (Matthew 22.29). He didn’t cut them any slack, in spite of their claims to the contrary.