[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Nitehawk013

I don't find it sickening at all. You really see no benefit in distinction from other groups that call themselves Christian yet live lives that make their Christianity a mockery of Christ Himself? NONE AT ALL -- NOR DO THE CHURCHES OF GOD, NOR DOES PAUL, NOR DOES JESUS. IT'S ONLY SOME OF US THAT ARE OBSESSED WITH BEING "DIFFERENT" WITH GROUPS WE IGNORANTLY LABEL AS A "MOCKERY OF CHRIST." If that's the case, let me look as different I can from some of the Pentecostal groups I've known! Let's just be real about this. Some of the best Christians I knew weren't in my fellowship and they didn't look like me.

Maybe you would enjoy having no distinction from the Christians who feel homosexuality is perfectly natural? You are extremely exaggerrating here. The UPC isn't the leading Christian group against Same-sex marriage -- neither should they be -- but point being, you are grossly exaggerating non-Pentecostal group positions and pretending as if Christians are known to the world as being preachers in favor of homosexuality. Maybe you think the goths and such who pierce every body part, tattoo every other and dress like death yet claim they are of Christ are fine? I don't. Nor do I see that 'common' in other Christian groups. Again, another baseless exaggeration. Perhaps you wouldn't mind being mistaken for a Mormon, JW or other pseudo-Christian group? Do you have that problem? ReallY? That keeps you awake at night???



I like distinction. Yes, so do I. I like distinction in Christ, and distinction that reveals Christ, not my club or group. I like distinction that emphasizes the Gospel. I like distinction that promotes love and grace. If we worried less about being different, and more about being like Christ, we'd have our priorities straight.

Let them know by your example, behavior and godliness. Get off the "uniform kick." It's childish, immature and freakishly cultish.