Is this:
- A temple-table-turning incident?
- A publicity stunt?
- An act based on heartfelt beliefs?
- A skewed interpretation of defending your religion? Your God?
- The right thing to do?
- Asking for trouble?
I heard Robin Roberts state on Good Morning America that "...just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you should.". Which I thought was a pretty agreeable statement. All to often, folks take there individual rights and presume them on others (think NRA, GLAD, and other acronymed or faith-based organizations). And we in turn put such a face on the folks involved—such a distaste. And all too often we lose sight of the individual—the human being—the God created.
We need to be tolorant of the dignity and value of every human being. We shouldn't lump their beliefs into their humanity (a nod to my pastor here). Certainly the degrees of tolorance of beliefs is open to interpretation, but when the grace and love for the individual is lost in the mix—shame on us.
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Is this Gainesville pastor taking some Jesus defending into his own hands? Could be. Does Jesus need this sort of defending? I think not.
When asked in Mark 12, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" answered Jesus, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.". Do we burn books and incite? Or love and pray for our enemies. To everything, there is a season. Is this one of them?
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