Hate-the-sin doctrine versus the homosexuality-is-a-sin principle
I have been reflecting on this idea that we should hate the sin, not the sinner…
I have been reflecting on this idea that we should hate the sin, not the sinner…
The Manual has a policy that folks who endorse homosexuality cannot be ministers, license issuers or appointed to serve in the church…
The evidence suggests that the Alliance Church, like the Catholic Church, deems all homosexual conduct a sin…
The Alliance Church’s official doctrine appears to be something like this. Healthy sexuality is essentially procreative. Recreational sexuality is not procreative and not healthy. Sexuality that is not healthy is sinful. Sexuality that is not fundamentally procreative is sinful. Homosexuality is not procreative. Homosexuality is therefore a sin. Pornography is also sinful. Humans that deliberately…
My examination of whether the Alliance Church performs hate toward certain groups has to acknowledge and examine the ‘hate the sin’ doctrine…
I grew up in Grand Centre, Alberta. We had an Alliance Church. Actually, it was only one block away from my childhood home. I didn’t really know what they stood for or what they did. It wasn’t really on my radar. But now the Alliance Church is of more interest to me. It’s not just…