a rant.

Last night I tuned in for the first episode of Unanimous, Fox's new reality show. It's about these nine people who are basically stuck in this underground bunker until they can have a unanimous vote as to who should get the prize: $1.5 million. Each person has to convince everyone else to vote for them... so as you can imagine, there is MAJOR deception going on inside that place.
Anyway, what really ticked me off from last night's show was an argument between two of the participants; Kelly, a church minister, and Jameson, a homosexual man. Kelly was totally reeming him out for being gay... she even had the audacity to straight-out tell him that he is "going to hell". It really hit a chord in me... I am a Christian, but I don't ever want to become like that. Yes, the Bible says that homosexuality is wrong, but doesn't it also say that judging others is wrong?

So there is my incomplete thought. I leave you with a quote from an aboslutely amazing book, A New Kind of Christian, by Brian D. McLaren.

"It's none of your business who does and who does not go to hell. It is your business to be warned by it and to run, not walk, in the opposite direction! It is your business to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, to love your neighbor as yourself, to have confidence in Jesus Christ and live as Jesus lived. Let the imagery of hell remind you that life is serious business, that there are real consequences to how we live and believe, that justice and injustice ultimately matter more than most of what people worry about. Now stop speculating about hell and start living for heaven!"