I decided to stop back in for a sec and post an email which I sent to this church. Do not expect it to be scathing as I was actually attempting to talk some sense into them. If I had outright attacked them this email would have no chance of reaching their feeble minds. I did my best.
Hello. I am not writing to you to rant or rave. I'm not writing to you to change your opinions. I am well aware that I could not do that no matter how hard I tried. On that note I also believe that you are not trying to convert or change anyone. I believe you are doing this because your righteousness excites you. I ask only that you take the time to read this email and maybe to respond to it. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and I read your website. Give me the same consideration.
The problem that I am writing to you about, the thing that concerns me the most, is your ability to blind yourself to your own motives. You truly have no concern for your fellow man. That is more than evident in the way that when a veteran approached you about the way you were treating the flag you merely threw it upon the ground and stomped on it. You did not (by your own admission) attempt to proselitize to this man. You did not explain to this man the reason for your actions. You did not make an attempt to turn him towards god. You merely acted with petulance and with pride. And pride (my friend) is a sin.
I am not a homosexual. I state that only so that I can reafirm that I am not attempting to change your ideals. You absolutely have the right to hate, despise, or even love anyone you want. And you also have the right to say so. But there is also such a things as class or tact. You display none of these things. If you can show me in the bible where a god fearing man chose a funeral as a venue for hatred then I will be mightily impressed.
My next problem (and last, as I intend to keep this brief)is the fact that you have decided to lump every soldier into the category of evil homosexual lovers. I have found that most military men share the same idea of homosexuality as you do. You also claim that men join the military because they are weak and cannot find or handle real work. Again, this is most certainly true of some. But it obviously (to any thinking person) is not true of all. Sometimes people just die and it is not the wrath of god. You yourselves will die some day. Death is not necessarily revenge. You did not know these men whose funerals you taint with your love of conflict. You know only that they fought for an idea that you despise. They fought for their country (which you despise). Even if this does make them wrong it could only make them misguided. Even by your standards. I ask only that you reevaluate your tactics when dealing with people that you don't know. You did not visit them on their deathbeds and attempt to show them their wrongs. You merely pointed them out after their deaths.
With hopes that you will hear,
Mathew Bell
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