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Scott Andrae's avatar

It seems counterintuitive that people with more conservative ideas about LGBTQ would commit acts of violence against churches that turn more liberal on church issues. I recently heard that the government sees a greater threat from conservative Christians than liberal Christians. But conservative Christians know that Jesus said, pray for and bless your enemies, and vengeance is forbidden since vengeance belongs to God, so conservative non-Christian religions must be responsible for most of the violence seen. Who is actually causing the violence in this case? We need to be clear on this point. Or is the violence actually a false political claim?

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Keith Graves's avatar

Looking at incidents at Methodist churches after their unfortunate decisions, most of the vandalism and thefts were occurring from conservative Christians that were upset with their decision. I left that out of the article. I am a conservative Christian. I don’t agree with what they are doing, but whatever happens to them is up to God, not us.

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