Sean the Baptist.

There is something about the “GOD HATES FAGS” people that I can kind of see as being ok, and it’s not even something they really care about.  It’s the same thing with this Sean the Baptist guy.  He comes to all the campuses around PA every semester and does the same spiel with his gang as the God hates Fags people (Westboro baptist church, that is) do.  Sean the Baptist has horrible picket signs too, but I’m proud to say I did not read as I walked by. 

But as I sat in the dining hall today wondering what good could come of this, because i know some good has to come from everything, I came up with one idea. 

To say a really harsh statement, like “GOD HATES FAGS,” or whatever equally harsh statement sean the baptist was preaching at the top of his lungs, it forces the listener to pick a side.  Where earlier someone might not have thought about homosexuality and Christianity together, when they see this sign they usually know in there gut if they think it’s right or wrong.

BUT, at the same time, maybe that’s not something you should do to someone; make them choose a side.  I know personally, if I’m ever given an ultimatum, I always choose the one that doesn’t make me choose, or neither.   So maybe it’s not a right thing to do, to make someone choose a side.  It’s kind of like violating them.  Personally I’d choose harshness over subtlety any day, but that’s just me. 

and I’m not worried about those Christians giving the rest of us christians a bad name, everyone knows we’re really not all like that. 

oh, and one of the guys from the group tried to hand me a flyer, and I said, “No thanks, I’m a Christian.”

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