Marcion for Modern Times
If one thing is true, history will repeat itself. Maybe it will repackage the idea into new practices and applications, but the same concept will be what drives it. In an article from LifeNews.com we read about some United Methodists and Episcopalians joining together to "bless" abortion clinics. In the article we read this statement: Young explained her acceptance of abortion like this: “Christianity, like most faiths, is founded on love. Watching protesters shouting judgment and hate based on what they call religion is horrible. Is that loving God? Is that loving your neighbor as yourself?” This "pastor" is supposedly claiming the message of the Gospel is to love and bless, therefore those who preach against the horror of abortion are nothing but people full of hate, proclaiming a religion of hate. This idea is not new. This heresy actually is one of the oldest in the church. Marcion was the leader of a heretical sect that ultimately taught that the ...