My previous blog entry had a simple choice that we all, as moral individuals, have a responsibility to decide and then live by: Is Something Good Because God Says So? Or is Something Good Because it Makes the World a Better Place?
Obviously, Lt. Governor Patrick has made his decision. If God says so, it is good. This would probably be comforting to those who sympathize with the terrorist perpetrator. Am I exaggerating or misconstruing Mr. Patrick's intent?
Here is what he said afterward in defending himself: “The verse has nothing to do with God’s judgment on any one person or a specific group of people. If some chose to read into it what they wanted they either have never read Galatians Chapter 6 or have misread it,” he said. “Some wanted the post pulled down and others did not. Let me be clear, I didn’t pull down the FBI post & tweet because God’s word is wrong. His word is never wrong,” Patrick wrote. “Taking down his word would be like tearing a page from the Bible because we didn’t like what God was telling us. I took it down to stop the hateful comments and the misinformation being spread of God’s message to all of us- straight or gay.”
Yup, God is never wrong so the perpetrator had no choice, did he, Mr. Patrick? And who says we can't agree on religious matters?
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