Outchurched

Father Jake has more to say today about the Nigerian Church’s comments on the “devilish” and “truly evil” folks who want to have the same genitals and marry each other:

Of course this is certainly not the first time that we’ve heard a spiritual leader claim that same sex relationships, and those who support such committed relationships, are satanic and evil. Even the Archbishop of Nigeria has made such statements. I mention this additional citation, and Don Armstrong’s militant language, because I find such declarations extremely troubling.

When this matter is described in terms of “spiritual warfare,” I begin to fear for the safety of those who are being accused of being “satanic” or “devilish” or “evil.” History is full of terrible stories of what happens when victims are stripped of their humanity and depicted as being an incarnation of the forces of evil.

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