{"id":22279,"date":"2016-06-14T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=22279"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:57:43","slug":"violence-hatred-and-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/06\/14\/violence-hatred-and-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence, Hatred, and Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like you, I&#8217;ve heard the news that a terrorist acting in allegiance with ISIS committed an unspeakably evil act of <strong>terror<\/strong> targeting Orlando&#8217;s LGBT community. I grieve with you for the people who lost their lives or who were hurt in the attack. When a&nbsp;<strong>religion<\/strong> is misused, it is the responsibility of the religious community, and especially its leaders, to speak out against the misuse of their religion and condemn the unlawful behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violence, Hatred, and Christianity\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fypivugi-kA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this massacre was not committed by a Christian, as a&nbsp;<strong>Christian<\/strong> leader I want to take this opportunity to state very clearly to the general public three declarations&nbsp;which I&nbsp;believe every Christian denomination in Canada would affirm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First, all human beings are made in the image of God and are my brothers and sisters<\/strong>. We are one human family.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This includes those of other faiths and no faith, those with whom I am in complete agreement and those with whom I have significant disagreements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specifically, it includes all members of any community with a non-traditional expression of human sexuality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Second, acts of violence or coercion are completely incompatible with&nbsp;the Christian faith.<\/strong>&nbsp;Christians cannot further the Christian mission through use of force, because our faith is based on a change of heart, which is a spiritual matter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Third, Christians are called to express God&#8217;s love for all humanity. Hatred is therefore a grievous sin. <\/strong>We live in a broken world, in which there is much to disagree with. People exploit other people, cause war, and do all kinds of bad things. Christians acknowledge that we are all broken in some way, including every Christian, including me, yet in our brokenness our role as Christians is to bring healing and hope into people&#8217;s lives, to help them progress towards the fulfillment of God&#8217;s desire for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is much to be said in terms of the theology that supports these three declarations, but that is for another time. 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All humanity has suffered a loss with the murder of ordinary&nbsp;people who were simply living their daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Barry Bussey has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/barry\/2016\/06\/13\/orlando-anti-gay-bigotry-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written&nbsp;for CCCC<\/a> on this horrible event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the responsibility of the religious community, and especially its leaders, to speak out against the misuse of their religion and condemn unlawful acts committed in its name.<\/p>\n<p>As a Christian leader I want to state very clearly three declarations about the Christian faith as it relates to violence and coercion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/06\/14\/violence-hatred-and-christianity\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"Bronze sculpture of Jesus washing Peter's feet. 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The Hypersensitive Response Over Canada\u2019s First Openly Christian Law School","author":"cccc","date":"January 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Introduction The hypersensitive response over Canada\u2019s first openly Christian law school at Trinity Western University (TWU) has led to a demand (from some) that law societies across Canada not allow TWU law graduates to practise law \u2013 primarily because TWU, as a religious organization, holds and exercises religious beliefs concerning\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 11 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 11 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2014\/01\/27\/will-lawyers-in-canada-soon-face-a-religious-test-the-hypersensitive-response-over-canadas-first-openly-christian-law-school\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15482,"url":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2013\/09\/12\/revisiting-the-role-of-religion-in-canadian-society\/","url_meta":{"origin":22279,"position":3},"title":"Revisiting the Role of Religion In Canadian Society","author":"cccc","date":"September 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The recent discussion about the Quebec government\u2019s proposal to force religious minorities working in the Quebec civil service to remove their religious symbols has generated an avalanche of anti-religious comments to the news articles.\u00a0 Religion clearly is a sensitive subject \u2013 one ought to walk carefully, it seems, about expressing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Law and Religion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Law and Religion","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/category\/law-and-religion-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18502,"url":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2015\/03\/25\/the-strange-case-of-nova-scotia-barristers-society-appeal-of-the-twu-ruling\/","url_meta":{"origin":22279,"position":4},"title":"The Strange Case of  Nova Scotia Barristers\u2019 Society Appeal of the TWU Ruling","author":"cccc","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite the resounding loss at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in January, the Nova Scotia Barristers\u2019 Society has decided to appeal. \u00a0Justice Campbell ruled that Trinity Western University\u2019s Community Covenant was \u201cnot unlawful\u201d and that TWU \u201c[l]ike churches and other private institutions ... does not have to comply with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2015\/03\/25\/the-strange-case-of-nova-scotia-barristers-society-appeal-of-the-twu-ruling\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18435,"url":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2015\/02\/02\/space-enough-for-all-nova-scotia-supreme-court-makes-decision-on-trinity-western-university-law-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":22279,"position":5},"title":"Space Enough For All:  Nova Scotia Supreme Court Makes Decision on Trinity Western University Law School","author":"cccc","date":"February 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"People disagree about many things in a pluralistic and multicultural society such as Canada. 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