The Nickman wrote: ↑April 16, 2018, 10:54 pm
Schifty wrote:Folau has responded.
I think of it this way: you see someone who is about to walk into a hole and have the chance to save him. He might be determined to maintain his course and doesn’t want to hear what you have to say. But if you don’t tell him the truth, as unpopular as it might be, he is going to fall into that hole. What do you do?
Read more at
https://www.playersvoice.com.au/israel- ... Vgw6Ykk.99
I think it to use that analogy makes him an even bigger ****
Wowee, what an absolute ****. Hope he enjoys burning in hell
Nah apparently his sweet as according to Izzy you can be the most horrible person in the world but all is sweet if you repent at the end
What a fascinating take he has on all this.
Thankfully there have been plenty of Christian leaders that have publicly came out and denounced his view.
This guy absolutely nails it.
Albury priest says Israel Folau comments will create LGBT 'refugees'
An Instagram comment made by Australian rugby player Israel Folau could destroy people, according to Archdeacon Peter Macleod-Miller from St Matthew's Anglican Church in Albury.
In a comment on the social media platform on April 4, full-back Folau, who is a devout Christian, said gay men would go to "hell" unless they "repent their sins".
Rugby Australia implemented no disciplinary action, but chief executive Raelene Castle said Folau was a "strong role model" who should express his beliefs respectfully and in line with the organisation's social media policy.
But Albury-based Father Macleod-Miller said the comments should not be excused on the basis of religious freedom.
"It becomes an engine for refugees within our own community … to allow this sort of thing to happen in the name of freedom is grossly irresponsible and so corrupt," he said.
"Love is love, but hatred is hatred. If you put a hat and collar on it, it doesn't make it less insidious and doesn't give it greater credentials."
'Wilfully damaging' LGBT people
Father Macleod-Miller said religion had moved on from the days when people were condemned to the fiery pits of hell.
"[Gay people were sent to hell] in the old days. So were unmarried mothers and people who were divorced — a great range of people. It's nonsense of course. But it's not just nonsense, it's hate speech."
"That sort of speech diminishes someone else, and potentially destroys them, and has no place at all within any discussion about religious freedom."
The rest of article is in link below, it also talks a lot about what a massive problem homophobia still is in sport.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/a ... tion=sport