I'm Sorry.

I'm sorry.
I want to apologize. For all of the right-wing, religious, church nuts that think religion is the way of life. It's not. It's never been about how many bible verses you know, how many Jesus bumper stickers are on your car, or how often you attend church every week. It's not. and God weeps that the 'christian church' is more concerned with its image than it is about God.
God is what?
God is Love.
not religion,
not bible verses,
not church attendance.
Love.
So, shouldn't we as lovers of God and followers of Christ seek to be love as well?
Shouldn't we put aside our 'righteousness' and step down off of our high horses and love those who sin?
If I'm not mistaken, All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. Aren't we all imperfect? Don't we all have stuff with which we're falling short? Don't we all sin just as much as the nice liberal gay vegan down the street?
Yes.
So when did our redemption through Jesus' perfect blood allow us to be so prideful that we forget to love everyone, just as Christ loved us?
We need to put aside our good works and our bible trophies and remember what Christ did while he was alive. He talked to prostitutes. He healed lepers. He wasn't afraid to be seen with the 'wrong people'.
Why is there so much hate and bigotry in the world? Sin. Why is the church not effective? Sin. Why did Christ die for us and save us from a horrible life without a relationship Him? Sin.
Put away your 'righteousness glasses' and put on your Jesus glasses. Look past the facade of life. Look past the drinking, the smoking, the homosexuality, the cursing, the lying, any undesirable characteristic, and see the creation of God. Each person is specially and wonderfully made in the image of God. Me, you, your neighbor, your landlord, your boss, are all beautiful creations of God. Treating them as anything less is Sin. Our purpose in life isn't to tell people they're wrong. Our purpose is to glorify God and show others the glory and perfection of our God. Don't tell people they're sinners because they're gay, tell them we're all sinners and Christ can heal you, just as he healed me.
Refocus your lives on Christ. then, Sin, hate, bigotry, and anger will all be destroyed.