▲ 230 ▼ United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Anything to try to boost membership amid dismal numbers in organized religion permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) United Methodists have always been a very liberal and progressive church. This isn’t a gimmick or boost for the masses but bringing their teachings in line with their sayings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago The adage if youre looking to split hairs and divide your Methodists is the united Methodists were always more free and the free Methodists more united. Its a broad tent, most of which didn't directly mean evangelical when I grew up, but there's still free Methodists that don't believe in dancing. Openly serving gay and lesbian clergy was the hot gossip 20 years ago, it's been a slow move but they got there. permalink fedilink source parent [+] SlightlyAut@lemmy.world -33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey obvious troll, out of curiosity, are you getting paid by some idiot that thinks this will influence opinions? If so, is it actually supposed to convince people to support Trump or is this more of a classic Russian troll farm thing that's about polarizing people? Or do you just have that much time on your hands and this was how you decided to spend it? Have you considered reading a book, watching a movie, playing a game, socializing with other humans, or maybe learning a new skill? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta kill time time while mom makes his chicky nuggies permalink fedilink source parent [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What was the comment? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) United Methodists have always been a very liberal and progressive church. This isn’t a gimmick or boost for the masses but bringing their teachings in line with their sayings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago The adage if youre looking to split hairs and divide your Methodists is the united Methodists were always more free and the free Methodists more united. Its a broad tent, most of which didn't directly mean evangelical when I grew up, but there's still free Methodists that don't believe in dancing. Openly serving gay and lesbian clergy was the hot gossip 20 years ago, it's been a slow move but they got there. permalink fedilink source parent [+] SlightlyAut@lemmy.world -33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey obvious troll, out of curiosity, are you getting paid by some idiot that thinks this will influence opinions? If so, is it actually supposed to convince people to support Trump or is this more of a classic Russian troll farm thing that's about polarizing people? Or do you just have that much time on your hands and this was how you decided to spend it? Have you considered reading a book, watching a movie, playing a game, socializing with other humans, or maybe learning a new skill? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta kill time time while mom makes his chicky nuggies permalink fedilink source parent [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What was the comment? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago The adage if youre looking to split hairs and divide your Methodists is the united Methodists were always more free and the free Methodists more united. Its a broad tent, most of which didn't directly mean evangelical when I grew up, but there's still free Methodists that don't believe in dancing. Openly serving gay and lesbian clergy was the hot gossip 20 years ago, it's been a slow move but they got there. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] SlightlyAut@lemmy.world -33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey obvious troll, out of curiosity, are you getting paid by some idiot that thinks this will influence opinions? If so, is it actually supposed to convince people to support Trump or is this more of a classic Russian troll farm thing that's about polarizing people? Or do you just have that much time on your hands and this was how you decided to spend it? Have you considered reading a book, watching a movie, playing a game, socializing with other humans, or maybe learning a new skill? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta kill time time while mom makes his chicky nuggies permalink fedilink source parent [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What was the comment? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey obvious troll, out of curiosity, are you getting paid by some idiot that thinks this will influence opinions? If so, is it actually supposed to convince people to support Trump or is this more of a classic Russian troll farm thing that's about polarizing people? Or do you just have that much time on your hands and this was how you decided to spend it? Have you considered reading a book, watching a movie, playing a game, socializing with other humans, or maybe learning a new skill? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta kill time time while mom makes his chicky nuggies permalink fedilink source parent [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What was the comment? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta kill time time while mom makes his chicky nuggies permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What was the comment? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Just a troll with a 3 hour old account hitting all the politics and news posts with inflammatory comments ending in #TrumpNation. In this case it was just saying this was a travesty. Been seeing quite a few of those lately. permalink fedilink source parent