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I love your post and have read it about three times. This is true wisdom. Where I am clearly reacting to what I believe to be shortsighted insensitivity at best and flat out stupid, arrogant and hurtful at worst--you are ever proactive and gracious, digesting every word and "seeing beyond" so much more quickly than I, offering mercy where I am still trying to sift through my frustration. I stand by the fact that I wish people would think before they speak and before they click. I still have a sense that this type of fodder needs to be shut down. I also believe that people freak out over posts like these because when the church is challenged or criticized from the outside, those inside call it "persecution"; when the church is challenged or criticized by someone on the inside, those who speak out against her are often admonished for stirring up dissension or being divisive. Then what? The church can't be questioned? Ah... yucky. So, my darling, I want to know what you think about this because you are phenomenally insightful, you always show so much compassion, and I respect your wisdom so much. How is this done? How do we call out the bull caca on something like this that comes from the church? What is this supposed to look like, and how do we play it out in real life? Because when the church becomes repellant (for lack of a better word) to those who are on the outside, and she's clueless as to why and is quick to point her finger at those on the "outside"--this is a problem. When she is called to heal but causes harm instead, what say we? And how shall we say it?