Well I've gone on the record before as saying organized religion and specifically Christianity are not good things, but at the moment there are some people who need religion. The problem is society has failed to develop any kind of reason based secular morality that makes sense and is compelling to a critical mass of people (i.e, not "speak your truth" post modern crap). In the absence of that we're always going to have religion whether I like it or not.
In particular, recently, the belief that Christianity is the only path to Salvation has been roundly mocked on this forum in recent weeks. For Christians who take the Bible as the literal and inerrant Word of God, that is a central belief that informs how we interact with the world- because we love everyone and want everyone to have eternal life.
This has never upset me to be honest because
I know I'm not going to hell so I don't care if anyone else thinks I am.
I have also seen mischaracterizations about Christian views on sexuality, suggesting that they are hateful, rather than a commandment from God that applies to all sex- including heterosexual sex- outside a Biblical marriage. I try to share Biblical Truth as lovingly as I know how (on both of the issues referenced in this post). I fully acknowledge that I'm certainly not perfect at that, though.
A "Biblical marriage" is not an option for gay people though so it's still a bigoted mindset. Some moderate denominations still denounce fornication but support gay marriage which I would view as an acceptable position although I still don't agree with it. Although how much support there is for that from the actual biblical text is pretty questionable.
The hostility of many on this forum to evangelical Christianity would never fly if similar comments were said about literally any other religious tradition.
Also agree with this although my solution would be for liberals and the left to be tougher on the regressive elements of Islam instead of making excuses while continuing to criticize Christianity as well.
