Upholding this standard doesn’t in any way diminish anyone.
Tell that to Pastor Missy when she’s out of her pastoral position because of ‘this standard’. And tell that to wabigoon and the rest of his congregation when they’re out of their church because of ‘this standard’.
The lack of a standard is what got them in this position to begin with!
Really...! And ‘you’ know that how...?
Just like the Pharisees in Jesus’ day, modern day Pharisees have taken theology and they've twisted it to empower themselves to do the very opposite of what God commanded them to do. His command was "Love one another." By THIS, by the way you love others, THIS is how everybody's gonna know you're His follower. NOT by your theology, NOT by how you ‘keep the rules’, NOT by how you keep ‘the standards’, and NOT by how you enforce ‘the rules’ and enforce ‘the standards’...way you love others is gonna be *the* thing that communicates more than anything else that you're His follower.
