"I Hate Hate-Groups"

As of recently, the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit and the online Charity Give Back Group have lost large retailers as users of the site, with the Summit losing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as a speaker.

The reason? 700 petition signers do not want any proceeds being donated to such organizations as Focus on the Family nor the Online Christian Mall. These petitioners have taken up the mantra of many same-sex advocates and activists that anybody who preaches the Bible for what it is, is obviously a hate-group.

I find this ironic since in reality, both these Christian organizations and fellow Bible-believing Christians are the most open-minded, loving people this world could hate. The message of the Bible is clear: Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor. It does not teach hate.

What does teach hate is when a miserable, close-minded individual or group decides to shove their beliefs down the throats of others and then accuse people of hate. Even if they are religious-based or sex-based. The issue is simple though. A psychiatrist is not needed to see the underlying problem with these hate groups.

For years, Jehovah's children have been accused, harassed, beaten and killed, because misery loves company and the devil hates His children.

These supposed activists wake in the mornings and do not see the soul of a man or woman for what it is worth, they only see a mirror image of themselves and become disgusted. There is a mirrored veil that rests over their eyes that makes them point at everybody and say "you are a racist; you are a sexist; you are a hater". All the while, they depressingly see themselves.

I once saw a racist accuse our president of being a racist because the president was not of the racist's race and it was just easier for this racist to point and blame. I now, and for years, see hate-groups pick up signs and hollow causes and point their fingers at the easy targets and call them haters.

One day, this veiled mirror will be crushed and the shattered image of one's self and actions will be laid out for all to see that the real problem was not at the end of one's pointed finger .... but behind. "Get thee behind me Satan!!!!"