I truly do not think he/she means to offend... me or anyone else. He/she is just trying to do what he/she thinks is "right"... as we all do from time to time.
Forgive me AGuest, I have not interacted with you very much on this board, although I do have tremendous respect for you and your position.
And yet when I read your words I quoted above, I could not help but think of the Saul, who later became the apostle Paul. Saul, as you well know, worked in opposition to God, persecuted and killed Christians (notably the disciple Stephen). But yet he felt, at that time, what he was doing was right in God's eyes. Was it truly?
Apparently not, for Christ appeared to him in a vision and showed him in the only way he could understand that the way he viewed as righteous was not and instead worked in opposition to God.
My only point in bringing this up is that I am struck by the contrast between someone who is inclusive in her beliefs, i..e a God who loves all humanity, and someone who is exclusive, i.e. one who bases all matters concerning faith based on one issue that is apparently close to her heart.
As for myself, I would never dare limit my God, or sit in judgment on another. My feeling is that I have so many flaws that I need to concern myself with myself, not the flaws or apparent flaws of others. My belief is we all stand before God and must answer to him for our lives, whether they be good or evil. My belief is that God must decide, according to his own standards, who is and who isn't true. It is my hope that I do not disappoint my God. Having been the victim of judgmental people, notably Jehovah's Witnesses, I cannot in good conscience sit in judgment on another. I do not have the intelligence, nor has my God seen fit to disclose to me, who is and who isn't, favored by him.
As for the rest, I leave that up to my God. I am willing to let those issues go into his care.
Be well,
Chris