Long and stupid story. The mask has slipped a bit too much and now a priest is upset because of “racist” remarks. He’s honestly scrounging every portion of the internet to find dirt. Thought I’d already cleaned up the profile, but he found more “problematic” things *and* he’s going around asking parishioners if they’ve heard us say these things (that’s a whole different issue that I don’t want to get into). There’s probably a mole somewhere in the friend group.
Are there any Bible verses or Early Church Father quotes that have to do with race, race distinctions, culture, ethnicity, interracial marriage, etc. that I can sift through?
You can include things about the jews, too. Those are just a lot easier to find.
Thanks in advance.
Please pray for me and my husband, that we may speak with wisdom, lying like the Hebrew midwives if necessary.
I'm sure by your pastor's standards Paul would be a racist bigot.
If you're not familiar, I highly recommend the Stone Choir podcast. They did an entire episode on Galatians 3:28, which is the verse most of these liberal pastors use to justify their persecution of Christians. https://stone-choir.com/galatians-328/
They also have a series on race you might find interesting, with an episode covering race and scripture: https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-scripture-and-soteriology/
But sounds like you need a new church unfortunately. I doubt any argument you raise will be honestly considered by your pastor. I am sorry your family has to deal with this.
Sorry, what religion is this?