GIA writes:
My Gnostic Christian God demands equality of all peoples as a part of our Universalists beliefs.
I'll ask you some more questions about this God of yours later.
Most religions also preach some form of equality yet also preach homophobia and misogyny. Why are most believers denying equality to the vast majority of those not in their particular religion as well as to many within their own circles?
This is a good question. It has been my exoerience that equality would, by definition, include unbelievers with believers. The Bible shows no equality between these two groups so, by inference, why would God? If God were to have true equality, there would be no such thing as hell, judgement, or even salvation---unless salvation was somehow earned much like a college degree...through diligent study and application.
I cannot see the world solving its problems, be they religious or political, while the vast majority, the religious, deny equality to the other majority who are not of their particular religion.
At best, the world must arrive at a consensus. there will likely never be an agreement philosophically or even economically. The poor will always be with us.
...our hate directed against gays and women must be set aside if the harder challenges we face, if there are any, are to be defeated.
What do you mean we, paleface?
God created war so that Americans would learn geography. —Mark Twain
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain