I was actually more angered at the fact that a convicted traitor could actually run for office in our highest level of public service, not counting the presidency and the supreme court... I am highly offended by treason...
the transgender thing was just "icing on the cake".
I agree with everything you said here in this post--
but, I think labels like: "convicted transgendered traitor," does not define a human-being that one day might turn to God, in which they would discover their true identity in Christ. It might define what they have done, but not who they are called to be--
before we cast final judgment on another, we should ask ourselves how they ended up the way they are, and how we would have fared if we were placed in the same circumstances and environment, such as nature/nurture, and such--
I know it's not the Bible, but, some of those wacky sci-fi series stories can really get you thinking.
for example-- I used to despise Mormons, because religions that oppose the Gospel can be maddening and sneaky and confusing, and have a spooky way of controlling their members. But, I realized that they have good points, such as a community spirit, and they courageously reach out to the public like we as Christians should be doing more of.
then I saw an episode of either the Twilight Zone, or Outer Limits where a person found themselves on the other side of their gun, so-to-speak, and became the person they were persecuting, begging for mercy.
And I thought, "am I trying to help these people, or just persecute them?" What if God was able to put me in the same position? Being born into another religion?
I know this is just hypo-thetical, but, I'm positive the same message is in the Bible.
And here's another crazy one--
Christian men, married or not, who think they can get away with electronic fornication. What if their punishment was to be forced to live their lives surrounded by Muslim women in full Burkha's, even in bed, never again to see a woman in a bikini--zero-sexuality expression in public.
That would be the twilight zone wouldn't it?
God exists outside of time and space--it's theoretically possible; He wrote the Bible and can interpret it any way He chooses.
Anyway-- just a warning from the Twilight Zone...
We should be careful not to end up in the shoes of our enemies--
I'm sure that's in the Bible somewhere--
Maybe it was just my mother's warnings--