What makes religious-based intolerance so dangerous is that it comes couched in familiar language spoken by powerful people who believe that what they're saying is truth, so much so that ultimately what they themselves believe is all they can read into the Scriptures. Their eyes are blinded to any other possibilities.

The same can be said for me, who believes that God wears many faces and goes by many names...ever since my eyes were open to that possibility, it's all I can read into the Scriptures now...my eyes are now blinded to any other possibility that doesn't speak love and unconditional celebration of each unique beloved.