To admit to such an error would be to undermine the very authority by which it holds millions of followers in thrall. Sanders even goes so far as to equate gay Christians with Jewish Nazi's and black KKK members. To Sanders we are working for the oppressors, becoming their pawns, and trying to fit into a system that will only use and abuse us. I have an answer for both David and Don. David's accusation is the most stinging, I believe.
Nobody likes to be called weak and pathetic.
It goes right to the heart of your self-worth. I will all the more glady boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. By ourselves we cannot change thousands of years of church dogma and abuses of the Bible and Jesus' message. But God's grace is sufficient. Through the grace of God we are made strong in our weakness.