Damien Benoit-Ledoux > Quotes

“You can’t have a God of love who makes everything that is good, who wants you to be happy, wants you to live a fulfilled life, and at the same time, condemn you for the way in which you love—the very way he made you.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Skyler Phoenix

“There’s a lot of good in religion, don’t get me wrong, but like anything else, when it’s mishandled or wielded as a weapon, no one wins. There’s no point to that kind of faith. Besides, love should always win.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Skyler Phoenix

“Stop sinning—you mean stop being gay? That’s the thing, that’s where the whole biblical argument falls apart. You can’t have a God of love who makes everything that is good, who wants you to be happy, wants you to live a fulfilled life, and at the same time, condemn you for the way in which you love—the very way he made you. God made me gay, Cam, I did not choose this. He made me so I would love another man. And that is good because God is good and God only makes good things.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Skyler Phoenix

“Love recognizes no barriers.
It jumps hurdles,
leaps fences,
penetrates walls
to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Love's Hope

“Real love accepts people as they are with room for who they become,”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Love's Hope

“When your religion tells you other people are trash because of who they love, or when they disagree with your beliefs, there’s no way that’s the right thing.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, The Love We Hide

“The greatest honor we can give to God with our lives of Christian service is to be who he created us to be, boldly and without reservation.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Love's Hope

“God doesn’t make garbage,” Skyler said. Everyone looked at Skyler. “It’s true. If we’re all made in his image, that should mean something greater than a ton of rules that were meant to keep some semblance of civic order several thousand years ago. It means he made us the way we are, and that is both special and wonderful.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Skyler Phoenix

“I think about it this way. Jesus hung out with the sinners, lepers, prostitutes, and all the other unclean people that everyone else shunned or stayed away from. He went and talked with them when no one else would go near them. Actually, that’s a really good way to piss off the Pharisees in the Bible…go talk to the unclean. But I think going to the unclean is the core of the Gospels, if not the whole New Testament? Jesus accepted people where they were at and he wasn’t afraid of them or what other people would think or say. He took care of them and talked with them. Then he usually forgave them and told them not to sin anymore and move on with their lives.”
― Damien Benoit-Ledoux, Skyler Phoenix