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And what is this about talking to mothers???!! Mothers, fathers, human beings can make their own choices on how to handle things - FREE AGENCY. Since when do we TELL anyone what to say to their children? Guidelines, maybe, but ?? This group just wants attention.......... SO TIRED of this.
The above posts show exactly why more compassion is needed and not less.......
We fear what we do not understand.
Let's also have the church make a statement that these things are not sin, but just lifestyle choices, and that their mothers are not the blame. Come on... we are all individuals with our own agency. Some of the best mom's in the world have kids who make serious bad choices, and some of the worst mom's have kids who turn out wonderfully. It helps to be taught good values but we are who we are. We have within us the power to change but many are unwilling.That's why we are here. To see if we have within us the power to overcome our weaknesses and become better.
We would like the church to accept our life-style and teach it that it's a God Sanctioned, normal life...
Isn't that your ultimate goal?
Well, Good Luck....
If they "affirm" the Lords standards and plan, then their credibility will soar.
Not that that really coincides with either side on these message boards. There needs to be a bit more understanding on both ends. (and by both sides I mean Affirmation and those showing malice toward those with homosexual tendancies)
I have two friends that I would suspect have same sex attractions, one is a male one is a female, they are in their mid-50's and have never married. Both of them are strong active members of the church and I know that this life is just a short time and a proving time. These two have proven themselves by abstaining and I do not doubt that they will be rewarded in the eternities. I am not going to take 80 years on earth to blow 80 billion years plus of happiness. Same sex people need to trust in the Lord, we all do in whatever challenges we face in life.
The Church made a stand with a Proclomation to the World that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God. God has also made himself quite clear when he said that the natural man is an enemy to God. We can only try to pass the trials of this life by putting off our own carnal natures, whether it is a homosexual lifestyle, an addiction to porn, or drugs, or promiscuity. They all mean we are letting our own bodies, not our minds and spirits, control our behavior. That would be the ultimate goal wouldn't it, becoming more like Jesus, or God? That can only happen when we submit ourselves to the word that he has given us, put off the natural man and do our best to follow in the path that he has laid before our feets. I believe that path started with a Man and a Woman.