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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I thought that sounded like you Miss SerenityLives! (I didn't catch the 1st sentence when I briefly looked at the message last night . . .) I did scan each paragraph in the article, and completely read paragraphs where I thought I needed to know more. I only focused on two main points from the article, for better simplicity of our conversation here. We can look at other things if you like.
Can’t agree with homosexual or any biologically based love being “pure love,” sister, that would be only God Himself, who is agape (Greek; unconditional) love The best we produce is not "pure love," no matter how great it feels
And "lean not unto your own understanding" is not my words, but scripture.
Scripture is scripture bro - it can be life or the dead letter. The problem is not scripture, but rather how its used.
My intention in that post was far from condemnation.
And please forgive me if there was any condemnation in my writing as that is certainly not my intention. But if we know something is harmful and we are silent about it, that is not love . . .
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I think “lean not onto your own understanding” is also something very personal. If you’ve never known how it’s like to be lgbtq, then you shouldn’t tell them how to live. Using scripture to voice one’s concerns that homosexuality is sin is “dead letter”, since it makes lgbtq people feel bad, unaccepted, unloved, uncherished. Of course, you would have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes to only understand the tip of the iceburg of what I experience day to day. The thing is, you DON’T know if homosexuality is harmful, so to voice your opinion is to be ignorant and unloving. You might feel you are doing the right thing, but the fact is, using words such as “lifestyle” or cherrypicking verses to infer upon God’s original intention does not help the lgbtq community. They wont change and can’t change! Imagine this, me using verses to tell you your relationship with your wife is sinful and that your love is not pure or real. How would you feel? Thats exactly how thousands of LGBTQ Christians feel when they hear, read, and see these things. I hope this makes sense.