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sinsboldly
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| slowmutant wrote: | | Compassion is very important in situations like this. I have my beliefs about homosexuals but I do not Bible-thump or confront anyone about their lifestyle. I'd prefer to isolate the sin from the sinner as much as possible. What a challenge this is for Christians everywhere, living alongside homosexuality in the spirt of compassion & love. |
how christian of you to think it sin in the first place. challenging your self so you can express to them how generous you are to them in their sin. challenging yourself to show to them you don't look down upon them for their sin, oh no! but always ready to council them in the spirit of compassion and love if they chose to redeem themselves. What I have in my head is that this is an imposition, not that you are a radical.
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slowmutant
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| sinsboldly wrote: | | slowmutant wrote: | | Compassion is very important in situations like this. I have my beliefs about homosexuals but I do not Bible-thump or confront anyone about their lifestyle. I'd prefer to isolate the sin from the sinner as much as possible. What a challenge this is for Christians everywhere, living alongside homosexuality in the spirt of compassion & love. |
how christian of you to think it sin in the first place. challenging your self so you can express to them how generous you are to them in their sin. challenging yourself to show to them you don't look down upon them for their sin, oh no! but always ready to council them in the spirit of compassion and love if they chose to redeem themselves. What I have in my head is that this is an imposition, not that you are a radical.
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sinsboldly
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| slowmutant wrote: | | sinsboldly wrote: | | slowmutant wrote: | | Compassion is very important in situations like this. I have my beliefs about homosexuals but I do not Bible-thump or confront anyone about their lifestyle. I'd prefer to isolate the sin from the sinner as much as possible. What a challenge this is for Christians everywhere, living alongside homosexuality in the spirt of compassion & love. |
how christian of you to think it sin in the first place. challenging your self so you can express to them how generous you are to them in their sin. challenging yourself to show to them you don't look down upon them for their sin, oh no! but always ready to council them in the spirit of compassion and love if they chose to redeem themselves. What I have in my head is that this is an imposition, not that you are a radical.
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Merle, I can't be all things to all people. I can't please everybody. |
then understand you are imposing on people, slowmutant.
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Hi Drillbit.
I'm male and woman oriented, but questioned myself many years ago.
Certainly not ashamed of it and have never kept it a secret.
I'm actually envious of those that are bi.
So I try to do the best I can with my orientation.
As you can see with my above post I take this as a serious issue.
I will not tolerate bullys or trolls in any form.
And most likely will just let him stew in his own prison and not derail this thread any longer.
I baited the troll and they hate it when you don't bite back. 
Welcome to WP.
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reika
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| slowmutant wrote: | | Compassion is very important in situations like this. I have my beliefs about homosexuals but I do not Bible-thump or confront anyone about their lifestyle. I'd prefer to isolate the sin from the sinner as much as possible. What a challenge this is for Christians everywhere, living alongside homosexuality in the spirt of compassion & love. |
I think it's probably MUCH more challenging for the homosexuals everywhere to live alongside the Christians.
Especially those who feel their sexual orientation makes them better people than others.
See slowmutat, this is a prime example of why I find organized and disorganized religion depressing. Religion separates us all from each other.
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legendoftheselkie
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| Re ''faggot''- all the good religious folk would gather in the town square and enjoy a nice bonfire, using ''faggots'' for kindling! Got marshmallows? |
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legendoftheselkie
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As long as I have been around I have never had this so called homosexual knock on my front door trying to convert me. But you know who has? [/quote]
If only they had, my life would have been very different!
One time when the Witnesses came ringing my doorbell, after explaining to them as usual that I already had a religion I was perfectly satisfied with, I suggested that next time, they send the Williams sisters over- I'd be willing to talk to them. They haven't been back since! |
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| legendoftheselkie wrote: | | Re ''faggot''- all the good religious folk would gather in the town square and enjoy a nice bonfire, using ''faggots'' for kindling! Got marshmallows? |
Are you sure it means kindling? I thought the Brit term faggot meant cigarette. Pretty sure it says that in the dictionary.
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Ticker
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I keep hearing the lyrics in my head to the song "Real Men". ... "don't call me a faggot unless you are a friend".
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| Ticker wrote: | | legendoftheselkie wrote: | | Re ''faggot''- all the good religious folk would gather in the town square and enjoy a nice bonfire, using ''faggots'' for kindling! Got marshmallows? |
Are you sure it means kindling? I thought the Brit term faggot meant cigarette. Pretty sure it says that in the dictionary. |
Brits call a cigarette a 'fag' plural 'fags'. have no idea why, maybe because they're small and you set light to them  like faggots i.e. small pieces of wood; kindling.
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