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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK
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Originally Posted by Pro31:28
I think this is a very important discussion. I was one of the youth leaders (about 6 or 7 years ago) at a church we attended in Oregon. I formed a lot of relationships with kids, and many of them are now adults. We had an amazing (approxamate) 2 year revival where the youth just exploded. They really led the church... but I digress....
In the past couple of years, I have tracked a few of them via the internet and there seems to be quite a few who have chosen the homosexual lifestyle. I have wondered if this is a kind of "phase" (similar to 'free love' in the 70's) or a very strong attack by satan...
What do you think?
And yes I have continued to remain in contact with them, and I will continue to do so...
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I commend you on sticking with the friendships. But incase you are only doing so in order to hope to get them 'saved' again then I would say stop the friendship now. Not saying you are, but just a word of advise. No one hate empty promises and flattering words than I and the gay I know are looking and wanting genuine friendship just like us. It is funny alot of people in the church treat them like they are contagious, ya know? I for one try and treat everyone the same not matter the sexual orientation. Better be a good friend than a great fraud. |
We had a gay man attending our church for a while. He is living with the son of one of our members.
Honestly, I did not have a problem with this as he tried to pray and seemed to want to change. He finally told our pastor he didn't want to change.
When he told our son that he was "beautiful" it became personal for me and I struggled with - correction - am struggling to have compassion on him. My first thought was - "I wouldn't care if you dropped dead now."
I think when it becomes personal it's another whole ball game to work through.
Sorry, if anyone is offended by my feelings. I honestly am trying to work through this. He doesn't attend anymore, but my husband said, which he didn't mean and was speaking out of fear - "If he touches my son, I'll beat him to death with a baseball bat".
That is how volatile feelings can run, for some, with this issue. Just being honest.
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