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Re: My First Gay Thread
All human beings are born sinners. It comes easy to us, although my besetting sin may not be the *one* that besets others, necessarily. So with that in mind, it doesn't matter to me whether people choose the homosexual lifestyle or they are born that way. The Bible calls it sinful. The Bible condemns adultery (heterosexual sex practiced outside God's boundaries), and it doesn't matter if you were *born* with an attraction to women who aren't your wife, it's still a sin to take one to bed. You might have been a chronic liar since you were a toddler, and lies might roll easily off your tongue, but that doesn't mean it isn't a sin. Being born with a weakness of character or a fatal attraction does not change the definition of what sin is. God's Word defines sin, and that should be where we look to determine how we live our lives.
That said, being tempted to lie or tempted to commit adultery isn't sinful. Neither is being tempted to commit a homosexual act. The only complicating factor here is the Biblical stance on effeminacy: some gay men are effeminate. That in and of itself is an issue that needs addressing, but it's rather subjective.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Last edited by MissBrattified; 07-11-2011 at 03:43 PM.
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