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Dearheart said:
Can of worms. あなた have opened it. xD First, let's be clear about something...did あなた come to our spot looking for a fight, または do あなた genuinely want to hear what we have to say? Being "open-minded" goes both ways, あなた know. Are あなた willing to try to see things from our point of view? If so, then here's how I think most of us see it. We believe in God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - and we believe that the Bible was inspired and dictated directly によって Him. And the Bible states pretty clearly that guy with guys and girls with girls is wrong, both in the Old Testament and the New Testament. God designed romantic 愛 and marriage to be between a man and a woman only. Man and woman complete each other, temper each other and balance each other out...physically, emotionally and spiritually. Look at it this way: can あなた forge a sword using two tongs または two hammers? No, あなた need one of each - one to lift and support the metal, and one to shape it into something beautiful and strong. Likewise, a godly marriage needs a man and a woman. They are both equally special and important, but in different ways. They fill each other's strengths and weaknesses and they both have natural, different roles to fill; roles assigned to them によって the Ultimate Matchmaker to help forge a strong, healthy, godly relationship. Having two men または two women together upsets the balance and distorts God's デザイン for marriage. Having 発言しました all that...does this give us the go-ahead to hate または disrespect gays, または mean that God hates gay people? Absolutely not...'cause there's this little thing called "love the sinner, hate the sin". While standing firm in the truth is extremely important, it's equally important to reach out in 愛 to people and 表示する them the grace that our Savior showed us. Unfortunately, many Christians スイング to one of two extremes: 1) they hold on to the truth of God's Word so hard that they get obsessed with "being right" and forget to be loving. 2) They become so preoccupied with being loving that they let go of the truth completely just to make others feel better and they get all wishy-washy. Neither of those extremes are good ones. Finding the balance is the key, and a lot of Christians struggle with it; myself included. I am NOT homophobic, and I hate it when people slap that label on me just because I disagree with homosexuality. I do not hate または fear gay people. I don't look down on them または resent them in any way. (Some of my mom's フレンズ are gay, and she's a pastor's wife!) If one of my フレンズ admitted they were addicted to drugs, I'd still 愛 them and care about them, but I'd do what I could to help them. I wouldn't drag them kicking and screaming to an NA meeting または anything, because あなた can't force someone to quit; but I'd still pray for them, talk to them about my concerns and let them know that they can get help if they want to.
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