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Author Topic:   Please - Some Impartial Advice Needed
Trixie
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Message 99 of 240 (405742)
06-14-2007 4:45 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by taylor_31
06-08-2007 3:00 PM


More Christian support
Taylor, pay no attention to those folks who profess to love God, yet cast stones at anyone they consider to be a "sinner". The only judge is God and He will judge each and every one of us. What tends to get forgotten by many Christians is that God will judge us as a loving father would judge his child. He will look at our lives, our hearts and our minds. If all He finds there is bigotry, intolerance and hate targetted at some of His other children, I don't think He'll be too impressed.
It isn't up to us to make judgements for others on the rightness or wrongness of their behaviour. We should all be looking to ourselves to see how we can improve our behaviour.
On that basis, your sexuality is no-one's business but your own. Pay no heed to those who tell you that you're committing a sin - they need to get the log of intolerance out of their own eye.
Personally, I believe that homosexuality is not a choice, neither is it indicative of psychological problems. I firmly believe that it has a physiological cause which has yet to be discovered. Who knows, genetics will probably play a large role in determining sexuality. Consider this. If genetics does play a determining role, then those who shout that homosexuality is unnatural, is a sin, is evil etc. won't find God very sympathetic. After all it is equivalent to condemning a child with Down's syndrome and telling them to mend their ways.
You have to do what's right for you. You have a right to be happy. Please keep in mind that those of us who are moderate Christians just don't happen to shout as loud as fundamentalists. We're too busy trying to keep on the straight and narrow ourselves without screeching about how sinful other people are. Anyway, as I said before, I have no right to judge what is a sin and what isn't, that's God's job. All I can do is be the best that I can be and that's what you need to do as well.
Good luck with the family problems. I really hope that your mother eventually comes to understand that you are still her son and she has nothing to be ashamed of. You have been courageous in telling anyone and your mother should be proud that she has such a brave son.

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