Hi. I'm Courtney. 27. I've been lurking lately, but this is the first post.
I guess the easiest way to do this and dive in is to post an excerpt that I recently posted in an f-locked post in my personal journal (don't worry, it's only about a paragraph long). It pretty much sums up where I'm going with this:
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And what about GLBT people? Is Jesus a good deal for us, or is he somehow bad news ( ... )
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I look at what the Bible says, think about the context in which it was written, apply that context and what the Bible description of homosexuality to homosexuality today, realise that it is absolutely not the same, and move on with my very happy gay Christian life. With the blessing of my Lutheran pastor. While marvelling that people are still having such difficulties with this.
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I can understand that. When I look at it from your perspective, I can see how it must seem amazing that I'm even struggling with this at all. But I come from a VERY conservative Baptist background that has, my entire life, absolutely drilled into my head that homosexuality is wrong. They'd be shocked that I'm even questioning that.
I don't want to be ignorant. That's why I'm asking these questions and trying to figure things out.
I look at what the Bible says, think about the context in which it was written, apply that context and what the Bible description of homosexuality to homosexuality today, realise that it is absolutely not the same, and move on with my very happy gay Christian life.Maybe that's part of the issue. Maybe I don't understand the context in which the Bible is talking about it. You say that the Bible's description of homosexuality and the way it actually is today are absolutely not the same. Can you elaborate on that? What are the ( ... )
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A person probably can't help being what they are. (I do believe homosexuality is a choice for some but all.) Being a homosexual is not a sin as far as I'm concerned. Acting on the homosexuality is a sin just as sex outside of marriage is a sin.
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there are 6 verses in the bible condeming homosexuality, but i think it's about 4 of them which might not mean homosexual sex, but saying 'don't have sex with your slaves to show dominance'. it's not very specific. however, i believe there are about 20ish verses saying 'don't gossip'.
Iiiiiiiinnnnnnteresting. I did not know that.
or, even if it is wrong, there are far more important issues to be worried about
That's what I keep coming back to. I'm about to the point that I am ready to say to God, "I don't know if it's wrong or not, but if it is, I don't care! I just don't!" Except that I don't want to leave it unresolved like that. It's too important to me.
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