ArchivedPA officials guilty of blatant violation of First Amendment :: ReplyReply Let me make this absolutely clear, one more time, for the record. I do not hate or fear homosexuals. I care about you so much, that I'm trying to get you to see the truth about the consequences of the homosexual lifestyle, so that you'll at least be warned. I don't do this because I want to judge you or because I hate you, or whatever false accusations you want to throw my way. As a Christian and as a human being in general, I have a responsibility to tell you the truth, no matter how hard it is to swallow. But there is hope. Read John 3:16-18 and find out what that hope is. It's pretty awesome.
Fred Phelps and his family, for example. They're the bane of everyone's existence, and they don't have even the slightest clue about what Christianity is about. They've only succeeded in helping Satan to harden the hearts of those Christians are supposed to be reaching out to, with the Gospel. As my friend and sister in Christ (Charman) said recently, Christianity is love. It doesn't matter who you are, what your lifestyle is, or what your beliefs are. God loves you, and Christians are expected to share the truth in love. Unfortunately, Phelps and his group have failed to do either one of those things. First of all, they're lying when they scream that God hates gay people and that homosexuals have no hope of turning their backs on their lifestyles and coming to God. Secondly, they are hardly loving. In fact, I seriously doubt any one of those people knows what love is. And it's a shame that these false Christians have succeeded in giving real Christians a bad name. If you were to approach me and say that my beliefs are wrong, I would not fly off the handle and accuse you of hating me. Most likely, I'd either ask you to explain why you think my views are wrong (That's if you catch me on a good day), or on a bad day, I'd just roll my eyes, scoff, turn around and walk away. But I would not accuse you of hating me. That's an absurd accusation. And they're completely misguided. Apparently, they've never read Exodus 21:16, which states that the type of slavery that African-Americans endured was a capital offense.
That's fine. I'm okay with that. And I am seeing some of your points. I hope you're seeing some of mine, and I really hope that you now know the difference between hating what a person does and hating that person. Just because I hate the lifestyle, doesn't mean that I hate the person. And I wish you and justforfun would see that. No. I don't deny that. And if I had existed back then, I would have most likely joined those African-Americans in their fight for justice. And I never said you don't have the right to protest peacefully. That right is guaranteed in the First Amendment. However, this is not a civil rights issue. This is an issue of morality. You have more rights than African-Americans did before the civil rights movement. For instance: As far as I know, you weren't kidnapped and sold as a slave. African-Americans were. You have the right to vote. African-Americans didn't. You have the right to an education. For a while, African-Americans didn't. You have the right to be educated with people of different races, creeds, what have you. And for the longest time, African-Americans were denied that right. And even though I'm not an African-American (I'm Caucasian, of German, English, Scottish and Irish descent) and I can't understand what they went through back in the time of Dr. King and the civil rights movement, I am very much offended and angered every time a homosexual person compares the fight for gay marriage to the fight for racial equality. The fight that Dr. King and his fellow African-Americans went through was the true meaning of a battle for civil rights. The fight that homosexuals are engaging in is an issue of morality, not only because homosexual lifestyles are offensive to the Lord, but also because marriage was created by God to be a sacred joining of two human beings, male and female, for the creation of children who will hopefully be raised to love and follow God. It is also a union that symbollizes the spiritual marriage of a believer to Christ Himself. Whether you want to admit it or not, no one has the right to transform the definition of something that was obviously meant to be holy and sacred, and intended for one man and one woman for a lifetime. Go ahead. But don't throw false accusations at Christians who don't agree with your beliefs. No. But apparently, you are. Even if a person who has homosexual tendencies doesn't engage in same-sex relationships, that does not mean that they are not gay. It's the same with me. I'm attracted to men. So because I've vowed to stay a virgin until my wedding night, does that make me a non-heterosexual, even though I'm attracted to people of the opposite sex? I'd imagine it's about as tiresome and silly as the famous "you hate me because you disagree with same-sex relationships" argument. But aren't you attempting to force society to accept same-sex marriage and other "alternative" relationships as valid? I mean, wasn't that the point in breaking the law in San Francisco and MA? Yes, I do. And once again, I tell you that you refuse to acknowledge the evidence that is all around you, testifying to God's existence. Just one problem: I don't believe in religion. I believe in God, who created me to have fellowship with Him, and who sent His and and only Son (Jesus Christ) to die for all of us and to save us. What I have is a relationship with God. It is not a "religion." And yet ironically, our laws were modelled after the Ten Commandments. Bummer for you, huh? Can you give us some examples and maybe even tell us about some of your experiences? Exactly. I concur. I don't think so. After all, this topic is partially about homosexuality and the Christian view on it. |
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