11-28-2003, 09:59 AM
This has been a dififcult time to be a christian without giving in to the mainstream christian beliefs... Do I agree that you can't be a true christian and be homosexual? Well, biblically the answer is clear, but that doesn't mean you have to be cruel or kick gay students out of christian schools.
Hell, I know some girls from Christian schools who are prostitutes, and that's the same situation as far as being biblically forbidden. but on that same not, so are guys who have long hair and females with short hair, because back then, those were signs of prostitutes. I don't see christian schools kicking out girls with short haircuts or guys who grow their hair long, though.
The biggest thing is that these kinds of acts come from two types of people: Closet Extremists (the blatant extremists launch public protests) and Christians who see a reflection of themself in those kids, so I'm wondering which one Mm. Grimm is... though not too much. It reminds me of a story about a gay student who was beaten to death, and at his funeral the christian community of the area had a protest, and some of the signs had horrible slurs, such as the infamous "GOD HATES FAGS".
I hate seeing these kinds of things, but they remind me that the devil can take on the appearance of God, he can even quote scriptures when it suits him, and it shows how far modern christians still have to go before they can emulate Christ properly, especially his compassion. God does not hate homosexuals, he only hates their behavior. My philosophy is to not rub sin in peoplesfaces, because I've sinned as badly as any of them. Further, the christian's calling, the Great Commandment, is to love the NEIGHBOR, not just your fellow christians.
My philosophy: Love the sinner, hate the sin, never force your beliefs on other men.
Hell, I know some girls from Christian schools who are prostitutes, and that's the same situation as far as being biblically forbidden. but on that same not, so are guys who have long hair and females with short hair, because back then, those were signs of prostitutes. I don't see christian schools kicking out girls with short haircuts or guys who grow their hair long, though.
The biggest thing is that these kinds of acts come from two types of people: Closet Extremists (the blatant extremists launch public protests) and Christians who see a reflection of themself in those kids, so I'm wondering which one Mm. Grimm is... though not too much. It reminds me of a story about a gay student who was beaten to death, and at his funeral the christian community of the area had a protest, and some of the signs had horrible slurs, such as the infamous "GOD HATES FAGS".
I hate seeing these kinds of things, but they remind me that the devil can take on the appearance of God, he can even quote scriptures when it suits him, and it shows how far modern christians still have to go before they can emulate Christ properly, especially his compassion. God does not hate homosexuals, he only hates their behavior. My philosophy is to not rub sin in peoplesfaces, because I've sinned as badly as any of them. Further, the christian's calling, the Great Commandment, is to love the NEIGHBOR, not just your fellow christians.
My philosophy: Love the sinner, hate the sin, never force your beliefs on other men.