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Originally Posted by Pleroo
There's something about certain types of Christian thinking that leads people to the need to suffer through self-flagellation by denying themselves of something that God never asks them to deny. It appeals to a sense of pride, ironically enough, because it makes them feel that they've done something to deserve God's favor.
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You're missing my message entirely. I don't even WANT IT anymore! I'm not denying anything to myself! By becoming increasingly closer to God, my desire to sin has commensurately plummeted!
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Originally Posted by geekigurl
There is no disorder. LGBT+ people are born the way we are.
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Yes, we are born with temptation to sin. I have stated this quite plainly. The Lord has absolutely saddled me with greater temptation! I look upon this as a blessing, because I have a greater opportunity now to prove my worthiness to Him!
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Absolute bull****. Complete, absolute, utter bull****. Where the hell do you people get this crap? I really want to know. The gay men in my life, love the women in theirs. And have no problem whatsover "dealing" with them.
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Please be calm, and do not use foul language. Where am I coming from, you ask? You REALLY want to know? I'll tell you.
As my username suggests, I was born in 1990. So here's the chronology.
2003: accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. But, even before this time, I felt attraction to other males. I tried to deny that such attraction even existed.
2004: was introduced to the internet and regrettably started to become more involved in traditionalist Catholicism. I was raised Catholic (regrettably). The denial of God's grace eventually drove me crazy and caused me to reject God. I convinced myself He didn't exist.
2005: Decided to explore my homosexual fantasies by coming onto a friend of mine that I fancied. He had moved to my school district just that year (freshman year of HS 2004-05). And he would soon depart again come summer of 2005. But for the first few months of 2005, my decision to take a chance on him (yeah, he might be straight, but #YOLO!
) resulted in my absolute dejection.
2005-08: Utter frustration. As a high schooler, I was without God and without the means to acquire what my flesh wanted: a homosexual relationship. I longed for college.
2008: Initially, I wanted to go to college in Canada. I wanted out of this country. Even applied to a few colleges there (and was accepted, due to my good and improving grades). But in the end, I chose Massachusetts. Spent a year there, and almost immediately realized I'd made a mistake. I was taking on a higher tuition bill. And, to boot, I found absolutely no one who could possibly be my "soulmate." So I transferred back in-state.
2009-11: Having been a member for a while, I become a moderator on the now-defunct gayteenforum.net. Yes, as an adult (ages 18-21) I was regrettably in a position of authority and countenancing perversion in the presence of more impressionable minds. I ask God's forgiveness, and stand assured that I have received it.
But, to answer your question, I have spent a LOT of time fraternizing with other homosexual males. So I do believe I talk from experience. Some gat males may have (platonic) female friends. But very many do delight in not having to deal with women romantically. Of course, this is the opposite of what God intends.
2012: Despite having elevated myself to the status of moderator on a gay teen forum, I had yet to actually experience homosexuality. That changed in 2012. I found someone online, and we had a relationship that lasted a few months. That was largely during the spring semester of 2012. Eventually, we just broke it off. Actually, he was a pagan (a "witch"), and I had a passing interest in the occult. I sat through some of the spells or rituals or whatever he would practice. I never felt a
single thing. Not a single demon. Truly, my Lord was still protecting me from evil spirits, even in the depths of my sinfulness.
2012-18: Graduated, went from one lousy job to another. Went through various political phases. I was absolutely a racist, and my posting history from about 2014-18 will attest to that! I confess that. I ask for God's forgiveness. And I live assured that I have received it.
2019: I still struggled with this question even at the beginning of this calendar year. I regained my Christian faith only at the very end of 2018 (December 28, to be specific). In 2019, I have purchased so many Christian books. But I often find, God gives me the answers I was originally seeking before I've had a chance to read them!
So on 1/11/2019, I was standing in line at the Barnes & Nobel, attempting to purchase "God and the Gay Christian" by Matthew Vines (an exculpatory book). It was
humiliating. I was standing there in line trying to buy this book, and it was taking
forever. There was only a single clerk, and the line was barely moving. I was trying to hold the book in a way that concealed its cover. I even watched as a male I found attractive came into the line behind me.
Finally, I made the purchase. But I've yet to read the book. No worries there; in the time since then, God has revealed to me all the reasons that homosexuality is wrong. Yet, He has warmly embraced me as His child, all the same! All these signs and tests (and there are MORE, which I will not reveal now, for the sake of brevity) from God have a purpose in my life. I KNOW it! I've lived it. Yes, of all the books I've purchased, I have begun reading some and have found much delightful and informative content. Especially Charles Stanley's "Eternal Security." Now, that book is a true Godsend for me!
And I have no doubt about at all!! What an amazing book. Its year of publication being my own year of birth. 1990.
No, I don't need to read that
other book. Not
now, at least. Maybe I will do so as soon as the Lord has finished strengthening me in the Truth, so that I can resist and refute lies. But, in the meantime, at least I did remove the last copy from the shelf that evening. Maybe, hopefully, that action prevented someone else from being led by falsehood.
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