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There is no opportunity to express the belief if there is nothing but a rejecting answer to the neighbor, no opportunity to be an instrument of peace. For example if invited to celebrate, that would be encouraging what is not believed in, and a pass is possible.
Therefore the position of rejection can only be received with ill-will, simply because it is all that can be understood. Thats not the faith. What can be understood, communicated is what the faith is all about in the exchanging.
If a bank robber came in for a cake to celebrate a heist, the cake gets baked. There is no position in the faith to refuse baking the cake.
Sin is not to be celebrated. There's the faith issue. I wouldn't want to bake a cake to celebrate a swinger's party. It gets even worse when you have the Christian photograph who is forced to take photos of the gay wedding. Now you are an active participant in the event.
Sarcasm is pretty much the only thing I can do good, so I've given it and received it....alot , LOL And I didn't take it as that. If it was meant as that , then I apologize to the poster.
If you can just flip a switch and make yourself be attracted to members of the same sex, then ya know, good for you and kudos and all. But in the real world, people can't do that. (If you can, it's likely that you're bisexual.) There is no way for me to sexually desire a woman. Trust me, I spent my teen years trying.
with your brain or your nether-regions?
since I'm assuming the latter no wonder it didn't work.
since I'm assuming the latter no wonder it didn't work.
You can't think yourself into being straight. No one has ever deliberately changed their sexuality. Even Exodus International, the ex-gay therapy group, closed down this year.
Nicholas Cummings former president of the American Psychological Association
And NARTH contributer. Yeah, there is a good source.
Why hasn't Cummings ever presented any verifiable evidence of his claims? He has been asked repeatedly, but can't seem to find any scientifically verifiable proof.
Then we have Alan Chambers of Exodus International, one of the largest "pray away the gay" groups has said that in 99.9% of all people treated there was no change of orientation. He even offered an apology for all of those he has harmed and shut down the org.
Sin is not to be celebrated. There's the faith issue. I wouldn't want to bake a cake to celebrate a swinger's party. It gets even worse when you have the Christian photograph who is forced to take photos of the gay wedding. Now you are an active participant in the event.
No, you're providing a service for the event. That's not participation. The photographer doesn't get an invitation and sign the guest book. They're there to work.
This is so unbelievably simple. It really is.
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