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Originally Posted by jeffbase40
Of course you want me to forget it because your argument fails when you look at how the physical bodies were designed. Sex is a gift from God and He cleared designed intercourse as a beautiful and safe way for two opposite sexes to bond physically and emotionally. I don't need a graphic description, but the reality is that God created intercourse and that is something that homosexuals CAN NOT do.
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jeff, let's assume that gods exist, even though no human knows whether or not they do.
Further, let's assume the god you believe in IS the One True God, even though there is no evidence to support this. I am willing to sincerely say: what do I really know? You may well be right in that belief.
Assuming those things, let's say God is loving, and earthly love (not just of the physical variety) is one of God's gifts.
To me, then, love is a precious commodity. Something to be cherished, fostered and celebrated wherever it is to be found between people, given that nobody is being forced, coerced, hurt, exploited, etc.
jeff--I ask you to open your heart to realize: homosexual relationships can involve far more than sex, just like heterosexual relationships or marriages.
It is true that human relationships, regardless of orientation, can sometimes be based almost purely on sex, but that is true of both homosexuals and heterosexuals alike. Promiscuity is no more inherent in a gay person than it is in a heterosexual person.
A gay person is no more prone to one night stands or promiscuity than horny hetero teens on Spring Break, or the "bachelor stud" or "loose, easy woman" who prowl for one night stands.
For most people in committed relationships, sex is a relatively minor part of the equation. Important to most, yes. But it's not as if all couples (regardless of gender makeup) do nothing but get down and dirty. Sex can be a wonderful expression of love, but isn't something most couples are engaged in a huge portion of their time together.
In my life I have had many gay friends (several of them Christians, incidentally) and both my uncle and my older sister (who is very involved in her church--choir leader, in fact) are gay. And through them I am acquainted with many more gay couples.
Not only would 100% of them tell you that being gay was not their choice, but they are all in long term, committed, monogamous relationships. Perfectly "normal" happy, well-adjusted couples and families, productive and involved in their communities.
To them, being gay is natural, just as it happens elsewhere in nature.
Aren't love and acceptance and open-heartedness good things to strive for? Understanding, and common ground?
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