Hi Aineo,
Instead of quoting it from the buttons on the screen, I'll take the old path .........
Aineo: "I can't speak for Tommy J but I can speak from personal experience. Most of what you posted concerning why churches don't want homosexuals in their midst is a pipe dream.
GM: Aineo, I have to object to that.... yeah see, I have been in many churches in my life looking for the Truth, most pastors/congregation... in the churches have different oders In their churches. a lot of them get freaked out when a homosexual steps foot in the church doors and a lot of the congregation whispers behind the homosexuals back. But what thecongregation seems not to see is: the fact that, they are also commeting a sin( backbighting & Bosting them self better then the homosexual) .
Aineo: Most pastors preach hate and pass on outright lies concerning the gay community as a whole.
GM: O, I know they do.... thats where they got to stop with this.." Thus saith them and get back to, " Thus Saith the Lord."
Aineo: As I share on my website I never experienced discrimination until I walked into a Southern Baptist Church. The experience made me question my decision to leave the gay community.
GM: Yeah See Aineo, thats where a lot of Preachers got to stop, They should Love the person, but not their lifestyle. They shouldn't act as if Gays are filthy dirty so/ons and so/forths...... Gays have soul 2. and can be reached... And to my opinion, Gays can be reached more I think, then a drunkered and so/on...
Anieo: It might suprise you to hear how many "Christian" pastors teach that homosexuals are beyond redemption and refuse to share the gospel with them.
GM: Then they ( preachers & "Chirstians" should ask them selves... are they truly saved.
Aineo: Their reasoning is based on Romans 1:28. This is nothing more than bigotry aimed at one group of people who need to hear and experience the love of God.
GM: I hear yeah.... The Gospel of Christ should NNEVER be shoved down someones throat. but given in Love. and shown in Love as well.
Aineo: What really suprises me is these same pastors also use 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and totally ignore vs. 11.
GM: (Viewing other people) I find that, fighting people with Gods Word, makes them walk away. But if a Christians would just walk up to a Homosexual like they would a straight person, and talk with the Homosexual.... the same way they would the the straight person (about Gods Word) Nicely, I believe that they( Chirstian) would accomplish a great amount. Yes it does say in the bible that Men shouldn't lay with men and the same goes with women. ( Having sex). but that 2 shouldn't be shoved down the homosexuals/lesbians throat. Just like the Homosexuals/Lesbains lifestyles shouldn't be shoved down Christians throats....<=== this here... is a battle, a war going on daily. O'm not saying compromise, I''m saying... Listen to one another...... Let the gays tell a Christian how they feel, and the Christian can nicely give them a few bible verses to read on what ever issue that is bothering them. Christians just can't Yank the homosexual communities and say.." Hey! your coming with me! your gonna get saved now!...... Its just not done that way..... Its done like this... < A Chirstian walks up to a Homosexual and says, " Hi there, I'm passing out a Tract about Gods Word, would you like one to read?"
-- No Biggy.--
Aineo: The political religious right has only increased the tension since 1992 with the moral majority, Concerned Women For America, and all the other "religious" groups that attempt to blame homosexuals for the decline in family values in the United States.
GM: O my!.... If I were to blame anyone, it would be satan.....
Aineo: This is nothing but (explatives not allowed). The church needs to get back to basics and let God be the God who judges, which is not in our set of instructions.
GM: Uhhh.... Aineo?..... most churches went mordern...mordern means: new and improved. this means: most churches tend to them selves instead of Gods Will. It do believe Prayer is in order on your above statement.
P.S Aineo, try not to let things like this get to you. Pray about it, that God shows certian Chirstians More Love and how to approach the homosexual communities In Love and with Wisdom.