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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
I think “lean not onto your own understanding” is also something very personal. If you’ve never known how it’s like to be lgbtq, then you shouldn’t tell them how to live. Using scripture to voice one’s concerns that homosexuality is sin is “dead letter”, since it makes lgbtq people feel bad, unaccepted, unloved, uncherished. Of course, you would have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes to only understand the tip of the iceburg of what I experience day to day. The thing is, you DON’T know if homosexuality is harmful, so to voice your opinion is to be ignorant and unloving. You might feel you are doing the right thing, but the fact is, using words such as “lifestyle” or cherrypicking verses to infer upon God’s original intention does not help the lgbtq community. They wont change and can’t change! Imagine this, me using verses to tell you your relationship with your wife is sinful and that your love is not pure or real. How would you feel? Thats exactly how thousands of LGBTQ Christians feel when they hear, read, and see these things. I hope this makes sense.
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Thanks for the reply!
It's too bad that it appears we are talking past each other. We both have accepted certain things, and now there is a complete mental framework built up around that, which we each think is true. And we now have feelings and experiences to back up each of our frameworks. This is how we humans are, and only the Lord, through His great love, mercy and grace can penetrate these kinds of things.
So I'm not sure what else can be said, if
you do not think that homosexuality is something that is even a little "off the mark" in the Bible (like many other manifestations of the flesh that have brought up) . . and it is also thought that gayness is something God designed from the start and is even perhaps something being promoted by Him.
I'm thinking of starting another thread called "LGBTQ+ - Things Learned" so I can speak more freely, as I feel a little constrained due to wanting to be sensitive to feelings on this thread.