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<blockquote data-quote="bling" data-source="post: 60492403" data-attributes="member: 216174"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I have read all the posts and really appreciate you hanging in there through some unloving comments by some that call themselves Christians.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I have lengthy explanations to everyone of your OP questions and would be happy to present them, but like most agnostics the real questions are much more personal and are cries for help. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I hope and pray you are seeing a doctor and are on medication for depression. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">As for the way you were and what all you have done, that is the past. You may see your past as truly tragic above forgiveness, but I have taught the Bible in prison and all I can say: Is that it? </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">All that bad stuff just becomes part of your witness (that is what the Apostle Paul did with it [Paul called Himself the chief of sinners and he was bad!]). </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">You really need Christ himself to come up alongside you, listen to you, hug you, work with you, guide you one step at a time and really Love you unconditionally and unselfishly (not expecting anything from you, but to allow Him to Love you). That is the way it is to be working today, with truly Christ like people allowing Christ to live through them to serve you (Ive got the feeling you have not met a true Christ like person). Sometimes you have to look among the really needy people to find a person unselfishly serving others (not looking for the praise of men, or to payback anything or earn some position). They seem to be few and far between in the West, but there are some around. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Briefly as far as your question about Homosexuals: I have friends that are homosexual and are far stronger than I am about controlling their behavior, so I have learned from them. When we do discuss whether homosexuality is a sin, we just sit down together and study scripture, but we also study other bigger concerns. Remember they are not going to be judged on what I think, but God can hold it against me what I think. The questions we consider early on are: If it is wrong am I willing to stop? If I am willing to stop, how do you change? Do I want to be different then the way I am now? Do I see a benefit to being different? What have others done? </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bling, post: 60492403, member: 216174"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I have read all the posts and really appreciate you hanging in there through some unloving comments by some that call themselves Christians.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I have lengthy explanations to everyone of your OP questions and would be happy to present them, but like most agnostics the real questions are much more personal and are cries for help. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I hope and pray you are seeing a doctor and are on medication for depression. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]As for the way you were and what all you have done, that is the past. You may see your past as truly tragic above forgiveness, but I have taught the Bible in prison and all I can say: Is that it? [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]All that bad stuff just becomes part of your witness (that is what the Apostle Paul did with it [Paul called Himself the chief of sinners and he was bad!]). [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]You really need Christ himself to come up alongside you, listen to you, hug you, work with you, guide you one step at a time and really Love you unconditionally and unselfishly (not expecting anything from you, but to allow Him to Love you). That is the way it is to be working today, with truly Christ like people allowing Christ to live through them to serve you (Ive got the feeling you have not met a true Christ like person). Sometimes you have to look among the really needy people to find a person unselfishly serving others (not looking for the praise of men, or to payback anything or earn some position). They seem to be few and far between in the West, but there are some around. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Briefly as far as your question about Homosexuals: I have friends that are homosexual and are far stronger than I am about controlling their behavior, so I have learned from them. When we do discuss whether homosexuality is a sin, we just sit down together and study scripture, but we also study other bigger concerns. Remember they are not going to be judged on what I think, but God can hold it against me what I think. The questions we consider early on are: If it is wrong am I willing to stop? If I am willing to stop, how do you change? Do I want to be different then the way I am now? Do I see a benefit to being different? What have others done? [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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