Monica child of God 1
strives to live eschatologically
It is nice to know, I could come to your church and enjoy some friendship.
I would love to have you come to church with me
M.
Upvote
0
It is nice to know, I could come to your church and enjoy some friendship.
I converted to Christianity when I was 14. I'm not going on 19. Coming to terms with my sexual orientation and what I thought the Church's teachings were regarding it was difficult, and caused me to defect from Holy Orthodoxy for a long while.
It took me a long time to realize that Christ wasn't this feel good hippie people make him out to be. He was about peace and love, but through His perfect will. The Church calls everyone to reject sin, not just certain people. To truly be a Christian is to be a sinner who repents and repents. No one has any hope of being perfect without Christ (which is what I took so long to realize.)
I would love to have you come to church with me
M.
I wish I could, I would love to.
We are all free to visit any church we choose.
IMHO
If gay family will come to church with serious wish to become Orthodox so they will meet situation with 2 ways - continue to move to GOD, or stop it and live as gays as before.
They will "live as gays" either way.IMHO
If gay family will come to church with serious wish to become Orthodox so they will meet situation with 2 ways - continue to move to GOD, or stop it and live as gays as before.
They will "live as gays" either way.
I wish that were true.
You perhaps, can understand their speech. Im totally oblivious unto their speech and yet God protects me friend.
I don't understand exactly what you mean, kakie izmenenija budut sdelany dlja Boga?
I mean homosexuality is incompatible with Orthodoxy: or becoming Orthodox, or being gay - together is impossible.
Luche po angliisky. No tvoi Russkii neploh.
You lost me.
In any discussion, you must distinguish between "being gay" as in "experiencing sexual desire for the same sex" and as in "acting on those desires". That's one reason why "being gay" is such terrible language. It is at the heart of such confusion.
TBO means that acting on those desires is incompatible with Orthodoxy. Becoming Orthodox means taking up a difficult and possibly lifelong struggle AGAINST those desires.
Does anybody not get that?
@astein
from some point of view, my words in engl can not be called "english/american language".
ps r u sure that God is only friend?
Is "being gay" a language? Im rejected by all that aren't pure at heart. Am I considered "out of the loop"?
If the Church means me, I would be nice to them and mind my business.