From gay to God

[molder]

"I WAS EXCLUSIVELY HOMOSEXUAL; I had never been with a woman."
That's part of the riveting testimony of the Reverend Darryl Foster, a board member of Exodus Global Alliance – a Christian organisation made up largely of former-homosexuals who promote the message that "change is possible through the power of Jesus Christ".

http://www.nationnews.com/story/357797759689898.php

Christ can bring people out of homosexuality if you have faith.

 

[beechy]

"I WAS EXCLUSIVELY HOMOSEXUAL; I had never been with a woman."
That's part of the riveting testimony of the Reverend Darryl Foster, a board member of Exodus Global Alliance – a Christian organisation made up largely of former-homosexuals who promote the message that "change is possible through the power of Jesus Christ".

http://www.nationnews.com/story/357797759689898.php

Christ can bring people out of homosexuality if you have faith.

So says Darryl Foster.

 

[ImmortalTechnique]

that's awful

 

[levi501]

wow, that's interesting...
I use to be straight till the bible turned me gay.

Mathew 22:39

what better way to "love thy neighbor"?

 

[Caylin]

"I WAS EXCLUSIVELY HOMOSEXUAL; I had never been with a woman."
That's part of the riveting testimony of the Reverend Darryl Foster, a board member of Exodus Global Alliance – a Christian organisation made up largely of former-homosexuals who promote the message that "change is possible through the power of Jesus Christ".

http://www.nationnews.com/story/357797759689898.php

Christ can bring people out of homosexuality if you have faith.

Exodus International underwent a very damaging scandal in 1979 when co-founder Michael Bussee left the group with Gary Cooper, a co-organizer of 1976 conference that led to Exodus' inception. Bussee and Cooper had both worked at the local Exodus ministry, and later held a life commitment ceremony.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_gay

Oops!

 

[SimplyMe]

I find his choice of words interesting: "I had never been with a woman." It seems to me that if he were actually homosexual he would instead claim that he had never been attracted to a woman.

 

[quatona]

From gay to God

It´s quicker to go by car than to Washington.

 

[fillerbunny]

I find his choice of words interesting: "I had never been with a woman." It seems to me that if he were actually homosexual he would instead claim that he had never been attracted to a woman.

I was thinking the same thing.

Either way, semantics aside, if this guy is genuinely pleased with where he is today, I'm happy for him. However, the blanket statement 'christ can bring people out of homosexuality if you have faith' is troubling to me. While Mr. Foster may feel that that has been his experience, it certainly hasn't been the experience of the majority of the homosexual christian populace. Such a statement seems to me to imply that christians unable to change (or disinterested in changing) their orientation are somehow of lesser faith than those who claim to have gone ex-gay.

 

[Spherical Time]

The organization known as NARTH, which supports the idea that gay people can change their sexual orientation imply that faith in God does not seem to be enough, that therapy must also be given, and that not all people that recieve therapy are "cured" of homosexuality. What do you have to say about that?

 

[quatona]

I am wondering whether heterosexuality can be healed through atheism.

 

[fillerbunny]

I am wondering whether heterosexuality can be healed through atheism.

Worked for me! Alas, my brother (also an atheist) is still struggling with his heterosexual tendencies..

 

[outlaw]

"I WAS EXCLUSIVELY HOMOSEXUAL; I had never been with a woman."
That's part of the riveting testimony of the Reverend Darryl Foster, a board member of Exodus Global Alliance – a Christian organisation made up largely of former-homosexuals who promote the message that "change is possible through the power of Jesus Christ".

http://www.nationnews.com/story/357797759689898.php

Christ can bring people out of homosexuality if you have faith.

Yet another ex-gay who is employed to by the ex-gay movement.

The claims of so-called ex-gays would be a bit more believable if they weren’t paid to say what they are saying.

 

[Ryal Kane]

The title of the article seems to sugest that gay and god are two different extremes. This is only the opinion of some.

There were also some rather odd and telling quotes in the article.

"I was extreme in terms of my feelings for men. I got to the point where I literally hated women; I had no uses for them.

Homosexuality doesn't equate to gynophobia.
I'm hetrosexual myself. I don't hate men.

A lot of things you do in the gay lifestyle are habitual.

It implies that there is such thing as a gay lifestyle. Homosexuality is an attraction to the same gender. He is refering to HIS lifestyle but projecting it to all homosexuals.

I'm a hetrosexual.
You wouldn't say I live the hetrosexual lifestyle.

He believes it is a choice one makes and just as drug addicts and alcoholics can overcome their addictions, so can homosexuals, with the help of God.

Implying that homosexuality is an addiction.
You wouldn't say someone was addicted to hetrosexuality.

The article also makes the common mistake of ussuming sexual orientation is a binary system: straight or gay.
Sexual attraction covers a very broad spectrum.
(I always thought Kinseys scale was way too limited.)

If it woked for him and he's happy then good for him and I wish him happiness. But that doesn't mean it will work for everyone. There are some very content homosexual people and some very unhappy 'ex-gays'.

 

[Cian]

I still do not understand why some Christians think that homosexuals need to be "healed", or that homosexuality is such an abomination that one needs to be "cured" of it through the power of Christ.

Why aren't Christians forming ex-bi/lesbian ministries as well, after all obviously they must be sinners as well.

 

[LittleNipper]

I'm a hetrosexual.
You wouldn't say I live the hetrosexual lifestyle.



Implying that homosexuality is an addiction.
You wouldn't say someone was addicted to hetrosexuality.

You would if he was committing incessent fornication, adulatory, incest, child molestation, or rape with the opposite sex. That person would be a sex fiend or predator. As for a homosexual lifestyle, it is also known as living contrary to one's gender.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

You would if he was committing incessent fornication, adulatory, incest, child molestation, or rape with the opposite sex. That person would be a sex fiend or predator. As for a homosexual lifestyle, it is also known as living contrary to one's gender.

I'm not sure this post means anything whatsoever.

 

[kimber1]

*MOD HAT ON
please folks, remember the following tidbit when posting here. i don't want to have to close anything down. if you need a citation i beg of you go find one and edit it into your post.
the debate of the morality of the above topics must be backed by evidence complete with citations. Standard citations are acceptable but links are preferred.

 

[knightlight72]

I think the author of the article was trying to point out what he felt is a legitimate solution, and only wanted to help others with similar issues.

 

[scraparcs]

I accepted the standard line of thought that homosexuality is stable and unchanging and attempts to change it don't work much, but the more I see, the more I wonder if God can just up and change sexual orientation.

I mean, with God all things are possible. (Matt 19:25-26) So, maybe in what amounts to a small minority of cases, there is a change in sexual orientation brought about by God.

Well, I want to believe it can miraculously change, anyway.

 

[knightlight72]

If God can help with sin, is there just some sins that God won't help with? Biblical support that God will not help with some sins?