Yeah, a really gay movie.In modern Christian view, sex - from kissing, fondling, undressing, shower, foreplay to intercourse, the whole shebang - is a foretaste of our spiritual union with Jesus in heaven, like a trailer of a movie.
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Yeah, a really gay movie.In modern Christian view, sex - from kissing, fondling, undressing, shower, foreplay to intercourse, the whole shebang - is a foretaste of our spiritual union with Jesus in heaven, like a trailer of a movie.
Only if gay means happy instead of homosexual.Yeah, a really gay movie.
They always look pretty happy to me.Only if gay means happy instead of homosexual.
Don't know who "they" are, don't care either. Anybody can "look" happy on camera, whether they're really happy is between them and God.They always look pretty happy to me.
Don't know who "they" are, don't care either. Anybody can "look" happy on camera, whether they're really happy is between them and God.
Is that your professional opinion or is there some factual basis on which you make that claim? And is it the sexual knowledge or the violence knowledge that, according to your claim, seems to deter the 'strong enough to deal with reality' type growth? I mean, I'm all for warning children of some of the dangers that might befall them if they might get into some strangers car, or take candy from a stranger, or looking both ways before crossing the street, etc.And if you limit them of knowledge of sex and violence, they won't ever develop strong enough to deal with reality.
Well, you are over here in the 'christian' threads and that is what God's word tells us to do. Are you a believer? As one myself, I do tend to put more weight in what God instructs us to do over what man instructs us to do. The first few chapters of the proverbs pretty much continue the idea that we are supposed to stay away from such things.Like avoidance will solve issues.
I would generally agree with that.It's impossible to be adult, and never experienced sexual feelings.
I find this claim to be quite a stretch. You honestly believe that parents who teach the biblical model of staying away from such things as sexual impurity or violence means that they aren't adults? Really??? That's your position?And thus impossible standards parents hold to their children is just projection of parents incapability to be adults. To teach them rightly.
Certainly not, but it should be monitored if a parent cares about what their child is learning from the internet. I mean, let's face it, even adults fall for a lot of the lying crap that is displayed on a lot of the internet sites. If you've ever researched how easy it is to find porn on the internet, as a parent, yes, I'd be concerned about that. But I suppose that your position is that if a child doesn't see some man having relations with another man, that they're somehow denied the knowledge that would make them a worthy adult. Did I get that about right?But do you really need to cut off all internet in order to avoid something.
Yes, but wise parents can believe that there are appropriate ages in which they should discuss such issues with their children.So, parents can't pretend sex doesn't exists.
I would generally agree with that.It's impossible to be adult, and never experienced sexual feelings.
Well, I did say 'generally', intending that yes, I agree that there are anomalies that would make that truth invalid. But I believe that generally speaking, adults do have some experience or knowledge of sexual matters. That's what I understood the claim of what addonai was saying in his post on this singular and specific matter of an adults knowledge and understanding of sexual matters. And I believe that most adults come to that knowledge whether or not their parents may have given them some extensive knowledge of sexual matters or not.I am not sure about that. There are hormonal imbalances that could cause it. There are medications that can suppress the sex drive.
In my knowledge, homosexuality originated from ancient Greece - or at least popularized in ancient Greece, it was kind of a brain child of misogyny and pedophelia. They saw women as objects for breeding and pleasure - wife for breeding, mistresses for pleasure, still a common view today. If they seek true love, a soul mate they could emotionally connect with and attach to, somebody who's physically and intellectually equal or superior, somebody whom they admire and respect, that can only be a man, 'cause women are beneath them. It's more of a spiritual pursuit and exploration than the satisfaction of animalistic desire. And oftentimes such a relationship took place between an old and a young man, one seeks physical beauty and youthful inspiration, the other wisdom and experience, something like that, hence the pedophelia part. It's kind of a twisted and sexualized teacher-student relationship, a pure, devoted, platonic love untainted by the prospects of proscuity, pregnancy, childbirth and childrearing.Hi
CS Lewis writes about putting God on the dock, or on trial. This is quite common for those still in and of the world . The Good News is foolishness to them, and it shows.
Believers…not so much. I’m a recovering gay lol truth? My rather sad story that only partly involves being in an urban gay community long ago is not that unusual. Teenage gay dude middle class family etc etc…won’t last long. I’m alive because God spared me time and time again…
A Christian worldview is necessary. Sexual morality reflects a larger worldview. In Christianity sex is for heterosexual lifelong monogamous marriages. Marriage isn’t for everyone but it is for many probably most believers.
Homosexual behavior…sodomy…is forbidden . I think it’s largely for our own good. Especially with male homosexuality relationships are the exception to the rule. Male male unions might reduce the number of partners and provide some stability but these unions are not the equivalent of a heterosexual marriage.
Sodomy is strictly forbidden also because there doesn’t seem to be anything God can do with it. Young heterosexuals engaging in hook up culture can have a baby maybe get married…
Not so much in the same sex world .
I think it’s wise to separate the Bible from church subcultures. Many church ️ subcultures are toxic. I don’t pretend to know how or why this happened but it is what it is…
The Bible is open about God’s will and character, and it shows His work in a fallen cruel world . Church subcultures….?
I dunno maybe it’s because I didn’t even think about Jesus Christ until age 24 and I didn’t fully repent until age 28…
I don’t understand church subcultures or what keeps people in them. People who choose to have kids should teach their children about sex and sexuality. I don’t understand churches ️ that make people crazy with un biblical beliefs and lifestyle and approaches to sexuality…
Rambling…
God knows our frailty both as individuals and collectively as fallen creatures. He also gives us His commands. We cannot let worldly wisdom substitute for divine wisdom…
Another way to put it is something like this - from a secular view, specifically a Darwinian view, the only meaning of life is survival, the only purpose of life is reproduction, a successful life is to live as long as possible and breed as many offsprings as possible. You've got all your worldly possessions and achievements to outshine other men and impress the girls, essentially a fight for mating right, and you want to impress the most beautiful girl, the fairest among them all!Hi
CS Lewis writes about putting God on the dock, or on trial. This is quite common for those still in and of the world . The Good News is foolishness to them, and it shows.
Believers…not so much. I’m a recovering gay lol truth? My rather sad story that only partly involves being in an urban gay community long ago is not that unusual. Teenage gay dude middle class family etc etc…won’t last long. I’m alive because God spared me time and time again…
A Christian worldview is necessary. Sexual morality reflects a larger worldview. In Christianity sex is for heterosexual lifelong monogamous marriages. Marriage isn’t for everyone but it is for many probably most believers.
Homosexual behavior…sodomy…is forbidden . I think it’s largely for our own good. Especially with male homosexuality relationships are the exception to the rule. Male male unions might reduce the number of partners and provide some stability but these unions are not the equivalent of a heterosexual marriage.
Sodomy is strictly forbidden also because there doesn’t seem to be anything God can do with it. Young heterosexuals engaging in hook up culture can have a baby maybe get married…
Not so much in the same sex world .
I think it’s wise to separate the Bible from church subcultures. Many church ️ subcultures are toxic. I don’t pretend to know how or why this happened but it is what it is…
The Bible is open about God’s will and character, and it shows His work in a fallen cruel world . Church subcultures….?
I dunno maybe it’s because I didn’t even think about Jesus Christ until age 24 and I didn’t fully repent until age 28…
I don’t understand church subcultures or what keeps people in them. People who choose to have kids should teach their children about sex and sexuality. I don’t understand churches ️ that make people crazy with un biblical beliefs and lifestyle and approaches to sexuality…
Rambling…
God knows our frailty both as individuals and collectively as fallen creatures. He also gives us His commands. We cannot let worldly wisdom substitute for divine wisdom…
What? Lol.Another way to put it is something like this - from a secular view, specifically a Darwinian view, the only meaning of life is survival, the only purpose of life is reproduction, a successful life is to live as long as possible and breed as many offsprings as possible. You've got all your worldly possessions and achievements to outshine other men and impress the girls, essentially a fight for mating right, and I want to impress the most beautiful girl, the fairest among them all!
And by what standard do you determine beauty? Hmm, let's see. What are the most commonly recognized features of female beauty? Symmetrical face, smooth skin, narrow waist, wide hips, and medium–large breasts. Studies show that all of these are indicators of female fecundity level, by which their reproductive potential is assessed - Symmetrical face = healthy and normal genetics, no birth defect that causes disfigurement; smooth skin = general health and youthfulness, longer fertile years ahead; narrow waist plus wide hips, aka a lower waist-to-hip ratio = easier pregnancy and childbirth, also youthfulness; medium–large breasts = good nutrition for the baby. Whether this reproductive potential will be fulfilled is out of your concern, on the dating market, at the moment, these features consistently draw your attention, even if you hate babies, you're driven by the same underlying motive - a reproductive success.
Therefore, a "heteronormative" sexuality is reduced to an "animalistic" sexuality. Paul instructed husbands to "love" their wives, but whatever love you think have with her is always gonna be a reflection of this evolutionary phychology. So, how can I love as a man and not an animal? How can I enjoy a lover and not a breeder? How can I have a pure, platonic, non-sexual agape love? Without a biblical understanding of sexuality, relationship and marriage, you reach the same conclusion: homosexuality.
Again, just to clarify, I'm just trying to figure out some of the logic and mental process behind this abomination, and also, why we really need a correct biblical view of sexuality.
No sir. If you don't love as a Christian, you love as an animal.What? Lol.
So, if you weren't a Christian, you'd be gay? Is that what you're saying?
What does that even mean? There are plenty of non-Christians in the world. Are they just animals to you?No sir. If you don't love as a Christian, you love as an animal.
Only if they view and assess women on a "hot or not" scale in the way I described.What does that even mean? There are plenty of non-Christians in the world. Are they just animals to you?
Putting any mention of homosexuality aside, what really makes "modern christian view of sexuality" unrealistic is the secular view that all men are polygamous in nature, i.e. having multiple sexual partners; or at least a "serial monogamist", i.e. having one single sexual partner at a time, jumping from one sexual partner to another, that's the common practice among the Pharisees when they asked Jesus, "is it lawful to divorce for any reason?" And all women are hypergamous in nature, i.e. dating the highest quality man attainable. They'll give you a biology lession to justify it, that men prioritize quantity, women prioritize quality, it has become a consensus that marriage is expected to only last for a period of time - usually till menopause, spouses natually grow apart, "till death do us part" and "let no man separate" is romantic, it's idealistic, but not realistic. It's foolishness to them, just as Paul taught, but it's not foolishness to God. Originally it was taught in the context of the crucifixion of Christ, but it's not just limited to that, it can be extended to many other Christian teachings such as sexuality.In Israel, by customs, they married even in 12-13 age. And stronger sexual exploration and urges starts at 15-16.
There's reason for that. Because they're actually growing in understanding all things.
And if you limit them of knowledge of sex and violence, they won't ever develop strong enough to deal with reality.
Thus puritanism view which greatly influenced all modern christianity, is twisted as well. Because it completely restricts all information and are just taught to flee. Like avoidance will solve issues.
It's impossible to be adult, and never experienced sexual feelings. If you hadn't experienced it at least through mastrubation, then you can't properly grow in adult with adult and mature thinking. And thus impossible standards parents hold to their children is just projection of parents incapability to be adults. To teach them rightly.
Anyways, we're taught by internet anyways. But do you really need to cut off all internet in order to avoid something.
But you already know what that something is. You have twisted, demonized and vague idea of what it is.
Puritans mixed lust and attraction as same thing. And that led to wreckage of faith and leads to unbelief.
So, parents can't pretend sex doesn't exists.
Guys do that all the time. Even Christian guys.Only if they view and assess women on a "hot or not" scale in the way I described.
Then that’s being carnal. Carnal minded.Guys do that all the time. Even Christian guys.
Girls do it, too. It's part of being human.Then that’s being carnal. Carnal minded.