Non-Christians more caring than Christians

[stovebolts]

If it matters to anyone....

Three homosexual women and one homosexual male were sitting together yesterday at work and I was next to them for about an hour as I heard them talk about their boyfriends and girlfriends. They even had pictures on their desks of their better halves.

It didn't really bother me that they were gay, but it did bother me that they would say some of the stuff they were saying. Not to be partial, but if was a bunch of guys talking about gals, I'd of been just as offended.

Funny thing about it was that one of their co-workers who was single was chatting with them and one of the homosexual gals made a comment to the straight gal and the straight gal replied, "You don't know me well enough to be talking to me like that" and it immediately became a sore spot with all the homosexuals.

What I took away from it was that the Homosexuals felt like they could talk to a straight gal as if she was also gay and that the straight gal had to accept it and you could feel the tension suddenly settle in.

We hear an awful lot about intolerance these days, but I don't like it when somebody thinks they have the right to impose their belief on another, and that's what the homosexuals were doing to this straight gal. You should have seen it and all the straight gal was saying was, "You don't know me well enough to talk to me that way", referring to her sexual preference.

In all, the straight gal navigated the conversation well... it could have turned ugly real quick. Me, I just kept my mouth shut and did what I was there to do.

 

[Aardverk]

Judging the non-believer is not a purview of the Christian, therefore criticism of the non-believer for his/her viewpoint is counterproductive and a waste of effort. We as Christians are not assigned the task of judging the world. We are assigned the task of winning the world to Christ. Christians who choose to "hate" -- I use the term as the non-believers and the LGBT alliance use it -- by judging are doing nothing to win souls, and in fact are driving souls away from God.

If we want to truly make a difference in this world, we as Christians must love as Christ loves. That does not entail condemning sinners. It entails loving them where they are at, just as Jesus did.

Respectfully I say, if you want to condemn others rather than love them, stay out of the discussion. You are not doing anyone any favors and you certainly are not showing the love of your Savior.

It probably goes without saying that I agree with virtually everything you said - and well said too.

However, I really don't think people should be afraid to comment if they feel entitled to condemn others. If they do that, they effectively invite others to point out the errors of their ways. It is only when some people are challenged by their peers that they stop and think for themselves. Rather too many are just mouthing the old, unthinking ideas that their forefathers mouthed and they do not even realize what they are doing. I think it behooves us to seek to advance rather than to advocate stagnation.

Great advances have been made in the last century but there is no reason to think that we know everything or have got everything right. I prefer to say that I KNOW nothing. My religion and moral framework are based on guesswork and opinion - same as everyone else.

 

[Free]

This is a reminder to cease all homosexual discussion.

 

[stovebolts]

From the owner of this topic as his first post.

There is something that has been on my mind for a while…Somethingthat’s really bothered me about Christians mainly in America at themoment. I see the cold, self-righteousattitudes. The hateful responses from Christians over gay marriage debates. The multitude of answers to simplequestions. Heck, I know someone who usedto go to church and when she announced she was gay, ALL the people she knew andwere friends with slowly drifted away from her after that. So much for love.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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It’s all these things…the horrible attitude of Christiansthat bothers me. It’s sad when I canfind more legitimately friendly and caring Atheists than I can Christians. Doesn’t it bother anyone else that we claimChrist leads to peace and yet a seemingly majority don’t even come close tofitting the description of a Christian? <o:p></o:p>

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Free,
I just looked at the announcement on Homosexual discussions and I just found out that they are not allowed in the General Forum.

Since the OP is about homosexuality in general, how about moving it o CT&A where it can continue to be discussed?

Thanks!