[BlackElk]

I also understand that we cannot equate your nephew with Hitler. I don't actually and I certainly don't expect you to do so. I simply extended to the absurd for illustrative purposes that my virtues or your virtues or your nephew's virtues do not excuse my sins, your sins or your nephew's sins.

The Old Testament view of homosexuality makes me look like Pollyanna. Sodom and Gomorrah. Death penalty for any single homosexual act, etc.

To love your nephew or any other human being is to want what is best for that person. The best of all is salvation. To pray for your someone's salvation is not to condone his misbehavior and we are all guilty of misbehavior of some sort.

I honestly mean no offense to you or your nephew. May God bless you and yours.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I do not take offense. I welcome the discussion that is not mean spirited. So many on this forum, and this thread, get aggravated when someone labels them a “hater” for speaking out against gays, but those are some of the same people that are just as mean spirited.

So to your point here: “To pray for your someone’s salvation is not to condone his misbehavior and we are all guilty of misbehavior of some sort.”

If I pray for my nephew (and I do) is that all I would be, let’s say compelled to do, at least Biblically, to help him. I ask because it’s incredibly difficult to have a conversation about the issue without hurting the feelings of any one of a dozen people.

Does that make sense?