Posted on 06/27/2013 12:08:33 PM PDT by scripter
Because I do not understand why anybody would care about it.
Grand Rapids Public Library?
God bless you, Metmom, This lovely young woman in my church who is leading Vacation Bible classes now was on the skids in life until she read Lee Strobel’s series of books, esp. Case for a Creator, and repented. God can heal, if we give Him a chance. Hugs, Bob
Great Reformed Ping List.
That’s a rather myopic worldview. I’m really glad different people care for different things and I’m really glad there are many others willing to help those with unwanted same-sex attractions.
Bumped “After the Ball” thread - has a summary from the book, how they planned to “Overhaul Straight America”.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1147428/posts?page=10
lj, it was a rhetorical statement... I (we) know they have been working on taking control for over half a century... well, they have almost succeeded... :/
Our only hope now, is to get the public to see/understand what has happened (I guess it its too much to hope they see the BIG/WHOLE picture :/)..
It is def not enough that we on FreeRepublic know and understand what is taking place... and I am in NO position to ask others how or what to do since I am overseas and can’t physically make a physical protest :/
Speaking as someone who went to school within walking distance of the main Grand Rapids Public Library building in downtown Grand Rapids, that's an amusing alternative acronym for the Great Reformed Ping List that I'd never thought of.
However, I don't think even back in the 1970s or early 1980s, when I was spending a lot of time in that library, that very many of the patrons of the Grand Rapids Public Library would have been mistaken for being confessional Calvinists. Grand Rapids has taken a serious wrong turn and did so several decades ago.
Okay, Elkfersupper, I'm game for a debate on homosexuality.
I spent a lot of time on that issue years ago in a former denomination, and while I didn't expect to see that discussion here on Free Republic, I think we need to be ready to give an answer at all times and in all places for what we believe as Christians.
Let's start with a simple question for clarification, and then a more probing question.
1. You say you don't believe lesbianism is a sin. That is an unusual way to phrase the statement. Does that mean you do have an objection to male homosexuality but not to lesbianism? (Those familiar with these debates in Reform and Conservative Judaism may know why I'm asking the question, even though I'm guessing this is a tangent where Elkfersupper was not going.)
2. More to the point, however, your phrase implies that do you believe that sin exists, just that lesbianism isn't a sin. If I'm reading you correctly that you believe sin exists, how do we know what sin is?
I'll follow up based on your answers.
I don't want to presume what you believe; that's not fair to you and you deserve to be treated as an individual with your own views, neither blamed nor praised for somebody else’s views which you may not hold.
Please read this thread and then let's talk about the way people advocating an agenda very alien to what you and I believe have succeeded in manipulating American public opinion on homosexuality.
After the Ball—Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won
Crosswalk.com ^ | June 3, 2004 | Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1147428/posts?page=10#1
Thanks for the clarification!
placemarker
I don't believe in the concept of "sin", because the people who established and perpetuated that concept were acting upon a myth.
"Wrong" is whatever deprives people of liberty, property and income. "Right" is everything else.
mark
A personal encounter with Jesus changed my stripes. I tried on my own for 40 years. Took him an hour.
Excellent interview. I remember when she first appeared in the Christian magazines. Thanks for the post.
I hope I can learn from that pastor’s example.
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