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Originally Posted by FireFly
I'll take a stab at it if I may...
As a Christian, I am taught that Jesus is 'the way the truth and the light' and also that Jesus is 'love'. Noone gets to the Father but through him. But if Jesus is love, then is not also love the way the truth and the light and the only way to get to the Father?
What it boils down to, and what Jesus was trying to convey is that ABOVE ALL ELSE, we are to LOVE. Love is what makes us whole. How can you deny someone the ability for wholeness?
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This. Exactly This.
A few years ago I had 2 brothers. Now I have a brother and a sister.
My youngest brother announced to our immediate family and his wife a year or so ago that he was gay. Last week he announced it on Facebook.
In both situations my church is against their actions/situations/ or "choices" as some of them put it. Many in the church use that as a reason to fight against these people and push them from their lives.
I loved them before they were openly different and I don't see how it them announcing it has changed anything in that regard. If a Christian claims to love all of creation, why should that change because they didn't turn out how you wanted them to?
My aunt was particularly rough in what she said to my brother last week, and he responded, in part, with this which I think sums it up quite nicely, although from the other side of the coin.
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I don't say any of this as a gay man, but I say this as a child of God, as someone you held as a baby, your sister's little boy, and as your nephew who loves you, no matter what you think of him.
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