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America is normalizing homosexuality. Is it good or bad? I think it's bad because it is wrong. What you do behind closed doors should stay behind closed doors. We don't need to fill children's minds with such evil. Like the transgender bathrooms... we don't need them. There is a thing called a family restroom. If that isn't good enough them them, then I guess they aren't using the restroom until them get home.
Homosexuals get so offended by stuff we do... but why do they do care and get mad when we get offended by them? Just because you find the same sex attractive doesn't make you special or get more privileges. When they do the gay pride marches I feel bad for them but at the same time I don't because they are proud of going to hell. When you're celebrating and aren't repenting from your sin, then by all means have fun burning. Leviticus 20:13 says, "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable..." Unfortunately a child of a same-sex marriage will be deprived of his natural mother or father. He will necessarily be raised by one party who has no blood relationship with him. He will always be deprived of either a mother or father role model. Nobody is born gay. Being gay is a choice. God gave us choice. He wants to see if we would obey Him and do right instead of wrong. God does not hate gays even though he does not like the sin. He still loves them because they are His creation too. I've read many articles by ex-homosexuals and they all say they chose to be gay. They were hurt by someone in their life. When gays have parades we should be respectful. It's wrong to hate. When we have parades or even public prayer people get made and try to stop it because they don't want to accept that what they are doing is wrong. I don't hate gay people. I have gay friends. I know what they are doing is wrong, but I'm not going to dislike them because of that. My gay friends respect me and my beliefs and because of that I respect them. Some people say I shouldn't hang with them because they might influence me, but they won't because I know right from wrong. A lot of people may not agree with me, but that's okay.
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Matthew: Westboro Baptist has an interesting way of spreading the Gospel. They choose to do it through hate and not through love. The Westboro church website is godhatesfags.com which they think is completely okay, but it's not in my opinion. That is showing hate from God but God doesn't really hate them. God doesn't hate anyone, he hates the sin controlling a person's life. To me the reason this is so bad is that it will stir people away from Christianity because we are against people or we are against LGBT. We don't support it and we might not like it but we're not going to hate them or call them out or be mean because it's not our place to. I think Westboro needs help on how to share their message. Instead of saying, "God hates your prayers" you could say, "God doesn't like it when you pray but don't mean it." When you say things nicely people want to know more about who God is and what God wants from them... and all of us. Jonathan: It shouldn't matter about a person's sexuality. They are human beings and we shouldn't act differently toward them because of who they are.
A lot of people now in the church and in the media think that we should treat them differently because of how they act. That isn't how we are supposed to treat them. Mark 12:31 says, "Love they neighbor as thy self" so we should treat them as we want them to treat us. Matthew 7:5 says we shouldn't worry about the speck in our brother's eye before you deal with the log in your own eye. That means we need to treat them with respect and not judge them about their sins when we need to deal with our own first. Yes, it is true homosexuality is a sin, but God loves everyone the way they are so we should be like God and love them for who they are not how they act. God hates the sin but loves the sinner. It's not about people's sin that we should be focusing on. It should be the love that God shows them. When I was in elementary school I was bullied pretty much everyday and started hating myself more and more. The things they would say tore me apart. They told me I was insane because of my disabilities and that I wouldn't get anywhere in life because I was fat, stupid and slow. The criticism and hatred towards me has made me negative and hateful toward myself. When someone gives me a compliment I shoot it down. It's not that I WON'T believe it. It's that I CAN'T believe it. It's almost impossible. It's like a war inside my head. When someone tells me I look beautiful, it gets replaced by criticisms of the past. The battle wears me out, therefore I choose not to fight it. Unfortunately God waited 11 years to show me the reason for my struggle. The bullying went on from kindergarten to 10th grade. I started to wonder if God cared about me like the pastors said He did.
I mean, I would go home crying and asking God, "Why are you making me go through this? I'm just a kid. I don't want to deal with this!" It didn't seem like God loved me if He made me go through that, but everything happens for a reason. Unfortunately God waited 11 years to show me the reason for my struggle. As the years went by, I started to observe the people who were bullying me instead of just being the victim. I watched people who were being bullied and watched how they reacted. I learned to react differently than others would. Now I know not to be mean back, but to stand up for myself the correct way or walk away, if I'm able. I learned people don't bully others just to be mean. Life may be hard for them. They might not have a father or a mother to come home to. They might not get enough attention at home or have people who care, so they bully others to get attention. They also might have an abusive parent, therefore they are abusive toward others. Some people might want to act tough to let others know not to mess with them. One might have a popular family. In other words, one's parents might be popular and they expect their child to be popular. They bully to stay popular. Unfortunately some people do bully just to be mean. I have yet to figure out why, but I'll figure it out someday. So, the reason I think God allowed me to be put through all this bullying is so I can understand people better and learn safe ways to defend myself and others. Lindsey, Matt and Joseph discuss how God brought something good from seemingly terrible circumstances... a cutting habit, a brother's challenges, and the loss of a family member.
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