Daniel, you must not be reading too well what has been shared.
Sure, one can say they condemn homosexuality. But it doesn't necessarily mean they are truly condemning it as would be seen by the Bible and Christians. If it was truly condemned, why just months ago would the poster state they were a gay minister? It sure doesn't sound like a condemnation of homosexuality, does it? Sounds very similar to what others have encountered online. Preach "love" and forget that the act is a sin. That's basically what that post was saying.
Some are completely missing the point, perhaps deliberately so they can go after others as if they are judging and condemning when they are not?
If this board allowed someone to portray themselves as having a ministry to gays, and that ministry actually promoted one on one homosexual relationships, what would you then think if some readers or members who were struggling with homosexual thoughts contacted this person privately and were being told that the Bible doesn't teach against it and that a one on one relationship was okay? And then they took that step into a gay relationship? And all the while you are shouting pharisees! And the gay ministry is leading people into a sinful lifestyle.
Wake up! Nowhere on this board did this man come clean about what he considered a homosexual lifestyle. He admitted elsewhere to being a gay minister. Daniel, that is not judging or condemning- that is showing the deceipt with which one posted.
If you want people to have free reign here to promote the liefstyle, while appearing to be against it, then something is very, very wrong. Stop pouncing on Coonskinner and Newman and stop and truly see just what happened here. No one stated anything about turning this individual away. No one said they wouldn't pray for him or have compassion. But you cannot help someone if they don't see what they are involved in is sinful. Until they can do that, all you can do is pray....and not allow their beliefs to influence unsuspecting others.
And the person was online when I shared the AIM post. Funny how they disappeared afterward. If they were on the up and up, they would have immediately posted to clear up any misconception. I know I would have if someone said I said I was a gay minister when I'd supposedly left that lifestyle.
Think about it, brother, and stop posting simply to stir things up. Think. read. His own words outed him.
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