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Originally Posted by Thad
I'm just curious, for those of you that came out against chosen, how do you feel now since this last post ??
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Thad, I have no problems with any of my concerns that I voiced. When I first posted, I shared some things I had experienced in the past and made mention that it was not meant toward chosen.
However, when I saw the AOL post, that changed things. And while chosen made a very nice post and some clarification, everything I had stated was based upon his very own words. And, as are some others, I am yet hesitant after his response.
How do you accidentally write you are gay or a gay minister? I cannot see someone writing something like this only because they abused medications. I cannot imagine, for instance, Coonskinner slipping and writing he was a gay minister if he had accidentally taken too many pain meds for an ailment. The Bible says that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
There is a great deal of deception in homosexual circles and in many so-called gay ministries. Knowing this and being hesitant when one senses something may not be on the up and up in this area- none of this translates as some here seem to want to persistently push and say it means we don't care, won't minister to gays, ad nauseum. That's lies. Nobody here was that way.
See, I've heard someone very vocally state they were not in a gay relationship. Claimed "it" didn't work, so a relationship couldn't be happening. Many, many believed him. He was very well liked and loved among those online he so deliberately deceived. Yet while he said all this, he was living with the same partner he'd been with since childhood. And, sometime after he "died," he married this same man, the one he wasn't in a gay relationship with. In this area, often you need to define exactly what is meant in the words the individual is using. If you don't, you may well end up believing a blatent and intentional lie.
So when I hear certain words and they leave very particular openings, I am hesitant and leery to believe and accept what is said. For I have learned the very hard and painful way that sometimes much more is stated by the words not spoken.
I stand by my prior and present concerns. I know what I have learned and I know when to use caution in this area. And, unfortunately, I still see caution signs, despite the responses.
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