tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post6201753232263377407..comments2024-02-01T17:19:36.475-05:00Comments on My heart goes out...: Questions from "Anonymous" named Justin: Scriptural justification, and would I support gays if it wasn't for Ray?Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14545146592743875490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post-35569126206257860052009-11-30T23:27:32.020-05:002009-11-30T23:27:32.020-05:00Jarred,if you read some of the items Carol mention...Jarred,if you read some of the items Carol mentioned I think your concerns will be addressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post-70543329207853023582009-11-21T11:15:47.870-05:002009-11-21T11:15:47.870-05:00Thank you for showing us your heart, Carol, becaus...Thank you for showing us your heart, Carol, because I must admit sometimes I feel alone. I work in a church that is only beginning its journey to open and affirming, and I must not rock the boat. (It would be so much simpler if I weren't on staff. Then I wouldn't "represent" the church.)<br /><br />God must have something special lined up for me, because I have been getting ready for over three years for <i>something:</i> studying, going to seminars, networking, making new and dear friends. Can't wait to find out what it is.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852713057094279347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post-36430005530347893792009-11-20T14:43:44.511-05:002009-11-20T14:43:44.511-05:00You give some wonderful answers to these questions...You give some wonderful answers to these questions, Carol. I admire your patience, sincerity, and eloquence.<br /><br />I admit, however, that the second question bothers me. To be more specific the underlying implication that the fact that this issue eventually hit "so close to home" <i>shouldn't effect you</i> is what bothers me. It demonstrates a growing desire of some to keep the discussion of gayness an entirely theoretical concept devoid of the human element. The problem is, the human element of the topic is inherent to it, and ignoring it merely makes it into something different and ugly.<br /><br />I also find it theologically troubling. How can any such topic be looked at theologically <i>without</i> looking at the real effects it has on and implications it has for real live people? How does even trying to divorce the theology from those questions fit in with a theology that is centered on <i>reconciling mankind to its Creator</i>? The idea simply makes no sense. To me, the idea of not thinking about the very real people that are affected by the theology in question would be anathema to a Creator who is so concerned about people that He shed His own blood in order to enable the reconciliation process. It also seems to me to fly in the face of a Savior who spent much time showing concern for those around him and even once rebuked his critics by saying that "a doctor comes not for the healthy, but for the sick." (Not an exact quote, I assure you.) Or a Savior who gave sermons as the parable of the sheep and the goats.Jarredhttp://journey.northerngrove.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post-44464848851559011062009-11-17T03:34:45.284-05:002009-11-17T03:34:45.284-05:00BEAUTIFULLY expressed, Carol!
i especially resona...BEAUTIFULLY expressed, Carol!<br /><br />i especially resonated with this:<br /><br />'How tragic is it to try throughout one’s life to be someone you’re not destined to be? And how tragic is it that our society tries to inflict the heterosexist majority on those for whom this is impossible?'<br /><br />THANK YOU for your heart!<br /><br />AdeleExistential Punkhttp://existentialpunk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023809369245556096.post-29612883202166480882009-11-16T16:52:51.809-05:002009-11-16T16:52:51.809-05:00A most excellent piece written. Your ways of wordi...A most excellent piece written. Your ways of wording things are far better than I could ever - God has given you a beautiful gift.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02508567091434947464noreply@blogger.com