Re: Posing a question
Submitted by Piemur on January 25 2001 21:20:28
In reply to Posing a question submitted by Dakota on January 25 2001 18:30:12
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I also do not believe that God *made* us boylovers. I don't beleive that God can create someone to be a boylove since I beleive that boylove is counter to the teaching of Scripture. I know that some here may not hold to the same beliefs that I have, but I beleive that Scripture is the word of God, inerrant and infallible. Some here have labelled it as antiquated teachings of dead men. I beleive it is the living teaching of a living God. So. . . my opinion of whether we were created as boylovers is formed in that context. I don't beleive a that God, who is completely Holy, can do anything counter to His own teachings and His own word. That would make Him by definition, unholy. That is a definition of God I can't accept. But, I too, have no idea how I became a boylover. I just am one. I have decided that I will never engage in a sexual activity with a child because I believe it very clearly to be sin. So, regardless of studies suggestd by others that sex with a man may not harm a boy, I still beleive it to be a sin. Besides, I wopuld rather rely on my own sense in this matter than a study I know nothing about and whose results I am suspicious of. But I am still seeking. I don't understand why I am the way I am. For a long time I condemned myself and drifted into depression over the whole thing. After reading a book by Brennan Manning - "Abba's Child" I started to get more in touch with who I was to God - a beloved son. I am trying to see myself in that light. I am trying to cope with my sins and my shortcomings in the light of the love of God. So, I don't beleive that God made me this way, but I do believe He loves me anyway. I beleive that He wants me to be true to His word and to resist lust and to resist improper sexual relations, but I beleive He continues to love me and accept me as His child. I wish all of you God's peace and love as you come to grips with who you are and who God wants you to be. He is asking us to grow in our relationship with Him. Just what any Father wants from a Son. Grace and Peace, Piemur |
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