Ahem, you, selfish?
Submitted by Thunderchild on March 28 2002 21:47:20
In reply to another really long one-- read it in shifts =0) submitted by sally on March 26 2002 03:48:31
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"I say my selfishness is sin. I am selfish and I think I will be selfish to the day I die. Sometimes I am less selfish than others but basically it is always with me. I constantly have to repent of it and renounce it and seek to kill it. But it is always right there with me. So I could say my life orientation is selfishness." You, selfish? I honestly wouldn't believe it. Lets look at the things I know about you from reading your messages today. Firstly, you're married to a quadraplegic man, and are faithfull to him. This requires a celebate life. You have given up all others, and any chance of a sexual relationship while he is alive, to share a life with him. That is definetly not selfish. Also, I know about you because you have chosen to talk to a group of paedophiles about our orientation, and your thoughts/feelings on it. While I disagree on many points, including where you draw a line between sin and not-sin (although I am probably closer to where you are on this point than most here), I see some valuable and challenging messages from you here. You are here as an outsider, a member of a world where those who are not like us (and many who are!) literally hate us to death, and yet you are being kind, polite, encouraging (well, most of the time). You are giving of your time not only to learn more about us, but also to encourage and challenge us. And you call yourself selfish? Actually, you are in part why I have found this board. Someone on another board suggested I look at this thread. I may not have realised this board was here if it wasn't for you posting. I suggest you stop and think about where those thoughts are really coming from. Are you really as selfish as you paint yourself in this message, or are you spending more time listening to the accuser than you should? With Love, Thunderchild |
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