Love or Abuse?
Submitted by Bach on February 24 1999 at 09:16:40
In reply to Re: & Christ is the head of the Church Submitted by Mijenmit Perks on February 23 1999 at 15:46:47
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Hi Mijenmit Perks, Welcome to Christian Boylove Forum. Nice to have you with us. I too, appreciate the message of love and acceptance that Christ brought into the world. That the Old Testament God of fear and trembling is replaced with a merciful God full of Grace. I would just like to comment on an aspect of your post: all love pedophilic,incestual,gay,lesbian,self love,God never put`s up walls God never wants us to stop loving. What I try to keep in mind, though, is that sometimes the lines between love and abuse are not so obvious. And sometimes various forms of love -- pedophilic, incestual, gay, etc -- can become abusive even if they began out of true love. I guess what I am saying is that I wouldn't want to make things so general that all love is of God, therefore it is good. Love is of God. Lust is of human beings. The way we choose to express our love can be damaging in some cases. Society is particularily worried about relationships of pedophilic and incestual nature. While they are not abusive by definition, like all intense interpersonal relationships, they certainly have the potential to be about power and control. Enough on this for now. Thanks for stimulating my reflection. Peace of Christ, Bach 
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