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Originally Posted by john.a
You don't have to get defensive. I wasn't trying to justify anything, I was explaining the situation a little more in case people didn't realise what the point of the forums were - all for the purpose of "to be fair." Like, it's a little better to create a support forum in response to a need within their own community (the Christian homosexual community desiring celibacy). It's not like they created a forum for the express purpose of hate.
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Sorry for the snarkiness.
It seems that the sexuality support forum on christianforums only offers support for homosexuals who view thier homosexuality in a certain way. That is my main problem with it. I could understand if there were only conservative/reactionary christians on the site, but there are progressive christians there as well. Its as if a whole group of gay christians are exempt from getting the support they are looking for.
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Originally Posted by john.a
So, having said that. I am Catholic and I myself did struggle with my sexuality for awhile - a struggle that I take very seriously and personally. For a while, I experimented with celibacy and now and then I got frustrated - as does anyone on a spiritual path. Now and then I wanted to find someone with whom to express my emotions and someone who had the same moral viewpoints I did. Since then, I have changed my mind but the point is that without support, I don't know how I would've ended up. And I wasn't suicidal or depressed or in danger. I was just a whiny friend who sometimes got frustrated with life and wanted another to let me rant and whine.
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I'm glad you found the support you were looking for.
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Originally Posted by john.a
So on Christian Forums, it was that need that sprung up from within the community and that society. Who are we to interfere with what that community does amongst themselves in so far as it crosses no legal boundaries?
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The problem is that there are differing opinions in the christian community. Christian forums has quite a few christians that are supportive for gays. Its just that they don't have the ability to say that in the sexuality support section.
I'm not going to interfere, just making an observation.
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Originally Posted by john.a
You don't have to be so stand-offish in expressing your curiosity about the quoted "homosexuals." I put it down because as a gay young adult, I myself have certain emotional issues with the word "homosexual." It's very clinical and cold. Many American televangelists use it with such hatred and vile that it hurts me to say it even if I mean it in every positive light possible. I put it in quotes because I wanted to use a more umbrella-, all-encompassing term but couldn't think of one and homosexual had to do.
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When I talk to christians who put homosexual in quotes, they don't do it for the reasons that you do. Thats why it irked me a little. Now that you explained why you did it, I can understand it. Even though I myself prefer the term homosexual over gay. You could always use the acronym next time.
November 30th, 2009, 07:35 PM
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