Religion

[MisterMayor]

This is a discussion about gays and religion. Please use this discussion to talk about religious issues.

[greg]

i use to think it was bad to be gay in the bible but now im not so shure. i found out alot of things like the king james part was written by agay man. then theres part of the bible based off sumerian text. i went further in and read up on it and found that thire are alike parts and i thougt that they where paigan. im just not shure any more

[MisterMayor]

I too felt guilty about being gay because of religious teachings and the biblical verses which condemn it. However once I prayed about it and the Holy Spirit told me that I would find the answer if I read scripture. I opened by Bible and came to the verse in Matthew 19 where Jesus is talking about whether or not all men must marry. Jesus basically said, no. Not all men will marry a woman. Some men will be born 'effeminate' in their mother's wombs. Some other men will be made 'effeminate or emasuclated' by other men, and still some others will be voluntarily emasculated, such as a transgender.
Go check it out for yourself and tell others about it. It needs to be understood that a 'eunuch' is an emasculated male or one without the male hormone testosterone. Testosterone makes a man manly. Muscles, deep voice, adams apple, hair on face and body, etc. Without testosterone, we produce too much female hormones called estrogen which makes our skin soft, muscles weaker, breasts develop, voice is higher and softer, etc.
I do not think Jesus was saying that men will be born without testicles here. He does go on to add:...Not all men will understand this.
After some research on this matter, I have come to realize that there was no word for 'gay' or 'homosexual' in the ancient times. That is why they said 'know them' and 'man lay with man' etc. A eunuch was a common term used for all effeminate men of the time. If we today were to go back to using that term, instead of gay or homosexual, the Christians would have to accept us as God made us. God mentions that eunuchs who obey his covenants will inherit a 'special' place in His Kingdom in the book of Issaiah. And there is another story in the Bible of a eunuch who was baptised proving that eunchs, feminine men, emasculated males and gays or homosexuals can be baptized and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen

greg said:

i use to think it was bad to be gay in the bible but now im not so shure. i found out alot of things like the king james part was written by agay man. then theres part of the bible based off sumerian text. i went further in and read up on it and found that thire are alike parts and i thougt that they where paigan. im just not shure any more

[The ONE Church - Pastor Charles]

I pastor a GLBT Affirming church in Dallas (although we are presently considering moving our ministry to Austin). We have a number of websites that address issues related to being Gay and Christian.... Check them out!

www.Dallas1Church.org
www.LAFOF.org
www.GayBelievers.org
www.GayApostolic.org
www.GayPentecostals.org

[The ONE Church - Pastor Charles]

I am not at all trying to spam here, but I am trying to network a bit.
I am the Gay pastor of a GLBT Affirming church presently in Dallas, TX. Our ministry (a fully GLBT Affirming and Inclusive Pentecostal ministry) is contemplating moving to the Austin area. We are trying to see if there might be any folks i...n Austin who would be interested in being a part of our church were we to move it there. If you, or anyone you may know, might be interested, I would love to talk with you (or them). I may be contacted at [e-mail] or by phone at 214-724-5658
Please do not take offense at this mailing. Again, we are not trying to spam, but to network within our community.
Pastor CharlesYou can see our various online ministries/websites at:
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www.LAFOF.org
www.GayBelievers.org
www.GayApostolics.org
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