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August 28th, 2006
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A welcome challenge - Prequel
Someone whom I presume is associated with Alliance University College in Calgary recently challenged me to explain how I deal with the Bible and with living a holy sexual life as a gay Christian. This is an important and welcome challenge, so I will be posting a series of related posts to my journal. Pray for us as we discuss, that our conversation will be full of love, truth, and light.

This series of posts will be in the public portion of my journal, and will be clearly labelled so that those who wish to read, or to avoid, may do so easily.

For the saints, and for the Lamb,
Rob

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From:[info]amigone
Date:August 28th, 2006 11:02 pm (UTC)
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As someone who was told by her former pastor that I am going to hell, etc, etc ad nauseum beucase I am a lesbian, I'm interested to hear how your belief systems work.

I'm no longer intersted in persueing Christianity as a religion or belief, as I don't believe in it, but as someone who knows what it's like to be in the church, I want to know.
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From:[info]amigone
Date:August 28th, 2006 11:02 pm (UTC)
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Also, what're you doing in TO? Did you move there now, or are you visiting? :P
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From:[info]spiritboi
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:44 am (UTC)
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Visiting family. Smartass! I'll be back in the Peg on Saturday night. :P Love ya, Rob
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From:[info]amigone
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:46 am (UTC)
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:P I may be a smart ass, but the alternative is being a dumbass! I'd rather be the former.
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From:[info]spiritboi
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:48 am (UTC)
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It's quite a statement when it implies that you ASS is smarter than your head. ;) :P TJK, of course!
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From:[info]amigone
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:53 am (UTC)
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Nowhere in what I said, Mr. Rob, did I say my ass was smarter than my head.
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From:[info]spiritboi
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:55 am (UTC)
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Sorry, inside joke with a friend of mine. Every time I said, "Smartass!" he would reply, "But my ass is smarter than your head!" I guess you had to be there.
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From:[info]spiritboi
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:47 am (UTC)
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While I am disappointed that you no longer want to pursue the formally Christian path, I can understand your frustration, so I'd be more than happy to let you eavesdrop on the conversation. I'd be interested to know (for curiosity's sake) what you think of Jesus, himself? Who is he? Does his teaching fit into your journey at all?

Love and peace,
Rob
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From:[info]spiritboi
Date:August 29th, 2006 01:53 am (UTC)
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Quick additional comment: I think Christians who use hell (assuming a literal place) as a weapon are fundamentally off-base. I think Jesus had a lot more to say about those who oppressed the poor and ostracized and broken than about any other group of people. Your former pastor cannot conclusively state that Jesus doesn't consider you his friend. That's kinda up to him to decide. Never mind, that's a soapbox I won't climb higher on right now.

Plenty of time for that in the formal posts.
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