If I wanted to be attacked, I'd have gone to an atheist site and proven to them that God has touched me. The level of anger coming from depleted is disheartening, if she's so nasty to a sister in Christ, how does she act around those who don't believe. If Holy Spirit reveals something to me in my Scripture reading, why should I test it further?
Mobiosity: There seems to be a lot of attacking on this site. I would say it is intolerant and some things that are said are downright shocking like ... "I will pray that God sends an earthquake to California". Sounds more like the Taliban than Christianity in some cases. If you are one that refuses to discriminate against you are in deep trouble on this site. To not do that is the same as siding with.
As far as I can tell the point of them having surgery is to be happier in their own skin. If this will keep ANYONE from killing themselves it should be allowed after enough psycho-therapy to make sure that is what is warranted.What's the point of having surgery? Or taking hormones? Or dressing as the opposite sex? A person CANNOT truly change their gender...
I think you know the correct answer to that, even if you weren't responding to me.if some random man tried to abuse a child in front of me
and i stop him
am i intolerant?
I'm sorry I'm not here enough for you.
All I've seen is "it's wrong". Hence the "eww".
I've been shown no scriptural evidence.
I don't see myself as superior in any way. I don't understand the problem that folks have with people being treated to match their minds with their bodies.
if someone has a mental issue
you dont mutilate their body....
you purify their mind
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1 cor 6
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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Psalms 55:22 - Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved
Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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does this mean one of these lost souls who have this surgery could not be forgiven?
NO.
1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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but you need to see sin as sin....
in order to ask for forgiveness.....
Ezekiel 36:26
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
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this comes with a transformation....
and that initial mental issue that made them so confused they felt pain because God made them a man or woman will now be replaced
because their new heart will desire Him and His will
not their own pleasures or fleshly wants....
now notice
hebrews 10
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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john 6
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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1 John 2:19
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
those who were not of us (not born again saved children of God)
stop believing
but they also
Romans 1:27-29
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Isaiah 5:20
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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they also do not acknowledge sin as sin
they switch good and evil around in their minds
denying Gods order and place as the one who decides what is just
and what is wicked
As far as I can tell the point of them having surgery is to be happier in their own skin. If this will keep ANYONE from killing themselves it should be allowed after enough psycho-therapy to make sure that is what is warranted.
Most addicts know they're addicts and would be free if they could. Others aren't yet ready to face having to give up the joy they get from the drugs.(love is wanting the best for someone... to the point of sacrifice....
which to a drug addict isnt giving them free drugs or making excuses for them... its telling them the truth even if they hate you for it)
the joy they get from the drugs.

Originally Posted by NoNameMcgee
if some random man tried to abuse a child in front of me
and i stop him
am i intolerant?
NoName McGee: That is an argument from false equivalency. You are not seeing that some of the comments are very intolerant, downright hateful even .... or you are choosing to ignore things like:
1) Praying to God an earthquake hits California
2) The man who immolated himself ... a whole thread on that ... just a way to disparage ALL gay people and paint them in a negative light. The man was ill, mentally ill, most probably and he committed suicide in a most horrific painful way. Yet not one comment said "Oh that is awful. I feel bad for him". No. Just 6 pages of hatred. That is not Christianity.
If you believe it is a sin and that all sin is the same, then why that thread? Why is there never a thread on the awful divorced Christians who remarry?
No, what is happening on this site is that we are "otherising" people. Historically: we did it to the Jews, we did it to the blacks, we go all the way back and Christians used their Bibles to justify having slaves, then discrimination laws that made them little more than slaves. It was wrong then and it is wrong now.
Jesus: "Love thy neighbour as thyself" ... I am pretty sure he meant ALL of your neighbours regardless of colour, religion, lack of religion, etc. Yet the hatred of those whose sexuality is "different", of Muslims, and others I will not mention ... goes on and we make excuses.
Yes, they may be fine people, but when they are saying nasty things, it is un-Christ like.
no
youre wrong
i agreed many on the site act in a fleshly way
(but you chose to delete a large part of what i said)
you however are conflating what some people say with everyone
you are new to the site
so i guess i understand having a limited understanding in regards to how many brothers and sisters in Christ here will speak according to the spirit much more often than not
secondly
i havent read every single post like the silly ones you mention out of context
who would HONESTLY pray for an earthquake on a city?
you ought to pray for Gods will to be done on a city
if thats an earthquake who are we to judge?
but to ask for that seems ridiculous
like maybe it was an off hand remark after someone was baited
or said by someone currently acting according to the flesh
as for speaking against people who choose to feed their lusts to the point of being a practicing homosexual
ehhh
well hate the sin
not the sinner
but the "gay pride" agenda is a horrible cancer that uses one sin to push another
filled with shame tactics
and lies to manipulate those who speak against this movement
i have yet to see you say anything Christ like
so whats your standard?
mine is love
ive seen this from lynn if thats who youre accusing
Most addicts know they're addicts and would be free if they could. Others aren't yet ready to face having to give up the joy they get from the drugs.
Still don't think you were homosexual. Abused, definitely, but not homosexual.Hey mobiosity. As a former homosexual (gradually) I don't think i'm in the right place to answer this but I feel compelled to do so, so I would do just that.
Being transgender is just a forward stage of being homosexual (to me), it's more like saying i'm dating a girl and I feel like the man in the relationship so I might just as well be one. I for one think homosexual and the forward version comes to a person due to their surroundings and what they are faced with... somehow like a psychological problem (not necessarily a mental illness). I ended up a homosexual by mistake, I was very young and I didn't even know what I was doing... if I was cautioned at that time I could have seen the wrong but I wasn't and it affected my thinking.
I was still contemplating whether or not homosexuality was actually a sin. I once tried to defend myself by thinking that God didn't punish Sodom and Gomorrah for homosexual practice but for adultery and fornication or for the wrong way of practising homosexuality. In a thread I made I unconsciously defended it and in the process a member felt attacked... Yes, that's how deep it affects people. The thing is when I got here I was convinced to push it aside cuz it was an abomination (emphasis on abomination) meaning that whatever logic you use it is still a sin. I still tried defending it but then I saw a post in on one of the bed forums... either the let's play bible trivia or not by works (not sure about this)..... one of the two and the person quoted a verse in the bible that even supporting it (not practising) is a sin and then I decided that no matter how normal it may seem.. As long it is blocking my way to eternal life it isn't good for me.
I still get a little vexed when someone just says something off key like depleted's post saying their murder rate is high... totally not true.
Not sure if you can call it a mental illness but who am I to comment on that. A mad person will never admit he is mad.
I rest my case.
Oh please just grow up
If she wants to attack you, u will know. Known her for a while...
Mobiosity: There seems to be a lot of attacking on this site. I would say it is intolerant and some things that are said are downright shocking like ... "I will pray that God sends an earthquake to California". Sounds more like the Taliban than Christianity in some cases. If you are one that refuses to discriminate against you are in deep trouble on this site. To not do that is the same as siding with.
Grab a piece of paper and pen/pencil, and tick off every response you got before you came back to "all I got was eww." How many really were "eww?" (Ladybug ewwed, more than once.) How many were not? You dismissed all the were-nots, or you lied. Your choice on which you rather call it.If you saw me dismiss anything other than your anger, please show it to me. I pray to our Lord and read His Word every day. And I ask Him to reveal to me what He wants me to get out of His Word.
Oh, do understand. I don't even think you hit sympathetic, so I'm really not assuming you are. The word "sympathetic" was your word, so I used it.Why would you assume that I am curious in some way that will make me sympathetic? Sympathetic to whom and why?
It proves nothing other than curiosity. My own personal opinion of my "shininess" would surprise you, but I doubt you'd be open to hearing it.
Judge much?
If you go to an atheist site, they'd pull you to shreds in 1.5 seconds. The Holy Spirit revealed nothing to you in scripture reading. If he had, you'd be able to name it and tell why.If I wanted to be attacked, I'd have gone to an atheist site and proven to them that God has touched me. The level of anger coming from depleted is disheartening, if she's so nasty to a sister in Christ, how does she act around those who don't believe. If Holy Spirit reveals something to me in my Scripture reading, why should I test it further?