Originally posted by Adrift
I personally think its better to encourage people with empowerment to take charge of their own life, to love God and pursue a holy life, and not act on these desires, break the habits and cultivate new godly virtues. Celebrate the gift of celibacy for the Kingdom of God, and other such things.
The idea that you're not fully, or authentically, or piously a Christian if you have homosexual attractions you cannot control, is to me a ludicrous proposition.
As for the non-sequitur about those who experience abnormal attractions to pre-teens, or those who experience ephebophilia, then its not a matter of mere guesswork to me, I know personally some with those attractions who keep it hidden, have struggled with it, and sublimated those desires in various ways. I think they should celebrated, if the subject wasn't so taboo and scandalous to people. I don't think they should be treated with deep seated suspicion as to their love of God.
Any Christian theology that cannot deal with life-long suffering is not genuine. Even St. Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" that God refused to remove no matter how many times he asked for it.
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