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If you're talking about me... I'm a mom.  :)  Draw other conclusions, too, if you wish; they're likely to be incorrect as well. 

I believe this was the time frame when the changes began, as well.  It was more of a slow fade, IMO, than a downfall - it was years / decades in the making. 

I'd explain (again) but I'm beginning to doubt that you have any intention of trying to understand.  Good Christians come down on both sides of the drinking issue, and on other issues, as well.  I'm happy to leave it at that.  Cheers! 

Sorry you didn't follow the logic.  It made sense to me! lol  :o

Not at all.  But I understand why you have to believe that.  Best wishes to you! Why?  If it's a "100%" issue, that means everyone already agrees that it's either ok or it's sin (I'm just not sure which, based on this thread).  Ok, I do appreciate those of you who took the time to answer...

Drinking was just compared to homosexuality, and it is just as clearly - and more often, I believe - condemned in Scripture, isn't it?  So absolutely no Christian can be accepting of drinking any alcohol - yet many are.  And while I hate that it upsets & angers people, the same is true on the...

Exactly. So another 100% issue, just like homosexuality?  Got it. 

Can't that be said for other things as well (drinking & divorce come to mind) that Christians are willing to "agree to disagree" over?  What other beliefs do you personally hold that you believe no Christian can ever interpret differently?  Christians don't even all agree on salvation, do...

^ Oh my word - YES!!!  I remember us trying to get around in the dark auditorium while wearing long, full dresses & bonnets.

Raider, what is it about this one particular issue that you feel puts it above question & disagreement?  It's not mentioned in the Bible nearly as much as other doctrines & beliefs that Christians disagree on.  What is it about homosexuality that makes it "not even a gray area" - especially if...

Actually, I find a lot of stuff said in this thread highly offensive but that has no bearing on how confident I am in my beliefs.  It also doesn't justify me being snarky or disrespectful, hence, my earlier apology.  :)

What?!?!  :o  You can't be serious.  lol  Edited.  Sorry; that was rude.  I best walk away  now.  Have a great evening!

Sorry to have made it necessary for you to call for help from above!

Giving up.  :)  I understand your beliefs, I honestly do - I was raised with them myself.  I just came to believe differently.  I thought maybe there was something you were taught as "Biblical truth" at one point but eventually came to view differently.  I see I was wrong.  I surrender!  :D

I understand that you can't see any difference in the conflict that comes from being a gay Christian & feeling bad for stealing a pack of gum from Walmart.  May your live always be so blessed. 

I'm trying to understand this.  As a pre-teen, you were equally attracted to - and experimented with - both genders, but based on those experiences, you simply decided to be straight?    I don't deny pride and stubbornness, but I don't believe that sexual orientation is nothing more than a...

Now, I believe, YOU are the one being intellectually dishonest. I think we both know that you won't entertain any other interpretation than what you've already embraced, so why ask for mine?  Can I also assume, then, that you agree with the strict IFBx Biblically supported teachings?  It's fine...

I'm  not being dishonest or ridiculous - it's a simple and sincere question.  When, exactly, did you choose to be heterosexual?  What made you choose?  What options did you consider?  How did you know which you wanted?  Why can't you turn it off and on?  Why do you think these are silly...

Thank you, SC.    Along with all the condemnation and arrogance, we've found grace in some very unexpected places.  Thanks for making the FFF one  of them.  :D

Do you wake up each morning and choose whether today you will be homosexual or hetero?  If that's the case, I beg you to choose, just for one day, to be gay.  You don't have to act on it, but just BE it and let your fellow Christians know what it's like.  I suspect you'll feel the same pain...