drawing the line
this is not fresh news anymore:
coming to terms with my sexuality and going up catholic has been a constant inner battle.
and i am about to draw the line mainly because of this one. it has been on my mind since last month and it had me thinking about my values. and how the church values me.
it's been more than 10 years now that i am not practicing my religion. although i still go to church to pray, over the years i have managed to quiet down the battle from within for acceptance and tolerance, because i know from my heart that the god that i am praying to is not judgmental and vindictive.
how i wish that the church becomes more ope...nah never mind.
this is marc's version of the truth, sometime at 1:31 AM
if you can't live with it, he can.
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Hi Marcy. About God not being judgmental: Read "Conversations with God" (Book one). Neal Donald Walsch is saying more or less the same. It's the church that is judgmental.
Marc,
You may be interested in Mel White's story--he wrote "Stranger at the Gate: to be gay and Christian in America". Check out his web site. He makes the persuasive case that church traditional teaching on homosexuality is not biblical after all. Check my blog for future postings on this subject (deepthoughtpub.blogspot.com).
Marc,
Mel White's website: www.soulforce.org
guys, thanks for the recommendations. i will surely look them up.
by the way michael, i passed by your blog and i read how interested you are with 'grace'. currently, i am reading the book 'what's so amazing about grace?' by philip yancey. i must say that even growing up catholic, grace has been an abstract term for me. but reading this reading this book has been an eye-opener.
happy new year to all!
Marc,
Check back on my blog for another comment to you. By the way, Yancy is friend's with Mel White and recommends evangelicals to read Mel's book (although he doesn't agree with his conclusion). My experience is that most evangelicals are afraid to read his story, but it is a great story of grace.
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