doom1701
04-13-2007, 10:14 PM
OK, my real name is Tim--but doom1701 is a username that goes WAY back for me (I'm the only doom1701 that shows up in Google). Got banned from another Christian board once because they just assumed that I was there to make trouble, solely based on my name.
I had never heard of Soulforce before last week, when my sister (a graduate of Bob Jones University) and my parents were talking about the East Coast bus tour's visit of her old college. While I don't agree with the rest of my family's unbiblical beliefs that they use to condemn homosexuality, I just assumed that this group they were talking of was another group only interested in making waves in Christian circles--with no interest in actual discussion or Biblical teachings.
But that same bus tour is visiting my alma mater, Cornerstone University, next week. The school sent out a letter to everyone, and provided a little more info on Soulforce--including a website. Talk about God moving in mysterious ways--to find that there is a group out there that shares my beliefs that the Bible is silent on "modern" homosexuality is wonderful no matter what, but to learn about that group through my old school's warning of the upcoming visit is just a wonderful irony. If similar "condemnations" by schools can lead other Christians to the truth about what the Bible says about homosexuality, then the bus tour may be the best thing to ever happen to Christianity.
Anyway, enough pontificating--just by way of introduction, I'm a 32 year old hetrosexual with a wife and a wonderful 6 1/2 month old daughter. Not much else to tell about me...did I mention my wonderful little daughter? :)
I had never heard of Soulforce before last week, when my sister (a graduate of Bob Jones University) and my parents were talking about the East Coast bus tour's visit of her old college. While I don't agree with the rest of my family's unbiblical beliefs that they use to condemn homosexuality, I just assumed that this group they were talking of was another group only interested in making waves in Christian circles--with no interest in actual discussion or Biblical teachings.
But that same bus tour is visiting my alma mater, Cornerstone University, next week. The school sent out a letter to everyone, and provided a little more info on Soulforce--including a website. Talk about God moving in mysterious ways--to find that there is a group out there that shares my beliefs that the Bible is silent on "modern" homosexuality is wonderful no matter what, but to learn about that group through my old school's warning of the upcoming visit is just a wonderful irony. If similar "condemnations" by schools can lead other Christians to the truth about what the Bible says about homosexuality, then the bus tour may be the best thing to ever happen to Christianity.
Anyway, enough pontificating--just by way of introduction, I'm a 32 year old hetrosexual with a wife and a wonderful 6 1/2 month old daughter. Not much else to tell about me...did I mention my wonderful little daughter? :)