One of the arguments that just goes over the heads of the adversary is the question of choice... I've been reading some of the debates on Christianforums.com, and some of the people on there ignore what is plainly fact and still insist it's a choice. I don't know of anyone who would choose to be ostrasized by people and looked down upon. I wouldn't... Even after some of the members on there tell them that it has clearly not been a choice (known they were different since age 5) and that they have actually struggled against it for years to the point of being suicidal, they still persist in saying "keep praying away the gay" and ignore the fact that the person is hurting. I should post what one of the people said. It was...
It doesn't make any sense to me, and I'm sorry, but they don't show much compassion (at least not to me) or love, which they claim they do. =(
The problem is, they're so set in their ways, it'll be darn near impossible for them to change their minds - if they can ignore what's being said by people in the forum! It's tiring...
My last two cents: I certainly didn't wake up one morning and decide "oh, I'm straight". I've just always been attracted to men - natural-born!
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