The World As Seen By A Teen Named Chris

um...where is the entry??? i'm confussed .. w/e
*~Des~*
LOL nevermind u added text!!

Edited by Destiney on Jul. 10, 2007 at 6:51 AM

Hi just coming by
Love, Elizabeth

Edited by Ebell1993 on Jul. 15, 2007 at 3:54 PM

I just have to comment on you blog about "being gay is not a sin, but being a practicing gay is a sin".
Sin in your mind and heart is sin. Believing yourself to be "gay" is living in sin, the same as having lustful thoughts or hateful thoughts or any other sinful thoughts. Don't be deceived by the world and justify the thought that just because you're not acting it out -it's ok.

Hey Chris, just wondering if maybe you wouldn't mind elaborating on the "I believe that being gay is not a sin, but that being a practicing gay is a sin." I don't quite get where you're coming from and definitely don't agree and I was wondering if you had a Biblical basis for why you believe that being gay is "not" a sin. God created Adam and Eve...not Adam and Steve! Sorry, I just don't understand...

Sparkles ; )

Ummmm.... I'll have to say that I disagree on being gay is not a sin. Undoubtedly it is much better than acting upon it, but in the Bible it says :

1Cr 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites


I really don't believe a person is born a homosexual. I believe it is a mindset and I believe it is the person's choice to be gay for various reasons. Maybe they don't care for the opposite sex. That's fine, but it does not give them the right to "lust" after their own gender. God never created people like that. It's a mindset; not a sickness or condition.

However, for those who were once a lesbian or gay, they have an equal opportunity to salvation, but they must leave their old paths and follow Christ. Being a homosexual is another kind of sin-- it's just like lying, coveting, lusting, etc.It is up to you to not be or think or live that way once you've decided to follow Christ.
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As for Christianity being a "flawed" religion, the only reason it is "flawed" is because we aren't fully obeying what God has said in the New Testament. People have taken the title "Christian" and have made their own religions (yes,religions), have made the Truth befuddling and sometimes hard to find. However, the Christianity God intended is in no way flawed. It is our man-based Christianity that is entirely flawed. What we need to do is go back to the scriptures and study ourselves to be approved unto God. Also, instead of finding a religion or church that "best suits our needs", we need to find the one that would "best suit God" and is according to His plan and pattern. The Bible is as clear as day on what we need do to be well-pleasing to God.
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Lastly, I believe that God doesn't choose who goes to heaven or hell. Although He knows who will and who will not go to heaven, it doesn't mean that He has foreordained one's fate. We, as mankind, have our choices. Adam and Eve made their choice to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil because God allowed them to make their choices just like He allows us to make our choices of whether or not we're going to live in service unto Him.
Another reason I know this to be true is:

Act 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

If God is no respecter of persons, then that must mean everyone has their own equal opportunity of obeying the scriptures. If God has foreordained our final destination, does that mean that most of the unborn babies who were aborted are suffering in the lake of fire in Hades? Absolutely not.

Okay, I'm done now. :)

So, what is Calvinism and the TULIP? And ("I believe that Christianity as a religion, is deeply corrupt and flawed.") how so?

~Sea

Okay, so I grew up in the same church since I was five and I always find it interesting to hear what other people's views are from different churches. I don't always get the opprotunity, so thanks for posting that.
I must say, however, that I agree with cassydoodle, Annonymous and sparkles. In Romans it talkes about men in the Roman church inflamed with lust for oneanother and how it is unnatural and should not be. That they exchanged the truth of God for a lie.
It didn't say they slept with each other (sorry to be blunt) just that they lusted. I would give you the exact passage but no bible is available where I'm at at the moment. And I can't remember! (Bad Katalina!)

Q. Did you mean to say "God reviled itself in the Bible"? or God revealed himself?
Just wondering, sorry to be a pest. . .

Have a bang up day! (to be said with a British accent)
~Katalina

Hello,
just wanted to stop by and say hello. Well, go 2 go. I have lost of people to comment, I haven't been on in forever! Later days.
Miranda

thanks! :) hey thats cool that you shared your beliefs. I really enjoyed reading it.

Danya <><

Wow, you are brave. I can't wait to see what kind of responses you get.

Nice to know you're a fellow Calvinist. :)

Ug my shoulders haven`t started to peel yet. But I always gross out when they do.

You need to define "Christianity" if you are going to call it a "flawed" religion. Christianity is a very broad term, but in it's simplest form it means wanting to be like Christ.

I was also disturbed by your use of "it" instead of "he" when discribing God. In the Bible God is always referred to with masculine pronouns, and he is called Father. It's not just the translation either.

About ONE. They want the US government to give 1% more of their budget to poor people, and people with AIDS. First of all, the US government is in debt. It's money is theoretical. Second, is there a biblical basis for that being the government's jurisdiction? What would happen if all the people in America gave 5% of their income? I know it's harder, but it's much closer to the biblical way.

I appreciated Cassydoodle's comments. It saves me the trouble of typing the whole thing out myself.

Hey, I haven't been on your blog for a while. It's nice to see you smiling, although I thought that it was against your philosophy.

The Z

P.S. Here's my smiley. It looks better in a different font though. # :- >+

WOW! Great post! would you like to be friends?

awesome post chris
i think this is the longest i've been without going on here. so how's ya been? what's new? ttyl
amy
p.s. love the new avy... actually im guesing its not new but its new to me cus i havn't been on here forever lol have a good one

Edited by amykins15 on Jul. 10, 2007 at 2:04 PM

I agree that Christianity as a "religion" is corrupt and flawed. So many people believe that works or just going to church or even praying and reading your Bible makes you a Christian, but it's not so. It's your relationship with the Father and His Son, the constant striving to be like Him everyday, it's earnestly seeking Him to know Him that makes you a Christian. I heard a preacher once say that we are "Christians in the making" b/c Christians are people that follow Christ. Ya gotta admit that we don't always follow what Christ says and does but if we really love Christ we continue to try to follow Him and therefore we are "Christians in the making".
Thanks for putting your beliefs on here. It shows that you aren't afraid to tell people about Christ.
Can you really talk like that or were you just kiddin'? I personally don't know what a Canadian accent sounds like but ya know. You keep workin; on tho. lol
~Sarah~

Wow Chris. I'm speechless =l Thanks for posting for beliefs. It's nice to know what your friends believe when if comes to faith...

~Annaka

I think I agree with most of what you said,

Hey,
I just thought that I would say that the Bible (KJV) says that people are NOT to be gay (no matter what)and being baptized as an infant is unessceary because the person is supposed to make ther own choice. Infants can't do that.

yeah...addy disagrees with some of those things. yep. Cuz she's a catholic. Yayy

maybe Sylvia will back me up since my brain is drowning (went to beach today...one too many doses of water up the nose---not fun)...and she's catholic too

Edited by ForeverConfused on Jul. 10, 2007 at 5:47 PM

Thanks for the comment! :]

Thanks for the comment. :-)

At the risk of offending you or starting a controversy, I won't post my disagreements with your post. :-) I will just say that, concerning the gay portion of your post, purity and sin are both matters of the heart. God didn't just tell us to have pure actions; He also wants us to have pure hearts.

I'm not trying to cause a problem, and if I've offended you, I'm sorry. :-)

Blessings,
Becca

I agree with Cassydoodle on all she said (a shout out to her for making it easier on the rest of us!). I also agree with AnAmericanGirl on the baptism issue. Baptism is just a public declaration of your choice of salvation. Babies cannot choose so there is no reason for them to be baptised. Baptism isn't what saves us, it's our faith in the Lord.

Kudos to you for sharing what you believe though.....it takes courage because you know that there is going to be controversy.

Later!

Elizabeth

I agree with almost everything your saying. although i do not believe that it is okay to be gay. even if you dont DO ANYTHING. God made that person a Guy for a REASON!
But i am glad that you posted about this. Thanks!!
<3 Kalene

My Dad is a pastor and we are nondenominational too, well I believe that being gay is very wrong, God says it in the bible meaning it is wrong.