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October 22, 2005, 1:25 am PDT
10/19 "I'm Gay, OK?"
Quote From: maria_44Sorry, didn't mean to skip the parts you mentioned.
I believe that unless that mentally challenged child (or adolescent or whatever) is taught right from wrong and understands that concept, then he/she will be held responsible for their actions. If they aren't then they don't know what they're doing is wrong. Somewhere along their path, they found that curiousity for others of the same gender and grew to be attracted to them and eventually addicted.
As for you question about those kids who are born into good and acccepting families, I don't know what your question is. Is it "will they burn in hell too"? If so, their punishment has nothing to do with their parents opinion. If their parents are O.K. with them being gay, that doesn't mean God will be O.K. with it too. The same if your parents hate that idea. That doesn't mean God will judge on that opinion.
I believe that you will "get out of eternal damnation" if you don't know better and don't know that's it is wrong. I also think that that's highly unlikely. In today's world, christian or not, you know right from wrong. You can't cover your ears to both sides of the story regarding homosexuality. Again, it's a matter of how much you know and what you've been taught--a matter of responsibility.
so what if I teach my kid it's ok to be gay, ok to be straight, ok to be anywhere in between, ok to be male or female or anywhere in between...just generally ok to be him/herself, and s/he grows up to be gay? thens/he really believes it's ok to be gay,. and that's what s/he has been taught, and when s/he hears at school or from others that it's a sin, and comes home to me with that and I tell him/her 'nope, that's wrong, you can be whoever you want and do whatever makes you happy, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else'...then my kid DOES have the ability to understand the rules of christianity, and is also able to tell right from wrong, is a good person etc etc - but has been taught it's ok to be gay. is s/he resposible for that?? this is where it gets a bit grey for me...it seems like it's all a bit of a crapshoot.
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