Replies to '06/06 "I'm Gay, OK?"'

How can you expect anyone to be open to your "message" when your attitude causes them to close their ears?  

In Matthew 28, the great commissioning of the church, we Christians were all called to spread the word of God.  This is our original mandate to evangelize.  The difference between fundamentalist Christians and mainstream Christians seems to be in how we believe we should go about that evangelizing.  There really is more than just one way you know.    

I believe your intentions are good and that you really do want everyone to "go to heavan".  What you don't seem to get is that your approach is offensive and disrespectful to those who don't share your exact beliefs!  I just don't think it is the way God would want you to treat other people. If we are to model the behavior of Jesus we should humble ourselves in our attempts to serve one another.  Some of what you say comes off boastful and prideful.   

While what you are doing is technically correct, trying to witness to others, I do not personally believe it is very effective.  Spouting out scripture and declaring "Jesus saves" while condemning the actions of people whose beliefs are different than yours does not win many converts.  It is a huge turnoff that very possibly pushes people even further from God.     

You have a firm belief in the sinfulness of homosexuality, among other sins.  But for nonbelievers their beliefs may be just as firm.  If you really want to love your neighbor you can start by meeting them where they live, so to speak, and not expect them to come to you.   Christians are much more likely to arouse a spirit of interest in nonbelievers by the silent witness of their lives in their willingness to understand and accept others and treat all with dignity, than to treat them in ways that make them feel inadequate or like second class citizens.    For truly it is not the place of any person to decide what sins other people are guilty of.  That is between God and each individual.