================================================ Subject: Re: Review warning looong reply From: To: Date: Wed 17 Oct 2001 06:50:32 +0000 ================================================ lisa, i am terribly sorry that your daughter and you and your family have to deal with such horror...however, i have to reiterate what jess said...you are a true christian, and one heck of a stronger person than i am...i very much agree with your philosophy of 'love the person, hate the act'...but i don't know that i could ever be strong enough to NOT hate someone who would hurt one of my children like that...kudos to you...and i'll pray for you and your family...altho i don't know if i can pray for that man as well... Lee -- ~~they laugh at us because we're different; we laugh at them because they're all the same~~Drowning Pool ~~Be careful what you learn, sometimes knowing burns~~Virgos Merlot > From: Tara > >Out of curiousity, I would like to > >ask of the Christians on the list, if you agree with the statements herein? > > As a Christian I do hold the belief that homosexuality is wrong. I > understand the fact that others do not agree with this statement and i am > not here to try to influence others to my view point. I do wish that others > would allow the same tolerence for this belief as I feel homosexuals have to > hold theirs. Most seem to think that just because you disagree you hate the > homsexual community as a whole group. Some claiming to be Christian and > "acting under God's orders" further this notion with acts of violence. > > What I have always gleaned from the teachings of the Jesus is to love > everyone. The statement hate the act love the person has been mentioned. One > of the reasons I have been quiet lately is an example of this. My daughter > who is 5 years old was molested at a park near her school while I was there. > I have been praying for this man since it happened. I hate what he did but > if I truely believe God loves everyone how can I hate this man. Today I saw > him at the same park again and was able to get the police there in time to > pick him up. I want him put somewhere away from children where he can not > harm any more and for his own safety. I wish him no harm but the help he > needs if he is able to change. I do not wish him out until then. > > I hope this came across right as I feel I was rambleing alot. > > Lisa > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp