[Lane Coley Morin Russell II]

Christianity is in a unique position among world religions. Ever since Jesus Christ said, ‘I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life,'(capitals mine) Christians have had troubles of all kinds. Christianity is the only world religion to have the belief that only the practitioners of Cristianity will go to Heaven. As a Pentecostal Christian, I believe that God wants us all to go to Heaven and be with Him. The problem is that not everyone wants to go. Those who would be the servants of my God have often gotten carried away in their zeal, driving away potential converts instead of bringing them into the fold. There are those who, because of the misconduct of some (or many) Christians, simply want nothing to do with the kind of God they percieve our God to be–and I can’t really blame them. I wouldn’t, either. But sin is the reality we face, the rality that we make war against, because all sin is rooted in opposition of God, and theefore, ends in death. Homosexuality is an especially strong sin (an ‘abomination’)because it deals, I think, with a distortion of fundamental realities that our God was expressing in the natural love between a man and a woman. Because of its power, it is very addictive and breeds mental confusion among both gays and straights–the former being persuaded to defend this perversion, and the latter being moved to punish it, thereby promoting its growth. Christ has not yet come to punish sin, but to deliver us from it, and that includes homosexuals languishing in bondage to this aberration. They are not to be condemned, but rescued in the spirit of God’s love. This is not easy, and some don’t want rescue, and that is all right. They have the freedom and the responsibility to decide for themselves their own path, and though we try to persuade them, they must be allowed the free will God granted us all.

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Name : Lane Coley Morin Russell II, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 24, City : Prescott, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : hotel night clerk, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,