tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post7440638883628313261..comments2023-09-29T02:56:47.049-07:00Comments on Straight Into Gay America Blog: Qualifying Comments on The Gay Lifestyle - GlesneLars Clausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13428189687530690119noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-48597004455950996172006-11-02T13:17:00.000-08:002006-11-02T13:17:00.000-08:00Dave, you've got some real problems with terminolo...Dave, you've got some real problems with terminology here. When you speak of "the gay lifestyle" you've got problems with at least two of the three terms. The biggest problem comes from that first word "the". When we speak of a range of things using a phrase that starts with that word, we're specifically saying that the concerns raised are global. It doesn't matter if you're talking about "the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-13842973908142091522006-11-01T08:11:00.000-08:002006-11-01T08:11:00.000-08:00Dear Dave,
I thank you for your response, even if...Dear Dave,<br /><br />I thank you for your response, even if I find it evasive. <br /><br />If it is true that you believe that: <br /><br />"there are those that have a homosexual orientation that act out a physcial expression of that orientation within a monogamous and non-permiscuous relationship"<br /><br />as you claim to believe, then you are/were obligated to talk about this in your book. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-45606513984622618732006-10-26T10:55:00.000-07:002006-10-26T10:55:00.000-07:00In response to Ben:
I value your honest and forth...In response to Ben:<br /><br />I value your honest and forthright comments, Ben, and am glad that you are a part of this conversation.<br /><br />I too believe that homophobia has contributed to same-sex persons leaving our churches and has pushed them toward the closet. In the past, society has rejected same-sex persons and then when they have come to our churches they have felt the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-81607640744604127322006-10-26T09:54:00.000-07:002006-10-26T09:54:00.000-07:00In response to Tim Fisher:
I'll grab a few moment...In response to Tim Fisher:<br /><br />I'll grab a few moments here and give a brief response. I think we both agree that we are speaking of a variety of same-sex persons here. There are those that have homosexual orientation that do not act out a physical expression of that orientation. There are those that have a homosexual orientation that act out a physcial expression of that orientation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-81707356180753629942006-10-26T07:11:00.000-07:002006-10-26T07:11:00.000-07:00Dave,
I appreciate that you are willing to critic...Dave,<br /><br />I appreciate that you are willing to critically look at your writing and offer the concession that, in hindsight, your compartmentalization of the issues could have been more clearly expressed. Yet I am still concerned that you overestimate the average churchgoers' experience with homosexuals. <br /><br />I would argue that the majority of Christians today do <B>NOT</B> hang Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13339835.post-4233621205305056552006-10-23T08:16:00.000-07:002006-10-23T08:16:00.000-07:00October 23, 2006
Dear Dave,
You wrote:
>>The fir...October 23, 2006<br /><br />Dear Dave,<br /><br />You wrote:<br />>>The first thing I would point out is that the entire chapter is set in a certain direction by the title itself. The entire chapter is couched in terms of "The Gay Lifestyle". This term, of course, is not my own, but one widely used (just google it!) albeit with all too much vagueness of meaning and definition (which can be a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com