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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:19 PM Original message |
What do you say to a parent that tells you she is worried you wont go to heaven? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ask Her What Kind of God Makes Someone Gay and Then Sends Them to Hell For It. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. +1 |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. remind her that Jesus forbade divorce, but said absolutely nothing about homosexuality |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Tell her "I'll save you a seat by the fire," perhaps? |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's a heartbreaker. It might help if you knew a religious ... |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. She won't change,accept it. Tell her you feel like you're already |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess you can't really joke around |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Remind her that "God don't make no junk" |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. 'God wouldn't have made me if . . . . |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tell her you are worried she will go to heaven. The musicians there blow |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. How about looking for help from someone like "Parents & Friends of Lesbian & Gays" . . .??? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. You tell her to trust the God she believes in to make the right choice for you. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. "Life Choices"? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What car you drive, what job you take, where you live...I think its pretty self explanatory. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Why Are You Equating Homosexuality With Life Choices? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I didn't and I don't and you need to take the time think about what you read. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. "There really is no requirement that parents accept your life choices" |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You are both correct... |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I Got the Intent. I Wanted to Give the Poster a Chance to Explain the Poor Choice of Words. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Any chance you could find a minister she'd respect who could speak to her |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. as an old queen once said (maybe in City of Night) |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Tell her to read the Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 32 |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Try this website for her |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is no perfect answer, but once you go down the "God made me" or |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. mention that paul was gay..... |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Check PFLAG's literature. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ask her why she damns people for not wanting to live their lives without Love, but, apparently, |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. My mom decided God wouldn't make a flawed creature, so if I'm gay, then she could accept it. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. I tell people that if there's a hell, that's exactly where I want to go. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Tell her there is no god so there's nothing to worry about. nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have the same problem due to being an atheist. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Appropriate Billy Graham |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. CC, there's some loving replies here, and eventually I know you and she will find a way... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Give her time |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. Tell her she's not god and neither is her minister |
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bkkyosemite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Tell her if she judges she won't go to heaven. Do not judge lest you be judged. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. well, since there is no heaven, your mom isn't going, either. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. The RC church teaches dogs can't go to heaven |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Bible says a lot of things. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. Open your mouth, tip your head back, point and screech at her...nt |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm so sorry for you, and for your mom, who sounds like she sincerely worries |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ask her if she's eaten any shellfish lately. |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. If it were me I'd say one word: "GOODBYE." |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. Humans only live for so long |
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