Growg up gay and wh the Jehovah's Wns muny, Daniel Tnton says his life has been filled wh isolatn, sadns and trma.
Contents:
- BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS MA DANIEL FEEL LIKE HE 'DIDN'T BELONG ANYWHERE'
- THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
- FORMER JEHOVAH'S WNS FALLY EMBRACE GAY SON, 21: 'THE BURN HAS BEEN LIFTED'
- WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS MA DANIEL FEEL LIKE HE 'DIDN'T BELONG ANYWHERE'
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"That was how homosexuals were always portrayed at the meetgs and bible discsns, so beg aware that you were gay, you really were odd.
THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
Homosexualy, homophobia, and gay marriage: What do the Bible say? What do Jehovah’s Wns believe? * jehovas witness gay *
” (Hebrews 12:14) While they reject homosexual acts, Jehovah’s Wns do not force their view on others, nor do they participate homophobic hate crim or rejoice when they hear of them. For example, the Bible speaks of “those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who subm to homosexual acts, ” and then adds: “That is what some of you were. In sayg “that is what some of you were, ” do the Bible mean that those who stopped engagg homosexual acts never aga experienced any homosexual sir?
(Romans 7:16-25) A person who has homosexual leangs n ntrol what he allows his md to dwell on, jt as he would ntrol any other wrong sire, cludg leangs toward anger, adultery, and greed. A few weeks later, our ngregatn’s pridg elr lled me on the phone and asked if I was “a homosexual” and planng to live as one, as if the two n be separated. Whilst I was told I uld have Jehovah’s favour if I did not practice my homosexual feelgs (like a straight person uld whilst not mtg fornitn) I personally felt that was different if you are gay.
FORMER JEHOVAH'S WNS FALLY EMBRACE GAY SON, 21: 'THE BURN HAS BEEN LIFTED'
The Hardship of beg a Gay Jehovah's Wns * jehovas witness gay *
Many tim I have sat through meetgs and the topic of homosexualy or homosexuals have e up and I crge at what I’m hearg and I have to get up to go to the toilet jt to stop hearg , bee I don’t want to be remd how beg gay is wrong and how gay people will be stroyed at Armageddon. Y, I know only refers to those who are practisg homosexuals, but knowg how God hat homosexuals and knowg that I am one and n’t fix that is mentally bilatg.
WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
Whilst imprsed wh their level of fah orr to do this, is sad gay people are nied very basic human rights, the right to love someone and build a home wh that person. I was not after sex, and had no plans to sexually attack the people, but bee I was outed as beg gay, people beme unfortable wh me.
” (Ephians 4:14) Instead, they base their view of homosexual nduct (and any other kd of nduct, for that matter) on the standards set forth the Bible. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who subm to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexualy, thiev, greedy people, dnkards, revilers, and extortners will not her God’s Kgdom.
(Genis 1:27, 28; Levic 18:22; Proverbs 5:18, 19) The Bible nmns sexual activy that is not between a hband and wife, whether is homosexual or heterosexual nduct.