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And too many people are turning against Christ because of issues like this! Thank you, Jono, for your heartfelt expression of the pain you have experienced! I wonder why the Church- who happily remarries all divorcees and allows for IVF while being against abortions- can truly deny me of this.

Too many gay Christians are finding the cognitive dissonance too great that they are ending their lives! Sex for me is still intertwined with love. The hypocrisy of the Church really bothered me, as did the intellectual dishonesty, and honestly it was probably your articles that kept my faith in God strong.

I am deeply concerned that Christianity is starting to lose the fight, particularly on controversial issues like this. From that a struggling inauthentic culture has emerged. It would only cause harm. William Lane Craig (/ kreɪɡ /; [2] born August 23, ) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and theologian.

All I want is a loving, committed relationship with one person, who I can get married to and unconditionally love.

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In this clip, Dr Craig answers a question concerning what the Apostle Paul taught about homosexuality in the New Testament. I have so much more I can say, and this is such a sensitive and emotionally charged topic due to the extreme hurt and suicidality it has caused me.

Dr. William Lane Craig, a renowned Christian apologist, has said in a recent interview following an Apologetics Canada Conference that the church is losing the battle against being branded as hateful for its traditional stance on homosexuality.

Studying Christian apologetics was my favourite past time. Yet I still tried to live a life free of hypocrisy and remained celibate. Unlike alcholism and the like, companionship and sexuality is core to someone and is a basic human need.

It took me suicidal thinking to embark on the most painful journey of my life- to come to a slow path of self-acceptance. [4]. [3] He is a visiting professor of philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University. There is honestly not a more painful thing I think any human can go through.

This was despite hating them. Dr. William Craig answers weekly Questions and Answers on Christian Doctrine and apologetics. Read question Is It All Right to Be Gay? here. I can certainly speak for myself when I say that casual sexual encounters have not and will never do anything for me.

I have been through tremendous pain, yet still refuse to give up on my faith in Christ. In this article, I’m going to respond to an article by William Lane Craig titled “A Christian Perspective on Homosexuality.” The article uses a range of terms that are generally rejected in current discourse including “homosexual,” “practicing homosexual,” and “homosexual lifestyle.” Any good apologist should know that good apologetics begins by avoiding causing unnecessary.

They were the only things that gave me the intellectual depth I needed. And my story is not unique to gay Christians. Despite my best efforts, it took me to near suicide to realise that.

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Homosexuality is by no means a choice, and the oppression make it that much harder. Instead God wanted to use gay people to show me how to be a Christian. New Zealand.