oldladyfromwaco wrote:
Relationships between ALL....not just between two heterosexuals.....to me, in my experience, it is the love of all humanity....no matter what belief, race, etc. they are.....all children of God...
Here is what God says about loving everyone, no matter what belief. This doesn't sound like He considers them all to be children of God.
Romans 1
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the t***h in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the t***h of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, h**ers of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
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God gave them over to degrading passions. God is clear here that degrading passions are not expressions of love. They are ways to dishonor the bodies that God gave them. Such people are not filled with love, they are filled with unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, etc. They are worthy of death, not to be children of God. That's not what I say, that is what God says.
Oldladyfromwaco, it is all right for you to express your opinion, and your preferences, but do not try to teach your beliefs and claim they are the teachings of Christianity. You are free to have your own beliefs, but you are not free to tell unt***hs about Christianity. Christianity is defined by what is in the Bible. If what you teach is not in the Bible, or is against what the Bible teaches, stop claiming that you are teaching Christianity.