did any of you raised evangelical or more fundamentalist struggle with accepting/affirming your queerness on an internal level?
i do fundamentally believe the bible to be affirming/ continue to find that as my faith develops, but i cant seem to shake the internal feeling that something is wrong within myself. like i accept it factually and with other people but like cant internalize it?
i have never been to pride events and would really like to attend but am unsure if doing so is sinful in terms of pridefulness and/or placing your identity in something other than christ.
i also grew up in a lot less progressive of an environment so am not really sure what going to pride is like / what to expect/ how to feel about it. any advice is appreciated
Why do some Christians who believe people with same-sex attraction should not act on those feelings—and instead pursue heterosexual relationships—also seem unwilling to date those people themselves? Should that be the case?
Could you as a Christian date someone or feel led to be with someone who experiences ssa; why or why not?
**asking in the case of bisexuality not in the case of no opposite-sex attraction
how would you gently explain to someone that not every conversation needs to tie back to religion without seeming like you are trying to lead them away from their faith?
i have been seeing someone who seems paranoid about having conversations without tying them back to God (I am also a christian) in a way that doesn’t really fit the conversation if that makes sense? it is a bit exhausting but i am not sure how to communicate that it isn’t a “your relationship with God is too much” thing, it just seems to be getting in the way of effective communication/connection.
(think like, you ask the simple question of do you like apples or oranges and they need to add a lengthy antidote about how they were led to oranges, or you ask how a friend is doing and they instead talk about their friends faith journey)
I need advice on reconnecting with someone I used to date. I regret breaking things off with her, though it was the right choice at the time.
We met almost 2 years ago and instantly hit it off. I had hoped it would lead to a relationship, but she seemed to lose interest so I ended things.
We reconnected last February and she said that after thinking about it she did want to try dating. We went on a few dates but I think that I had lost interest at the time/ felt like I had been made to jump through hoops, so I ended things saying I didn’t think we were compatible.
Fast forward to the present, I think I may have been a bit rash in ending things and really want to reconnect, but don’t know if I should or what I would say. I think I was still interested in her, I was just so busy with other things when she reciprocated that I forgot? Now it’s been well over a year and I don’t know if it’s weird to say anything. I’ve tried dating other people and haven’t found the same connection.
Any advice is appreciated
Kind of exactly what the title says. I recently went no contact and I feel like being in the controlling dynamic for as long as I was stripped me of my personality/agency and I don’t know how to function normally anymore. Has anyone here gone through something similar? How did you remember how to exist again?