To me mercy you are the one who is clutching pearls, and I don't want there to be any bad blood between us either. But seriously if what you took from the scripture was that there was all these different things we needed to do to receive gods forgiveness I just don't agree. No one needs to pray the gay away, no one needs to feel like their sexuality is affront to god, the only requirement just like everyone else is to believe god died for your sins and ask for forgiveness, and really believe that and not just say it. All of the other things, to me, is just fluff and tradition that man created. And when I see someone in distress because they somehow feel like they were rejected from god's love because of their sexuality like you implied with bluepilled it just makes me cringe, because I know all that stuff is just man made schlock to me. All blue-pilled needs to do is do exactly what you and I do, which is believe in Jesus and ask for forgiveness, he doesn't need to somehow stop being who he is, he doesn't need to pray the gay away, he doesn't even need to stop practicing homosexuality, because that's not what it means to ask for forgiveness, that's not what god demands, that's what people who are uncomfortable with homosexuality demand. God demands one thing from everyone, belief in god, and a love for him. Everything else, pearl clutching, tradition created by man, has nothing to do with what god actually wants. You are free to disagree with me, you clearly value tradition, I respect that, but if someone wants to be christian and the barrier to entry is the dumb tradition, then I say begone with the tradition and let them love god and be loved by god. They don't need to bother you, just let other people guide them to god who do not hold stock in your traditions.
