to be so loving...

This was buried in the mass of comments a couple of posts down.  Thought I'd dig it out for a closer look.

Nathan said,

I'd love to be showing so much love to my brothers in Christ that stupid people asked whether I was gay or not. People are now starting to question if Jesus was gay. That people would ask the question can't be an altogether bad thing if there's no substance to it.

sexual confusion and friendship

With homosexuality increasingly becoming an option for the average Australian, I'm wondering how our talk about sexual purity will change in the coming years.

The trouble with sexual temptation and sin is that they compromise relationships. I can't have the kind of close relationships with guys that I might want to have because:

• close cross gender friendships can have the appearance of immorality, leading others into sin or bringing the name of Jesus into disrepute
• close cross-gender relationships might lead me into immorality
• close cross-gender relationships may tempt my friend to sin.

I hate this, and look forward to a world without these problems.

But if homosexuality is normalised in our society, will the problems of cross gender friendships also be the problems of same sex friendships? Will I be discouraged away from having close girl friends in case such relationships are (or appear to be) sexual? Will we warn our single friends of the dangers of flatting with another girl or confiding in another girl? Will all close friendships be seen as suspicious? Will all our relationships be compromised?

This may seem a long way off, but I can see a world full of very lonely people in the future (and now as well). Temptation and immorality will only increase if close, healthy, chaste friendships are wanting. But in a world of sexual confusion, how is friendship possible?

Any ideas?