Jealous...

[Stan]

Found while surfin'

[Gail]

My sister never forgave me for that...

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[Stan]

bump...

[Inga]

Absolutely classic photo!! <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/luxhello.gif" alt="" />

[Parade Orange]

maybe the little girl on the right wants to be kissed by the other little girl

[Gail]

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maybe the little girl on the right wants to be kissed by the other little girl

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[olger]

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That is most disturbing, and thoroughly inappropiate.

olger

1 Thessaloninas 4;7

[cricket]

And yet, G4J points out that people are not always as "easy" to read as some would like to think. He may be entirely right on the mark.

[Norman Byers, N.D.]

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This comment is shameful, disgusting and should be removed.

Please use discretion and keep those thoughts in your mind.

Norman

[cricket]

Maybe the little girl isn't jealous at all, but rather incensed that she spoke her mind freely and that the little boy only prefers to kiss girls who do as they are told.

[Norman Byers, N.D.]

It's an innocent picture Cricket, don't complicate it. The comment is not justifiable.

[Dr. Shane]

I think G4J is just having some fun by making us think outside the box.

[cricket]

I agree with Shane.

Thinking outside the box is important if we are ever to reach people for Christ. To limit our views on how we observe others is stifiling to growth--both, for ourselves and for the growth of the church.

[aldona]

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maybe the little girl on the right wants to be kissed by the other little girl

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This comment is shameful, disgusting and should be removed.

Please use discretion and keep those thoughts in your mind.

Norman

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(...trying to think back to what life was like in kindergarten...)

When little children that age kiss one another, sex would be the furthest thing from their mind. I'll bet those kids have no idea about sex and sexual preference.

And yes, this 100% heterosexual man-loving woman recalls kissing (and being kissed by) her female friends when she was that age.

aldona

[aldona]

I must say that the first caption that came into my mind when I saw the picture was:

"She told me last week that I was her best friend! We used to hang out together all the time! And now that she's hooked up with this BOYFRIEND, she hasn't got time for me any more!"

aldona

[Norman Byers, N.D.]

Some of you have lost your ability to discern between right and wrong. When a person, who has a user name "Gay4Jesus" makes a comment like he did, it's inappropriate and gives the appearance of evil. When you all agree with this, that it's no big deal or what ever, you appear to be condoning this behavior among children.

To me it's very obvious what the little girl on the right is reacting to. How you can't see that is beyond me

Norman

[cricket]

It's not that I can't see what the obvious interpretation is--my first reaction was the same as your's. To say that other interpretations are wrong, however, is a closed-minded reaction.

It is quite possible that our initial understanding is wrong. We aren't given any more information than a simple snap-shot. We don't know the context.

Judging by appearances is deceiving ourselves! Surely, there have been times that you've been judged by appearances--times when the observer has been grossly mistaken.

Think outside the box for a while.

If it were a picture of a girl kissing a girl, there would be no automatic association that they were homosexual. Just the same: if it were a picture of a little boy kissing his mother, you wouldn't automatically think he had an Oedipal Complex.

Still, there is no evidence to convince us that either interpretation is true or untrue.

There is a picture I see on this very screen of two men holding hands--of what interpretation would you suggest I make of the photo?

Ordinarily, if I were to see two men holding hands, I would jump to a conclusion of homosexuality--that would be missing the mark entirely though, wouldn't it? Or, am I right on target and correct to assume that you're condoning the very behavior you seemingly adamantly oppose?

[Robert]

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Stan Jensen said: Found while surfin'

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Human nature at its best....

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[LifeHiscost]

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Norman said:

To me it's very obvious what the little girl on the right is reacting to. How you can't see that is beyond me

Norman

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Seeing the apparent message as a result of the username, I'll admit, Norman, an aversion to what might appear obvious to most. However upon reexamination it seemed better to let the Word speak first.

[:"red"] "Love....is ever ready to believe the best of every person," [/] 1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP

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Keep looking up!!

[Robert]

These paraphrased Bibles are terrible. Here's the NASB:

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

[Norman Byers, N.D.]

Hi Life here are the verses that I use to back up my statement. We can't make excuses for the flesh my friend and yet I am condemning no one, just the comment and the name chosen that made the comment. I have nothing against G4J, I don't even know the person. Rebuke is an unpleasant experience but if taken it will be a blessing to the person. Christianity is not a "Safe" place for self, it is a place where we learn how to die to self and be changed by the word through the Spirit and by one another.

Here are fitting verses for this situation, Luke 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Sounds harse? These are the words of Jesus, not mine, although I agree. To defend an offense is counter productive to us as God's children, but by rebuking we can then extend forgiveness as the offender sees the light. Then we can grow in grace.

This is one of the problems with a lot of the Christians today, we won't admit when we have made a mistake. Instead we blame the reprover as though they did something evil. It's the Laodicean way.

Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Phi 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Norman

[LifeHiscost]

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Luke 17:3

I did not see G4J trespassing against you, Norman. If king David could say the following words after having committed adultry and murder, I really find your position without merit before God.

[:"red"] "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest." [/] Psalm 51:4 KJV

While I understand a position of warning to a brother in the faith appropriate according to the Word, people who do not eventually accept the Word of God as their guide, will die without the Law.

[:"red"] "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." [/] 2 Timothy 4:2 KJV

[:"red"] "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;" [/]

Romans 2:12 KJV

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Keep the faith!!

[Robert]

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Norman said: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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But...G4J didn't sin against you!

Rob

[Nan]

A general reply, not to Rob - Stan posts a cute picture (which has been around for years) and we have these disputes over deep moral matters.

Lighten up people - enjoy the pic as of some kids whose emotions are manifest on their faces.

[Beryl]

Guess I am a bit slow in my thinking. I thought, "What a cute picture", and it was only after Norman's comment that I went back, looked at the picture again, and could see no wrong, until I noticed that it really WAS a boy seated in the middle -- not a girl, as I first thought. I guess it all depends on what you are looking for (or your age!!)

Beryl