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	<title>Comments on: Ted Haggard: Saddest Guy Ever</title>
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		<title>By: Alexis Blackman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexis Blackman</dc:creator>
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		<description>He says so much, yet so little.

And i just find it interesting about his comments on the "choice" of being gay.  One might think, logically speaking, that if being gay weren't a choice then God made you that way. And further, if being gay wasn't a choice then it would be different than adultery, stealing and murder...which, I think, would put it somewhere in the "forgivable" category or, perhaps not needing God's forgiveness at all. 

That's of course, is if you believe "the Lord is the maker of all" (Ecclesiastes 11:5).  

And we see that the Bible also says, "He must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."

So are we to believe that if God makes us this way, as Ted Haggard says, that we're to believe that God has wanted us this way?  And since we're not to doubt God, then we must trust that his decision to create people this way...that it's not as huge of a sin that Haggard suggests.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He says so much, yet so little.</p>
<p>And i just find it interesting about his comments on the &#8220;choice&#8221; of being gay.  One might think, logically speaking, that if being gay weren&#8217;t a choice then God made you that way. And further, if being gay wasn&#8217;t a choice then it would be different than adultery, stealing and murder&#8230;which, I think, would put it somewhere in the &#8220;forgivable&#8221; category or, perhaps not needing God&#8217;s forgiveness at all. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s of course, is if you believe &#8220;the Lord is the maker of all&#8221; (Ecclesiastes 11:5).  </p>
<p>And we see that the Bible also says, &#8220;He must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.&#8221;</p>
<p>So are we to believe that if God makes us this way, as Ted Haggard says, that we&#8217;re to believe that God has wanted us this way?  And since we&#8217;re not to doubt God, then we must trust that his decision to create people this way&#8230;that it&#8217;s not as huge of a sin that Haggard suggests.</p>
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