Btw don't convert to Catholicism just because you are afraid of confronting a priest.
I'm afraid to confess to my priest
Go out of town and confess there. The important part of confession is that you confess your sins fully and completely, and if you're uncomfortable doing that in front of your own priest then it's better to go to another.
If that's an acceptable thing to do in Orthodoxy I'll definitely do it.
Why did God give them over to a reprobate mind?
to do those things which are not convenient
What are those things which are not convenient?
homosexual intercourse (men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet)
Next question is for you:
Can you do those things which are not convenient if you are not a reprobate?
that seems like a pretty crucial point tho. I do want to retain God.
then why did you commit homosexuality?
Didn't you ever sin?
Everyone sins some more than others. What's important is that they repent.
I don't get the Baptists. What is they're church? A club of the elect? A club of the superior human beings? The Church is an hospital for the souls. Sometimes terminal cases show up and still we need to save the souls of those patients.
I had been raised on a false conception of God, and rebelled against it. It took me a long time to find the true God, the Christian one. I don't offer that as an excuse though. I was almost diabolically prideful (still am to a large extent). Even if I am a "reprobate", I still ought to do what's right now that I know better, even if I'm still damned. Surely you wouldn't disagree with that?
I have sinned, but I'm not a reprobate.
Yes the church is a club of the elect, sharing the gospel to make more of the elect. You are superior as a result of your being saved. You cannot become a member of a Biblical church without indication of faith by baptism.
As far as I can tell, one of the following possibilities needs to be true for you to become saved
-repbrobate isn't a permanent status
-you're not a reprobate because your act didn't qualify as one of "those things which are not convenient"
-you're not a reprobate because this passage isn't prescriptive of all homosexuals
obviously, a man raped in prison by nigggers is an unwilling participant and is not a reprobate
additionally there is a clear progression of romantic contact (hug, kiss, etc)
personally I can't say that romantic kissing between men sounds like Romans 1:27
Yeah, but my question is: even if I am a reprobate, shouldn't I do the right thing anyway, repent, accept Christ, and live a Christian life, even if I will be damned?