re christians and aids in article apr athos rutgers edu marka travis csd harris com mark ashley writes in article apr athos rutgers edu kevin pictel pictel com kevin davis writes many christians believe in abstinence but in a moment will be overcome by desire we all compromise and rationalize poor choices sin last week i was guilty of anger jealousy and whole mess of other stuff yet i am forgiven and not condemned to suffer with aids to even suggest that aids is deserved is ludicrous when man was told not to have sex with relatives did they listen no and man found out why so what s your point mark s comment still is valid to suggest that aids is deserved is ludicrous i sin i can resolve to abstain from sin and do weekly more often actually yet i routinely fail i surely do deserve what i get yet god compassionately provided the incarnate logos jesus as a rememdy and a way out of our situation if aids is deserved i surely deserve instant death just as much as do we all as st paul so cogently remids us to willingly judge others as deserving punishment seems to me to be the height of arrogance and lack of humility i wonder if aids would be a problem now if people didn t get involved in deviant sexual behaviour certainly people who received tainted blood are not to blame but it just goes to show that all mankind is affected by the actions of a few so what s the point here i can get aids and never engage in deviant sexual behavior in fact i could engage in lots of deviant sexual behavior with hiv people and never be infected aids is a consequence of particular behaviors many of which are not sexual and not all sexual behaviors carry the risk of transmission in addition imho forgiveness is not the end of things there is still the matter of atonement is it aids i don t know the end of all things is to know love and serve god growing daily closer through prayer meditation and discipline even so i could get aids anyone could unless they remain forever celibate iv drug free and transfusion free larry overacker llo shell com lawrence overacker shell oil company information center houston tx llo shell com
