First off, I have a lot of different beliefs about boylove than some of the other boylover here. For instance, I do not believe God accepts boylove, but maybe it is just a whole misunderstanding of the word boylove. To ME, boylove is nothing more than loving boys. The reason I do not think God accepts it is because of the sexual factor there. But how could the attraction be sinful? It isn't, it is a temptation, we all have temptations, the sin is if we act on that temptation unresponsibly. But 1 Corinthians 10:13 says,

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."

So I KNOW I can overcome the temptations. How can anyone say that boylove (which by MY definition is the attraction to boys, or in other words, a temptation of, but not confined to, lust) is sinful? A temptation is not sin. We all fall at some time or another, even Paul in Romans 7 shows that he stuggles with sin.

"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is not longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do that good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is not longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin."

The most important thing is that he confesses his sin and gives God all the glory.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says:

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

That is obvious to me that I must not lust and give my body over to lustful desires. So I strive everyday to glorify God with my body.

2 Timothy 1:7 Ensures me that I CAN have self-control over my lustful desires, they DON'T rule me. It says:

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."

Jeremiah 29:11 tells me that God does not plan for me to live in sin, he gives me a good future, full of hope. It says:

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."

I could go on and on with verses that promise me different things.

The thing is, I honestly don't care whether or not I am attracted to boys, it just doesn't matter. Although I do pray that if it is God's will, that he would take it away from me, but that is all I can do. For as long as I have this 'defect', I will make the best of it, and I will not act upon it. I will use it for good, because there is good in it. I believe I can care for boys and girls very well. I LOVE kids, I love being around them, I love teaching them. I believe God gave me a gift of loving and caring for children. Am I going to let Satan tear that gift away from me because of some attraction? An attraction that the Bible CLEARY states I can overcome. No, I am not.

Romans 8:37-39 says:

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure than neither death nor life, nor angels nor rules, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

I am a CONQUEROR in Christ. I can conquer this.. this.. whatever you want to call it. And NOTHING can separate me from the love of my Jesus.

So you see, to me, all this arguing... it is not worth anything (I'm not saying everyone here is arguing). What is it worth in the long run? I don't mean to degrade this forum in anyway, but I think that instead of being here, instead of being on the internet period, I should be in the word of God, I think we all should. Now obviously I have failed that thought. But guys really, the only thing we should be worried about is our own relationship with Christ. People will more than likely never understand us, and maybe I am just being a negative person, but it is true. But our relationship with Christ is more important. All this depression, all this hate, all this loneliness.. everything, Jesus can fill every void, just give him the chance. Study his word, get in his word, live and breathe his word. We can all defeat this world. As for now, I strive for 1 Corinthians 10:31.

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God."