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“My worldview was very much the product of Adventism. Although our Adventist pioneers courageously challenged the understandings of the churches out of which they came, I grew up fearing that if I questioned what I had been taught I was opening my mind to Satan’s deceptions.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“In my mind, choice is the basis of Christianity, but the choice is not about sexuality, it is about how we treat other people. That is the choice about which we should be most concerned.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“If God says homosexuality is a sin, why didn’t he answer my child’s many prayers pleading to be changed? Why does God apparently condemn people for something they were born with and that he won’t change for them? For both child and parent, these questions can lead to a crisis of faith.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“As I became more open about both the abuse and my sexuality, I discovered that many people tried to link these two aspects of my life in a cause-and-effect relationship. It became frustrating for me to explain repeatedly that sexual abuse does not necessarily affect sexual orientation, as evidenced by the multitudes of straight women who survive abuse. I eventually realized that people who need a reason for homosexuality will find one regardless of its relevance. As for myself, I believe I would have been a lesbian with or without a history of sexual abuse.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“Maybe my story needs to be told specifically because it is less heart wrenching. In spite of periods where I have struggled and been in pain, my story provides generous glimpses into what a Christian attitude toward homosexuality might look like.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“Without going into detail, after many years I have become convinced that the biblical references to same-sex behavior were written in a situational and cultural context that does not apply to people with a homosexual orientation, and that the Bible does not give specific instruction regarding how homosexuals should live.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“And who would choose to be gay? Who would choose to pit themselves against all odds and make life as difficult as possible if it were really a matter of choice or sexual “preference”? Not too many people I know.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives