I said that there are people who experience same sex attraction and gender dysphoria but who know the truth of God's creation purpose for faithful man/woman union, none of whom were in the trailer, or indeed who are in the course.
No, that's not what you said.
What you said was:
ministries of people who experience same sex attraction and dysphoria but who uphold Christ's teaching arent in it.
Perhaps you meant to say:
People who experience same sex attraction and/or gender dysphoria and also believe that God intends marriage only for one man and one woman are not included in the course.
If this is true, it is disappointing. A thorough study should include a wide spectrum of understandings.
When the ELCA did a study like this -- back when I was in the ELCA -- we looked at a wide spectrum of understandings, from one extreme -- that all gays would burn in hell -- to the other extreme -- that casual sex is fine. The study took us through Scripture to learn that both of those extremes are wrong, and also an understanding that there isn't necessarily one "right" answer that will fit all situations, even within Scripture. It was important for us to learn that there are devout, Bible-based understandings of these questions that come to different conclusions. I would have thought the Church of England would have recognized that as well.
It is no use listening to people's stories, if they aren't in line with Christ's teaching, unless to present the gospel or lead them to Christ.
So, you see no value in listening to someone, in hearing about someone's past, except for the sole purpose of converting them to Christianity?
Remind me never to invite you to a party.
Also, you seem to be claiming to be a follower of Christ, and a student of the Scriptures, but I think you have missed some pretty important messages from the Bible.
Jesus doesn't want you just to walk around like a robot and push people into a church building.
Jesus wants you to be in relationship with HIM.
And every time you ask, "Ok, Jesus, I want that, too, but how do I do that?" Jesus' answer is the same:
You make a relationship with ME by making relationships with other people.
In fact, Jesus doubles-down, and says the uglier, nastier, harder-to-love people out here, those are EXACTLY the people that we are to be in a relationship with.
And "being in a relationship" with someone doesn't mean, "Okay, what's the minimum amount of work I need to do to turn you into a disciple?"
Because, as I'm sure you know, if you've ever been "Amwayed" by anyone, if someone is listening to you for the sole purpose of trying to get you to buy what they're selling, that isn't relationship. That's a pyramid scheme.
Being in a relationship with someone is doing whatever they need the most.
That might mean feeding them.
That might mean just listening to them.
No idea what you mean by victims,
Really?
You have no idea what the word "victim" means?
It's a person who has been harmed by some action, usually a crime, but not always.
Members of the GLBTQ+ community have been victims of bullying, of lost rights, of hate crimes, and even of murder for centuries.
Although they've been victimized by many, the Church has been one of the worst perpetrator of those crimes and that hate. The Church (that is, the world-wide Church) has much to atone for over the years, including her support of slavery in the US, her slowness to move against Hitler in Europe, and I haven't even gone back to before the "Age of Reason." It gets uglier the further back you go. But in this particular case, I'm speaking of hate aimed at the GLBTQ community. Too many members of clergy and in fact institutions have used their "authority" and the Bible to bludgeon members of the GLBTQ+ community, literally and figuratively to death.
Members of that community are indeed sinners. You will never hear me say otherwise.
Are they worse sinners than Samaritans?
I promise you they are not. Samaritans were horrible. They were mixed-breeds, abusers of God's holy writings. They were worse than Gentiles, because they knew and worshiped the same god, but they did so differently, making a mockery of him and everything he stood for. They didn't even come to Jerusalem to worship properly.
Make no mistake, calling someone a "Samaritan" was about the dirtiest, filthiest thing you could say about someone. It was like the N word is today.
And we know exactly how Jesus felt about them. And how Jesus expected us to feel about them.
And we know exactly how Jesus felt about the religious leaders who thought they were better than Samaritans, because they followed the Bible EXACTLY, so they were RIGHTEOUS, and that made them better.
Christ didn't come to condemn but to save. However same sex relations are not only contrary to what God has created but condemned as sin and a barrier to the Kingdom.
That is your opinion, and you are entitled to it.
I have seen too much evidence to the contrary, both in Scripture and in God's creation, to believe that.
As long as you don't hurt anyone, I will not begrudge you your opinion.
Now, if people on your side could abide by the same rules, we'd be fine.