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Rachel Gilson：我从小就知道自己对女性有浪漫和性吸引力，也知道基督教文化不接受这种性取向。在耶鲁大学，我接触到一些认为圣经支持同性恋关系的资料，但我仔细阅读了圣经经文及其上下文，发现这些资料的解释与经文不符。2004年，我在阅读C.S. Lewis的《返璞归真》时，突然意识到上帝的存在，这让我既感到害怕，也感到需要转向耶稣。此后，我努力遵守上帝的命令，但有时我无法控制自己的欲望。我与一位女性有过一段短暂的亲密关系，这段关系让我意识到，我渴望亲密关系的愿望反映了我被创造的目的，但只有上帝才能完全满足这种渴望。我意识到，我的身份并不仅仅是我的欲望的总和，上帝比我更能照顾我。我最终扔掉了与前女友相关的物品，这象征着我与过去生活的决裂。2007年，我嫁给了一个男人，但这并非出于爱情，而是出于对上帝的信任和对婚姻的理解。我和丈夫一起学习和实践性生活，并从中获得乐趣。我的婚姻让我在对性的态度上得到了医治，但我的同性恋倾向并没有消失。我仍然对女性有吸引力，但我不会沉溺于这种吸引力，我会将我的性欲投入到我与丈夫的婚姻中。 John Dixon：许多同性恋、女同性恋和双性恋人士认为基督教反对他们的性取向。Rachel Gilson 的故事并非简单的‘被治愈’或‘自我厌恶’的故事，她既保持着对女性的吸引力，又忠于她的基督教信仰。她对上帝的探索和理解，以及她最终的婚姻选择，都非常引人入胜。Rachel Gilson 的经历引发了关于身份认同、欲望、以及信仰与性取向之间关系的深刻思考。她的故事也挑战了我们对上帝对亲密关系的理解，以及教会文化中一些不健康的观点。

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Rachel Gilson discusses growing up as a lesbian in Christian America, her initial perceptions of Christianity, and how she discovered that her same-sex attraction and faith in God could coexist.

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Rachel Gilson says she grew up knowing two things instinctively: she was romantically attracted to women and Christians were NOT ok with that. 

Smart, sophisticated, with a love for big ideas not small minds … Rachel Gilson sounds like she’s the poster girl for that common critique of Christianity - that it’s unhelpful and unhealthy for those with lesbian, gay, or bisexual orientations. But that is not her story.

Rachel discovered that it was possible to walk a round that led between her same-sex attraction and a love of God. Her conclusions, including her life choices will surprise you. 

Yet Rachel’s quest to understand God and His opinion of her desires provide one of the most provocative, interesting and inspiring stories Undeceptions has had privilege to present.

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