am i allowed to have gay-friends?

Question

ok, ok, you people convinced me.

i always believed that gay-people were normal people, who love, eat, feel, live, hate, sense, etc, etc. I also always believed that every person on this earth has exactly the same rights as any other person.

i have learned on this Q&A game that homosexuality is an abomination (whatever that is) to ehm..ehm..God (whoever that is)
i admitt it, i was wrong!! homosexuals are an abomination!! bleah!! (some people were really convincing even, they used quotes from some sort of book (Bible?)..

but..but..please, and i beg you all...can i please still have some gay-friends at least?? or should i tell them that i never can see them again, because they are an abomination (bleah!!) ??

Answer 1

An abomination is a SIN so bad God turns away from it.

Homosexuals are not an abomination, their sin is.

Jesus taught us to love the sinner, hate the sin. I think homosexuality is a sin, but I am not God, it is not my place to judge, so I have gay friends, and support Gay marriage.

Im familiar with your questions, and know what your going for here. I just wanted to step up, and say, as a christian myself, not all of those right winged Bible thumpers are right. They ignore two main points in the Bible.

Judge not lest ye be judged, and Love the sinner, hate the sin. Just wanted to throw out my two cents.

Answer 2

You're funny.
Maybe the real question is: Do abominations really exist? I mean an abomination in the context of people just trying to live happy, loving lives.
I think a murdering, raping, cannibalistic white-collar-criminal is probably the text-book definition of an abomination, but not people who just want a good life. ...right?

Answer 3

lol. I'm bisexual and I hope you count me as a friend. I may be an abomination though. You should see how I treat people too. Wicked through and through. I love that book your are talking about. You almost have to be in a coma to be able to not sin according to it. I think we are thinking of the same book. Us people that like people of our own sex can get lost pretty easily. Must be all the wickedness inside of me.
Love & Light
Sharon
One Planet = One People

Answer 4

My dear prematurely wise child,

Not only can you have Gay friends, indeed, if you wish to be a fully developed person, learn many secrets of sorrow and joy, and not have terrible hair days all the hours of your life, you *must make sure* to have Gay friends. Also lesbian, and bi, and transgender, and straight, and questioning, and celibate, and impossible-to-be-figured-out friends.

Now, look, if you examine the hair at the Republican National Convention in any presidential election year, you will clearly see the implications of a life lived without queens ever touching you. Heaven forbid such a terrible fate descend upon you.

Live, be free, think for yourself, follow your heart, treat everyone as you would be treated, and don't pay attention to the advice of people who claim to be experts or moral & spiritual guides but who can't seem (when you look at them) to do those things themselves (they can't really live, can't be free, can't think for themselves, can't follow their hearts, and don't treat others as they would be treated themselves).

Moreover, it is highly suspicious that evangelical right-wingers are paranoid about people even knowing or associating with marginalized groups like gay people. It's suspicious because it's a very un-Christian and un-Biblical thing to say.

After all, Jesus was the original perfect master of making friends with and helping out the marginalized and condemned people of his own place and time. Tax collectors, prostitutes, anti-Roman zealots, poor fishermen: he was consistently spending time with the "gyas of his day"--the people considered morally and socially unacceptable, and rejected by the mainstream religious leaders. But today's conservative Christian churches don't act like Jesus when it comes to the oppressed and marginalized; they act like pharisees.

The people who say the Bible calls gays an abomination are just full of nonsense; in none of the 4 gospels does Jesus have a word to say about homosexuality in any way; what Jesus clearly condemns, in many places, is narrowminded, self-righteous religious hypocrites like those relentless concerned with the mote in their gay neighbor's eye. But that has nothing to do with Jesus' teaching of unconditional love, right? What is the story of the Good Samaritan really about if it's not about straight people (even straight Christian evangelicals uncomfortable with gays) being a true neighbor to someone so different from them?

The law of the Universe is love. Have gay friends. In life, you can't have too many gay friends.

Answer 5

I could be wrong (not having memorized the Bible and all), but I could swear there's something in there that says "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." I also seem to recall something about Jesus washing the feet of a prostitute. To me, that means you should be able to be friends with whoever you want! I'd even go so far as to say you can like them just the way they are and you won't go to hell for not trying to "save them." Enjoy your true friends! They're rare and valuable.

Answer 6

Jesus loved people who in His day were considered the 'worst of the worst'. Hence the parable of the man left to die on the side of the road.There are many things we should not do, such as lie, steal, adultry, etc. but we are to 'love our neighbors as ourselves'. You can very gently tell a person your own beliefs but never shun them - how they lead their lives is between them and God. Always be ready to befriend them, protect them, never stand by and see anyone deprived of basic needs. Gay people have the same needs as everyone else. I don't believe any sexuality should be flaunted but neither should people be persecuted for it. Just be sure that no one is hurting anyone else.

Answer 7

What are the motives of these people who insist that gays are an abomination? Don't let those people talk you into going against what you know in your gut: That gays, like everyone else, are generally good people who can enrich your life as much as anyone. I think people who hate in the name of God are the abominations, especially when they lead people astray.

Answer 8

I agree with one part of your statement. Every person on earth has the same rights as any other person. God gave us a free will we can chose the God's way or we can tell the Lord He is wrong.
I am so glad that you believed what God says about homosexuality. If you know Christ as your personal Saviour, Jesus wants you to tell homosexuals that they don't have to be enslaved to that lifestyle any longer. Jesus came to free all of us from sin, no matter what the sin. Share how Christ died for them.
If you don't know Christ as your Saviour I encourage you to accept his love as He gave His life, was buried and rose again for you so that your could be free from sin and spend eternity with Him.

http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html

Answer 9

Omigosh poor Mark. Having gays friends, gay neighbors, gay enemies is totally normal. Gay people are normal. Don't listen to those weridos who say it isn't.


You can have a million and one gay friends. The bible does say that it is wrong for homosexuality to occur, but it doesn't say why. Why is it wrong for homosexuality to occur?

I have many gay friends and relatives and teachers and neighbors and enemies. There is NOTHING I repeat nothing wrong with being gay or having gay friends.

Gay people are totally normal. "All men are created equal (Declaration of Independence). Gay people think smell eat etc.

Answer 10

Ofcourse you may have homosexual friends.

Were you serious in asking that question?

What you need to realize is we are all 'sinners'... each tempted by different things...each committing sins in different ways. Homosexuals are like everyone else, except they act on (respond affirmative) to their gay lusts...

It doesn't mean they're bad people. It also doesn't mean they should be subjected to hate, etc...

I do NOT condone homosexual lifestyle ~ I just view it as another form of sin.

God Bless.