What's your opinion on this?

Question

I'm a christian and I have a friend who's a guy. He's gay. My parents don't want me to hang out with him because the bible says being gay is a sin, but he's a great friend. And I don't really understant that because if God made everyone different and accepts them for who they are then why is my friend being gay considered a sin. I don't get it. Why is a gay person a sin if that's the way God made them.

How do I covince my parents that he's a good person and it doesn't matter if he's gay or not. My parents are really into christianity. Im not super relligious like them so how do I get them to understand what I'm saying

My friend is gay but isn't in any sexual relationships. That's the part I don't get about my parents. If any type of person was having sex before marriage it's a sin but he doesn't do that because he beleives in God and doesn't really know why he's attracted to guys.

Answer 1

first there is no one without a sin. tell your parents how can they be so Christians and so prejudice? cause the christian person should not judge and should not make any differences between people. being gay yes is a sin cause God made men as male and female and the gay guys are male and male, or lesbians are female and female. but God gave each human a brain to use to save him/her self. he gave us brain to use to make our own decisions and no one have the right to decide what others should do or be cause each one decides for him/her self.

Answer 2

I personally don't believe that people are born gay, but I'm not gay and i can't speak from personal experience. Although I went to a school with a lot of gay girls, most of them were gay for a season, I thinks it's just curiosity. And i also go to church and i know that it say let he who has no sins cast the first stone. So next time your parents give you a hard time about your friend being gay you should remind them of that reading in the bible and also tell them that you draw people into the church and away from sin with love not by turning your backs on them!! If they're real Christians they should know that they should leave the judging to the lord! Good luck with your parents and your friends.

Answer 3

This is a thoelogy question. But shoot, I'll take a swipe. I have freinds who drink too much, lie, or speed in School Zones. All of these are beavioirs that I in general I would categorize as problems in thier life.
As homosexual behaviour is a sin, it is a blemish on a person, but according to the way I read, not any more than a liar's sins. This doesnt make them 'ok with God' its very likely that they need Christ in thier life (just like the liar) and your role (as a presumed Christian) would be to present this lovingly to them by living a Christ like life in front of them.

Answer 4

Good question.

I don't claim to know what makes people attracted to individuals of the same sex. I'm not sure if they were born that way or if they chose it. But I do know that it is not right to have sexual relations outside of marriage, whether the relations are homosexual or heterosexual. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, and any other kind of sexual relations go against God's plan. Like I said, I don't know whether gay people choose to be attracted to the same sex or not. But I do know that they have the ability to choose whether or not they have sexual relations. Whether you are attracted to people of the same or opposite sex, not having sexual relations except with a person of the opposite sex who you are married to is the right thing to do. So I don't necessarily think that same-sex attraction is a sin, but acting on that attraction is.

Please don't get me wrong: I interact with gay people all the time, and I have a good working relationship, and even some nice friendships, with them. But my very closest friends are people that I feel can support me in my values. I suspect that your parents would like you to form close friendships with people who uplift you and encourage you to live true principles.

I don't think you have to be mean to your friend, or even cut off your relationship with him. But you should probably realize that, if he's sexually active with people of the same sex, he's making choices against God's plan. Jesus loves all of us, even though we constantly sin against His laws. So I'm not saying that you should shun your friend. But you should also not accept his behavior as right. If you recognize that, there's nothing wrong with being a loving friend to him, in the same way that God continues to love us when we sin and make mistakes.

It's a mistake to think that just because something is in someone's nature, it's okay with God. Basically everyone is selfish and greedy by nature, for example, but much of our task in this life is to overcome those natures and do what God would like us to do. So please don't assume that, because someone is attracted to people of the same sex, God accepts homosexual behavior.

Answer 5

i agree with u tottaly but i understand y r parents r saying that (i think) maybe they think being around him will make u gay and they dont want to raise a gay daughter but hey everyones not perfect so who cares about ur friends being gay be happy to have a friend and except him for who he is

Answer 6

The bible contradicts it self so much its not funny. If he is your friend than you should hang out with him. His sexual preferance shouldn't hind any ones thoughts.

Answer 7

if he is that much of a frend, take it as the bibles wrong, like a typo
(wouldnt god be racist if he sez that gays r sins anyway he created them so its his problem)
Ask your parents wats wrong with havin a frend who is gay, like...
r your parents racist 2 gays?

Answer 8

here we go again....there are sins in the Bible that apply to everyone....let he who is without sin....cast the first stone

Answer 9

Read your Bible about Sodom & Gamora.