Is God a Homophobe?

Question

If so, we did he create them in the first place?


***I hope you all know by now that gay people are born gay; it is not their decision. I had a friend who came "out of the closet" at the age of 23. He had always been gay and was afraid to admit because he was afraid that he would be fired by his christian boss.

Answer 1

Your first statement is false because is based only on an example. Have a look to what scientists say. As for gays i think they are heterophobic because they created the term 'homophobia'. As far for God i will not get bothered answering your question. As for his Cristian boss, yes he is a narrow minded person because he discriminates people and he shouldn't have done that if he believed in God.

Answer 2

Homophobia means to fear gays. God fears nothing.

Are people born murderers too or do they choose murder? But thats ok anyway, if people feel that they are born gay and are incapable of following Gods set order of marriage than they should stay single and never committ homosexuality if they would like to have a shot at eternal life.

Answer 3

Well, let's look at the possibility that Jesus Himself healed the male slave of a Roman officer; there's currently a debate about the exact translation of the term that's been rendered as "slave". It might have meant "slave" in the sense of a male concubine.

If that's the case, then Jesus had no problem whatsoever with gay people.

From the link listed below...

"A classic example is provided in Matthew 8. There, a Roman soldier asked Jesus to heal his "pais." This is a Greek term often used in ancient times to refer to a servant who was his master's same-sex partner. (K.J. Cover, Greek Homosexuality (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1978), p. 16). When the soldier said, "Lord, my 'partner' is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress," Jesus was immediately compassionate and spoke no words of exclusion or condemnation. He simply said, "I will come and heal him."

In the dialogue that followed, Jesus commended this Roman solider for having more faith than anyone he had ever met and assured him that he would sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. By this miracle of healing, Jesus preserved this loving same-sex relationship. (For more information about the Greek term referred to above and how it should be translated, see the book recommended below.)

The Gospels are clear. Jesus refused to be bound by cultural prejudice. Repeatedly, he took up the cause of the oppressed and defended them against narrow-minded religious leaders."

And from the second link...

"Jesus did not live in Jewish Judea but in pagan Galilee. Here he would surely have been familiar with the Roman army's tolerance for homerotic relations extending across class lines. Jesus knew this was likely a homosexual relationship and by his cure indirectly endorsed it."

Answer 4

Actually homosexuality is a sexual preference--a choice. People are not born that way and there is no scientific proof that a "gay" gene exists. I've known many gay people who admitted to me that they chose that lifestyle. I've also worked with ex-homosexuals who admitted they chose to walk away from that lifestyle because they were unhappy being gay. A few of them now have children and happy marriages. God has given us free will to make choices in life... please stop blaming God for the choices that people make for themselves.

Answer 5

I was born Heterosexual, a liar, cheat, thief, and alcoholic / drug addict. Jesus died for me just as much as he died for you or for anyone else. The truth is that many people will project their homophobia onto their beliefs. I look at it like this. I am straight and if I look at a woman with lustful thoughts then I am in a bad place and need to quit. If I was gay and looked at a guy with lustful thoughts then I am in a bad place and need to quit.

Answer 6

God create people to be straight, thats why he made men with "man parts" and women with "women parts".
but people who get the idea in their head that they might be gay, get confused, and go through a process of figuring things out.
thats why people "come out of the closet" because they at first are afraid of their feelings, then they decide that it is a part of them and have to "come out."
if God intended for people to be gay, he would have made parts to make it work.

Answer 7

God does not hate anyone.

Besides: referring to your statement that "I hope you all know by now that gay people are born gay; it is not their decision.", I am however not at all sure it is correct, as there are bisexuals and other strange people who change their sexual preferences just for fun.

Answer 8

No...God intended for a man and a woman to have sex, not a man and a man. God is the creator...he has the right to say how a man and a woman should use their bodies. So much disease has been spread through homosexual behavior. AIDS comes to mind first. I know it's a choice and I respect all gay people. If that's how they want to live then okay. I treat them with respect and as friends. It doesn't mean I have to agree with them though. Would you call me a homophobe? I think not.

Answer 9

Do you realize that "we are born gay" is based upon a case study by a homosexual doctor whose words were twisted in his analysis. He has been screaming this for years. Second, God LOVES all people. Now that does not mean that He is pleased with all things. According to the Bible, which I think since no one has any other source to base their truth upon other than what they "think", homosexuality is the same as fornication or adultery. Christians who get caught up on this one issue need to look at the WHOLE Bible and should look to reach out to the homosexual community in love, jsut as they would any other community.

Answer 10

nope he actually doesnt see them as gay but as sinners.He loves them but hates the sin.That is why calling someone homsexual isnt right because you name them by there sin and God doesnt do that he see us as peolple he loves.God can free you of satans bondage.Hey its temptaiton they need to fight he has admitted defeat but God ca help him win the battle if he asks our Lord for help.Homosexual acts are like any other sin like stealing worshipping idols and so on.