Why is everyone so CLOSE MINDED????????

Question

I am a Christian. And I believe that God deems homosexuality to be a sin, so I believe that it is wrong. BUT, I fully admit that if I did not believe God thought it was wrong, then I WOULD NOT either. I would be fine with it and say "If they love each other, then let them be." To me, that is the meaning of RATIONALITY. Being able to see both sides. But whenever I talk to people who support homosexuality about this, they get pissed right away and don't even TRY to understand what I'm saying. Why are people so close minded? Why can't people discuss this difference of opinion and keep an open mind rather than get angry and bitter and say people like me are hateful. I think the main thing that people don't understand is that no Christian should hate homosexuals- THE PEOPLE themselves. That is wrong. A Christian should only disapprove of the ACT OF HOMOSEXUALITY. It's not the person, it's the sin. I get how others feel. I do. Why can't anyone even try to understand the Christian perspective

Answer 1

You are RIGHT when you say that we should never judge the person, but their actions...YES. They should be mad at God, cause He's the one that said it, but they get mad at us, cause they can't hear God verbally, but can hear us speak to them, so they take it out on us. Jesus Himself even said that you'll be hated, because of His name sake. We to a degree have to put ourselves in their shoes to understand why they get so upset at us, and for one thing, we haven't harmed them so to speak, but what about the other ones who bashed them...said very cruel things to them...the name calling...etc. So they are probably very sensitive to discuss their homosexuality with any straight person. For myself, I try to understand why they do that, by asking them questions as to why they like dating the same sex, when did they first know that they liked the same sex, why don't they like dating the opposite sex, what was their childhood like...etc. One thing I learned not to ask them is, why did they choose that lifestyle, cause to many of them, they believe they were born that way. I have learned from trial and error to communicate with them. I'm a Christian as well, but if someone doesn't show me that they love or respect me, then whatever they say to me will go in one ear and out the other. I have met many that would argue with me on that topic, and I feel they only did that to try to make me feel guilty, by saying that I hate them because I don't accept their views. They will use any excuse they have to justify the means.