Whether you feel homosexuality is okay or not, don't you think it is horrendous what the stigma does to some people? Kids are torn apart, not only because they have realized that they don't fit the status quo, but also because they have been told their entire lives that these feelings that they can't control are evil, sinful, and will lead them to hell.
This is simply shameful. I can't believe what some Christians will put their own loved ones through because of this belief system. I think this torture of the soul of gays, who are already having trouble accepting themselves, is a crime.
I just want Christians to understand what they do to some people with this campaign against homosexuality. It is cruel and inhuman what you put some people through.
Don't you feel there is a better way? That is my question, is this really THE only way, THE way to God? Can you not even consider that perhaps Paul got this little point wrong?
I hope you do. Your response?
2007-03-27 08:44:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course, not all Christians perpetuate this problem.
2007-03-27 08:48:54 · update #1
Amen!
People can hold any beliefs that they want about any topic that they want.
However, when they make those beliefs public to try and "convert" or change or defame another person, they have truly stopping acting in a Christian manner.
Note that such hate speech is also NOT covered under the Constitution, since its only purpose is to hurt others, like yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater when unwarranted. Such hate speech has also been shown to foment anti-LGBT violence.
Honestly, I do not understand how some people can foment violence and suicide, and harangue, defame and demean others, and still label themselves "christians." When did Jesus ever do any of these things? What did Jesus ever say against LGBT people?
[Note that Paul is NOT Jesus.]
Very good question.
2007-03-27 08:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
The condemnation of Homosexuals came not from Paul, who was in any case a misogynist, but in Leviticus in the Old Testament and is debatable in its application or in its authenticity as the "word of God." The earliest exiting copies of the Torah/Old Testament other than the Dead Sea Scrolls (which if fully published might well destroy the triumvirate of |Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious basis) are 16th Century translations, while the New Testament as well as the old is composed of those text that the Roman Catholic Church has chosen to permit in order to support their own power base. There are several suppressed "gospels" that would turn Christianity upside down. As for sexual mores, in early Christianity, had one even mentioned celibacy, homosexuality or other pleasures as sins you would have been laughed out of any community!
2007-03-27 15:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by J John M T 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No I don't think Paul got it wrong and I don't think it's a little point.
I also don't think they are "poor souls" having trouble accepting themselves. Maybe there are a few...but the gay porn industry is alive and well. I stumbled on a gay website the other day promising sex, pictures, you name it...no one seemed downtrodden by Christian beliefs. Not to mention, it seems that it's the latest cool thing to be from what I can tell.
The idea that we struggle with our sins and desires is certainly not new. We all do. Just because someone says " I can't help it" doesn't make it okay. Take pedophilia...many of them will say they can't help it. Society is certainly not ready to make that okay.
My sister-in-law is gay. She brings all her girlfriends (and there have been many) to our family get-togethers etc. I love my sister-in-law, her girlfriends are nice people too...but that doesn't make it okay to be living in sin. Loving a human being doesn't mean accepting everything they do.
Jesus loved (and still loves) sinners. When they brought the woman to him that was to be stoned to death for committing adultery (by law) he said ..."let he who is without sin cast the first stone..." of course they all left. But he says to the woman then..."go an sin no more!" He doesn't tell her it's okay...you were born that way...God loves you anyway!
We have to remember we are all called away from sin. No one should belittle, insult or put down another. We are not better...we should care about their souls though and pray that they choose God over sin.
2007-03-27 15:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Misty 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
My church is gay-friendly, and has been for many years. We sincerely hope that we're becoming part of the solution, and not remaining part of the problem. Demonizing gays, or any other group, is no way to present the good news of Christ.
2007-03-27 15:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by thaliax 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Christian. I'd like to think that a true Christan would never act this way toward anyone. I agree with you. There is no justification for it.
2007-03-27 15:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some evangelicals are changing their minds it seems. I heard an interview with an evangelist political leader (can't remember his name but he was big) and he said that there is a new direction coming in evangelism. I hope he's right.
2007-03-27 15:51:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. Thank you for putting it so well.
If your piece makes things easier for even one kid, it'll have been worth the effort. Hopefully it will help many more.
2007-03-27 15:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of couse there is a better way.
That better way is for each of us to concentrate on our OWN lives, our OWN actions, our OWN ethical behavior.
Period.
2007-03-27 16:08:29 · answer #8 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people are just not nice.
2007-03-27 15:50:26 · answer #9 · answered by XX 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A Church that doesn't welcome Gay people is not a Church, and has no concept of the Kingdom of God.
2007-03-27 16:09:41 · answer #10 · answered by carwheelsongravel1975 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋