Further to my question regarding my partner's dad I received the following - Being gay is a sin (Genesis 19:1-24; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Psalm 5:5) , so both Nick and you sin, and Nick knows his dad doesn't like him being gay, so acting agaisnt his dad is sin not honoring parents and is sin. (Exodus 20:12) If you don't repent, you'll end up in hell (Revelation 20:11-15).
Your comments please
2007-05-04 00:45:38 · 64 answers · asked by mike4nick 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Many thanks to all the constructive answers - I have added those people who have given the best to my friends contacts. Mike xx
2007-05-04 03:39:20 · update #1
Ya know, this is a very controvertial subject. Most radical christians believe that your going to burn in hell and all that but I believe that God made all of us.....and God loves us. And if it's a sin...isn't God a loving God? And isn't God a forgiving God? And Judge not...lest ye be judged...throw that one at the Dad. Most radical christians go around preaching and judgeing and forgetting that they are not the judge and jury .....God is. How can you go through life without loving....wheather it be same sex, or opposite sex. That would be a very lonely life. Almost just an existence. God wants all of us to Love one Another. I believe that If you are gay or straight.....you are still one of Gods children....aren't we all! And I don't believe your acting against anyone. It's your life. I am sorry that Nicks Dad is so narrow minded. If he chooses to turn away from his son because he is gay he is turning away from his own flesh and blood for doing something thats loving. It's not like Nick is going out axe murdering and being destructive. It's love....not hate. Don't worry if you are happy with your partner and your partner is happy with you......just live a safe and happy life. The people who look down on you just don't see the big picture and are judgemental and unaccepting. And by the way, I'm not gay...I am married with 7 grandchildren. And it wouldn't matter one bit if any of them were gay...I love them still. Acceptance is a part of life.
2007-05-04 01:01:34 · answer #1 · answered by HDGranny 4 · 10⤊ 9⤋
The behavior (not the individual) is not part of God's plan it's obviously someone elses idea and too many don't question "why" that is. That is not the fault of those that do.
I'm sure you've heard of people being told they are an alcoholic even if they stop drinking - said who? So there is no such thing with out with the old in with the new? Sounds pretty fishy to me.
I'm sure you've heard a codependent relationship with drugs and alcohol is "in the genes" - who's calling themselves a do- gooder on this one? Sounds like some need others to stay hooked and for what reason would this be?
There are people out there committing rape and using the MH excuse they were given and try to use this to get out of consequences.....why? If one can verbalize an excuse one is surely in tune with their behavior and yet doesn't question the excuser...by personal choice they are too busy to see how sneaky the excuser is.
Take anger for instance ....deprogramming people to feel guilty for being angry ever? They want kids to be peeved at their parents for discipline but then it's definitely acceptable for a son or daughter to defy instruction and ruin their own lives ....that's wishy washy and should be questioned. Also...when something life-threatening is going on a person should get angry enough to figure out what it's going to take to protect themselves.
It is my belief that unless someone's mind is completely gone behavior is owned and if it's without question there it sits by choice. Destructive behavior by choice also attracts a whole lot of trouble-causers that for some reason or another want something out the person....nothing like hitting a person when they're down. Those that think a parents being a pain in most cases don't question what the other is up to - the one(s) that say the opposite of dad. So, yes - in all honesty the behavior is against nature - you however, are not against nature. Your father will always be your father and you will always be his son it's a parent/son thing however, son and dad both have a spiritual Father first. What does He say?
2007-05-04 03:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by GoodQuestion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look in the New Testament Paul specifically writes that homosexual offenders have no share in the kingdom of God. It has not been proven that they are born that way, now may people have tendencies and temptations to do so ABSOLUTELY, however like any sin if you pray full heartedly you will repent of your sin and lead a holy life. Those who believe that it is ok to be homosexual know nothing of the Holy Scriptures... and Yes if you commit homosexuality over and over again (which includes even thoughts and desires) and never repent of them then Yes you will burn in hell for eternity. So REPENT and look to Jesus and the Father who is a loving God but who also will come to judge the living and the dead. And no God will send unbelievers to hell read Revelation! Plus all you who say that we cannot judge yes it is true we can't judge out of evil however we must always judge for good in order to discern between the righteous and the pure. Must I also make quite clear that it does not matter if the are kind and compassionate if they sin they SIN no questions asked God came the first time to save he is coming the second time to judge!
2015-03-17 16:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a million. Why might gay human beings pass by way of all the discomfort and suffering of society's disapproval in the event that they have been faking it? there are various human beings interior the LGBTQ community that have killed themselves simply by fact of all the detest they won. Plus, there have been homosexuals simply by fact the commencing up of time, even the Bible mentions them, and that became written almost 3500 years in the past, so of course it is not a fad, or some thing that are replaced. God created us, so why did no longer he basically make us all on the instant interior the 1st place? 2. i've got heard on many events that folk have prayed to god for help---to avert them from having gay thoughts. exhibit A, me. I prayed each and every night for 2 years to God, asking Him to the two kill me or make me on the instant. He did neither. What does that say approximately God's thoughts in the direction of homosexuality? 3. There are over 500 species interior the international that show homosexuality, yet basically one that reflects homophobia. Which one sounds unnatural now???
2016-12-10 19:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason gays are allowed to get married now is because now the unattractive people who aren't expected to make it like me will be labeled as gay. It's just going to give everyone a harder time in the long run but nobody seems to care as usual.
2016-07-16 12:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by Rebecca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to say something to the people who compare alcoholism and homosexuality - that homosexuality is an inherited condition like alcoholism and people with that affliction shouldn't choose to follow this life.
First there is no proof, that I know of, that homosexuality is genetic (no proof that it isn't either) while I think an addictive personality is inherited (I'm no expert). What I do know is that homosexuality can NOT be changed, a gay person is gay and there is nothing he/she or anyone else (including so called reparative therapy and prayer) can do about it.
Also the argument that people who are born gay shouldn't follow their natural urges and should, like alcoholics, fight the behaviour, doesn't really make sense.
If you are gay, and you accept that you are, you can live a very full and rewarding life, while fighting it just leads to emotional distress that can harm you and others around you. You will be living a lie.
If you have an addictive personality and you fall into alcoholism, drug addiction, or both your life will go to crap.
2007-05-04 01:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Pete 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋
The answer is 'NO'. In Buddhism no human is label sin' unless they did bad thing. One can reach the stage of Enlightenment' like Gautama Buddha even he is a gay. One have to have a purify mind, beside doing good and also practise the five precepts (do not kill, do not lie, do not take what does not belong to you, sexual misconduct and in toxic). If you fall into one of this precepts than it's sin. Depend on the degree of your wrong doing. Gay is also human. If a terrorist is born straight and they create ciaos, is it that their God will forgive n wash a way their sin after they departed from the
human world where else all the gay go to hell. If it is the heaven will be fully pack.
2007-05-04 01:08:24 · answer #7 · answered by keng 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
It's only a sin if you are not enjoying it.
Life is too short to worry about other peoples prejudices and nobody has the right to tell you what to do with your own body so long as you are not hurting anyone else.
I personally don't understand homosexuality but that's probably because I am not a homosexual. Just because I don't understand it doesn't give me the right to criticise or condemn it. That would make me a bigot as far as my understanding of the word goes.
2007-05-04 02:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by Shakespeare 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Quoting "gospel" by picking and choosing biblical quotes is easy, anyone can do that. What God asks us to do is be forgiving. Do you truly believe we have a God that is going to separate us in the end by the degree of our sins? Okay, you're gay, so you go to that corner; you judge people, so you go to that corner; you lied to your mother, so you go to the other corner....etc. etc. I don't think so. Just be happy and do good to others. God made us all, and we are all imperfect. I think there are believers who do think they are right in their interpretation of the Bible. Even a congregation under the same roof have different opinions of biblical "right" and "wrongs". If the father is so adament with his convictions, then you cannot change that. Some fathers look at themselves as "failures" when their sons are gay and therefore will not accept the facts. Ask him at least to accept you still as his son; if that doesn't work, then there is little you can do. Gay is who and what you are; it is like a giving birth to a boy when you really wanted a girl; it is what it is. You can't wish it away, pray it away, hide it away. It's there. Be responsible with who you are and hope for acceptance. If we learn that God is good (love), why would a good (loving) God not accept us if we are loving? Be strong. It's difficult, but as I said, you are what you are.
2007-05-04 01:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by Nancyjo W 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
No its not a sin. Do not even worry about "sins". Religion is the cause of all the worlds problems if you think about. Follow your own heart. Being gay is a natural way people are born. Do not worry about what ignorant people have to say about people being gay they are just brainwashed that society should be perfect but there is no ideal perfect, to each is his own. People are quick to criticize when something goes against what they were taught all there lives regardless of whether it is wrong or not.
2007-05-04 02:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by Beeg 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
There is no kind way of saying it, but yes Christians regard it as a sin. However there are many things that CHristians do which are just as sinful - e.g. sex before marriage.
Christians should also refrain from being judgmental - Judge lest ye be judged.
Morally there is nothing wrong as you are not hurting anyone, but by the Bible's standards it is a sin.
2007-05-04 01:04:18 · answer #11 · answered by Chimera's Song 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋