I am gay and I can't tell you how many times I have been hurt and scarred by some of the things people have said about me and this was before I faced up to the fact that I was gay.I officially came out this year a few months ago.I used to go to church but don't any more.It has nothing to do with my faith in God I started having a lot of mental and physical issues.I let those issues conflict with my faith and started lashing out at god.Thankfully that was a long time ago and I know that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour and he died for our sins.I have been teased and ridiculed my whole life for various reasons.The way I look,talk,act,walk,you name it.But what has hurt the most are the people who believe in god and love god faithfully with a devoted and loving heart as I do. I wish people wouldn't be so cruel. I have been told many times I will go to hell when I die and I will not meet Jesus when I die.This was before people knew I was gay mind you.It has made me cry so much a lot.
2007-08-12 13:13:53 · 17 answers · asked by kenn d 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do accept people for who they are, and I love them no matter WHICH sin they commit. I'm not perfect, what right do I have to hate anyone for their sins?
I'm sorry you've been hurt by Christians. :-(
I know it's kind of a cliche thing to say, but it's true: Christians are called to love the sinner, and hate the sin...and we've all sinned. Therefore, no one has any right to judge anyone else.
Take it to Jesus. Don't look to mankind. Jesus has the answers. I believe that with all my heart, mind and soul.
He loves you. And so do I. :-)
2007-08-12 13:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
That's the true perversion of religion.
It should be "hate the the sin but not the sinner", but it often turns out the other way. But being gay is not a sin, it's just the way you were born.
I think that people are born gay and not as some Christians preach that it's a trendy "life style" and that people can choose it.
If you feel this way, you probably have felt from long ,long time then you should accept it. Don't let other people tell you how you should be.
You can only live your own life, not others Why fight it. Pressure from your hypocritical church?-
How many women did Jesus sleep with? I must laugh, he's not exactly down in history as a stud, hangin' round with those twelve boys.
Don't let the religious/moral? Nazis turn your head around. You're OK, maybe it's the others who aren't
2007-08-12 14:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Look we know a gay life style is a sin in the bible. Your feelings in wanting someone of the same sex does not make you bad. You have one of the biggest challenges I think God has ever given people on earth. If you except Jesus as your savior that is a great start I cannot give you what you want and that is assurance that the lord will except you into his kingdom when you are living a homosexual lifestyle. I can however assure you that the lord loves you and your a special child of his. I do know about fairness and that he will not give us something we cannot overcome in the end. I wish you the best with coming to terms with your problem. Have faith in the Lord and he will in this life or the next make it right.
2007-08-12 13:32:40 · answer #3 · answered by saintrose 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any religion that condemns you for being true to who you are isn't worthy of your devotion. I believe that spirituality and religion are not the same thing, that a person can have faith and believe in a higher power without having to define that higher power. It is naive to think, if there is a God, that any person could possibly comprehend it, or understand its will or purpose. A religion is an organisation of God created by man, which any rational person must concede can never hope to stumble upon the answers which it aims to provide. I believe people's need for religion has more to do with a desire for inclusion (which by the sound of it you haven't found from Christianity), and their need to have their beliefs validated by knowing other people share those beliefs. As long as you are secure in your beliefs, and in yourself, little else matters.
2007-08-12 14:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by rukrym 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
CHRISTIANS can and do it is all those people who claim to be Catholics or any of the other elitist groups who claim to obey the bible but the bible says love thy neighbour and accept others differences as you will have just as many yourself but they don't think that means them
Don't confuse Christians with specific religions they are NOT the same and remember the story of the tax collector
those who spend more time proclaiming their religious beliefs spend little time being truly devout
Keep looking there are people out there who do truly believe and will accept you for you not something that is none of their business
Also remember the bible we use today was grossly re-written by the victorians who considered homosexuality as wrong they also thought that a married woman belonged to the husband
2007-08-12 13:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by Chris CB 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
i really cannot believe it !.
this bloke has the courage to be honest and open and the fundies use it as a stick to beat him with.
hey mate,i'm really sorry for the pain the churches have caused you.years ago a friend said to me "i aint got a problem with god,it's christians i can't stand".maybe he was onto something.
i hope you'll be able to forgive us someday,if you can't then that's perfectly understandable.
all that matters is you and god,dude.
everyone else can get stuffed.
2007-08-12 13:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by david d 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christians and many other faiths consider homosexuality in error because of their scriptural traditions. This may never be solved because of a thing called fundamentalism!
2007-08-12 13:41:40 · answer #7 · answered by WillRogerswannabe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ken / Don't worry Jesus loves us all regardless of our ways down our path of life and for he or she that persecutes you then if they are without sin let then cast the first stone, be strong and steadfast Jesus loves you as he is my lord.
2007-08-12 13:59:52 · answer #8 · answered by maleangel 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe some Christians are just not accepting and afraid
of what they see about some of us you and me
Being a transgendered person some Christians and some
people are so filled with meanness and hatred and oh the
bigotry it stinks coming from those Christians bible thumpers
Jesus loves us all just as we are and nothing more from us
he wants except our hearts and forgiveness and his wonderful' love he has for us
2007-08-12 13:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Look It's really important that you ignore the replies you got from most of these brainwashed sheep here. Passages about Homosexuality in the bible were written by st. Paul. Paul was an embittered, misogynistic little twisted misanthropist who hated everyone. Including mary magdalene, jesus's favourite deciple. He was jealous, spoilt and bratty. If you do not believe me, do a little reseach and you will uncover the astonishingly bad attitude that silly little boy had. There isn't that much about gay life in the other gospels except bemused observations and reactions of personal dislike. Note personal. Jesus had no authority nor God over what these very human people wrote when representing them. Paul is the only one who went over the top when cursing gays-Jealous of mary?-Me thinks he protests to much? you have only one shot in life and believe me I don't think god would really expect anybody to make themselves a neurotic self loather who denies themselves happiness and ending up seriously mentally traumatised by trying to fight something as completely natural as homosexuality. That would be self hatred-also a sin. God chose to create you with all your feelings and terndancies in a paticular way, how dare anyone judge his skills as a creator? think how mad he would be if you reject the soul he gave you and pretend to be someone else-lying is also a sin. the path to divinity is being true to yourself, pursuing your path, not like the way everyione on here is trying to subvert you from yours. If you let them have their way they will guilt trip you into a life of fakery, struggle, mental illness, and suicide- (the usual fate for closet gays) who are scared into self denial by misguided "christians" who believe god really gives a damn WHO we love and not, as it should be, HOW MUCH we love. remember that when all is said and done. God cares about your MORAL CONDUCT, and everything else that the silly apostles tried to make people neurotic about like periods, fasting, masturbation, tidiness and cleanliness. Are COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT to god who is not interested. Love who you want just love a lot.
I also think you should pay paticular heedance from rukrym's reply see above me. Sound advice
2007-08-12 14:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by TroutSniff 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋