Truth is many on the left, both professionally in the party and socially via the vote, supported section 28,
believe homosexual practice to be wrong, thinks the EU erodes their freedom not enhances it, and finds state - funded baby - killing to be a poor indicator of a supposedly «civilised» society: whatever the middle - class metropolitan «progressives» might sneeringly say.
Some of these students would say they most identify with what groups like the Gay Christian Network term «Side A» (
they believe homosexual relationships have the same value as heterosexual relations in the sight of God).
I personally do not
believe homosexual sex is any more or less sinful than heterosexual sex.
One of the reasons Roman Catholics oppose a revision of the historic teaching of the Church is that
they believe homosexual acts contravene natural law.
The November 2012 survey also reveals Americans in the South (40 percent) are the most likely to select «Yes» to the question «Do
you believe homosexual behavior is a sin?»
The random - sample survey of more than 2,000 Americans asked «Do
you believe homosexual behavior is a sin?»
Americans who never attend religious services are the most likely to say they do not
believe homosexual behavior is a sin (71 percent).
One thing I love about the Gay Christian Network, of which Justin is the director, is that it welcomes healthy dialog between folks on «Side A,» who
believe homosexual relationships have the same value as heterosexual relationships in the sight of God, and folks on «Side B,» who believe only male / female relationships in marriage represent God's intent for sexuality.
I believe a homosexual can be saved, but the Holy Spirit will lead that person to holiness and to the Will of God.
I believe a homosexual can come to Christ for salvation.
It is one thing to
believe homosexual relationships are sinful (I'm sure though that it is really more the sexual component that has people uncomfortable) and another thing to try and project that value on another.
In the shift from sin to inferiority, the Editorial Board assumes that if Cochran believes that homosexuality is sin, he must
believe homosexuals are «inferior» or «second - class citizens,» as the editorial later claims.
What you need to know to understand where that was coming from is that Christine is married to a woman (me, actually) and so when she said that, because of her gender, she would expect Brigitte to say that her life was loveless and godless, she was referring to many previous discussions with Brigitte who
believes homosexual relationships to be sinful.
Or the pair of evangelical professors who wrote an article in The New York Times, criticizing evangelical leaders for their «rejection of knowledge» and for embracing «discredited, ridiculous and even dangerous ideas» — such as
believing that homosexual behavior is sinful and that Darwin was wrong.
Apparently there is a subset of Conservative Christianity that
believes homosexual adoptions should be treated as void, that abduction to prevent homosexuals from visiting their children is acceptable, and that to challenge such beliefs is to engage in religious persecution.
Not exact matches
Moore, who identifies as an evangelical Christian and views homosexuality as a lifestyle that is «against nature,» said in a 2005 interview on C - SPAN2 that he
believes «
homosexual conduct should be illegal.»
And again... keep on
believing that homosexuality is sinful if you want, I don't care, but don't take the extreme and use that to condemn all
homosexuals.
If marriage is a «lifestyle» choice for heterosexual couples, as people seem to
believe, why should
homosexual couples not be allowed to marry?
We know Sullivan does not really
believe this, because his entire argument in favor of legalized
homosexual marriage hinges on the recognition that public law is the most powerful tool for shaping individual attitudes.
What is sad is that he thinks by saying and / or
believing these things he is showing love to the
homosexual.
The influence of gay marriage, Sullivan
believes, would not only make it easier to grow up gay, but would actually change how adult
homosexuals conduct their lives.
(I have friends who have come to accept their
homosexual identity but
believe that it is a cross to bear and bring that full awareness into a heterosexual relationship.)
His wife, Peggy,
believes as I do, that committed, monogamous gay relationships are not sinful and Tony
believes that
homosexual sex is sinful but that
homosexual orientation is not (i.e. gay folks should be celibate).
In order for things to change, pastors and Christian leaders who
believe that acceptance, fidelity, and monogamy are a better alternative to shame and promiscuity have got to speak up and speak out against the teaching that states * all *
homosexual expression is sinful... and proclaim that message as misinformed, damaging to God's children, and unchristian.
So Steve, You
believe that a person who, as you say, belongs to Christ, and is a practicing
homosexual when they die, they are going to heaven?
When he answers that he
believes the Scriptures refer to
homosexual activity as sin, they do not join our community.
The worst harm done by gratuitous, judgmental proclamations that «AIDS is God's damning curse upon
homosexuals» is precisely in the tremendous temptation on the part of the AIDS sufferer to
believe it, thus raising one more obstacle to faith in God's all - sufficient grace.
I suppose that if a person who is
homosexual truly
believes that it is not a sin (after they have read those verses by themselves), then they can be trusting in God.
So here's my take — I
believe admitting gossipers into the church causes more damage than admitting
homosexuals does.
Why do some sects
believe that Americans are being killed at war because America is tolerant of
homosexuals?
As Dr Mark Yarhouse, a dean of Regent college showed, those gay
believing men married to a heterosexual woman, remain
homosexual in orientation.
Believing that
homosexuals are made so by environment in no way implies that heterosexuals are made so by their environment.
You on the other hand,
believe that
homosexual relationships are sinful and yet (according to your response here) still
believe that they can be based on real love.
Does Gagnon
believe that divorced people will, like practicing
homosexuals, be damned to hell?
I don't
believe that God specifically and arbitrarily made Jack and Jill
homosexual, while making John and Jane Straight.
I'm pretty sure not a single
homosexual in the Western world is unaware that most evangelical Christians
believe their desires and / or lifestyle to be sinful.
John, I
believe I don't have to presuppose to look for
homosexual acts.
I do not
believe based on the teaching of God's Word that one can profess faith in Christ while living the life of a
homosexual.
Some
homosexuals have been wounded by
believing Christians, whose unintentional insensitivity and, occasionally, deliberate offensiveness have caused pain.
I, for one, would prefer to
believe that the church is wrong about
homosexual activity than that this sadistic, superego God has any true relation to the God of love revealed by Jesus.
If you truly
believe that
homosexual sex is against the will of your imaginary friend, you better not engage in it.
But there is no reason to
believe that God grants this gift to everyone who is lesbian or
homosexual.
Among Episcopalians because, for whatever reason and fairly or not, it is commonly
believed that the Episcopal Church has an unusually high incidence of
homosexual clergy.
He had previously raised concerns over providing counseling services to
homosexual couples, as he thought it might imply endorsement of relationships he conscientiously
believed to be wrong.
I do not
believe that any God worthy of the name hates
homosexuals or Muslims or members of the U.S. military.
The results reveal that while the majority of evangelicals do not consider
homosexual feelings to be «wrong», the majority do
believe that
homosexual actions are «wrong».»
I mean, if we go to the one big hot topic maybe for churches... now with
homosexual marriage legalized, and churches for generations, they hold a set of beliefs around what they
believe the Word of God, the Bible says.
In which I tell you the truth about telling the truth:: I'm pretty sure not a single
homosexual in the Western world is unaware that most evangelical Christians
believe their desires and / or lifestyle to be sinful.
If you
believe that people who accept evolution, love
homosexuals, and vote democrat can not be true Christians, you might be a legalist.
While the military does not seek to discriminate unjustly, it
believes for a number of sound reasons that persons with a
homosexual orientation could experience difficulty in controlling their behavior in light of the unique circumstances of military life.