Why is it that people who were not
created as a gay person pretend that they know more than those of us that are?
Not exact matches
to President Obama's second inaugural, in which he cast the holy places of women's rights, civil rights, and
gay rights
as the postmodern Bethlehem («We, the
people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are
created equal — is the star that guides us still; just
as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall»).
It's fine, Steve, for you to believe «unrepentant
gays» (for example,
people who choose to live
as God
created them, in committed same - sex relationships) are going to hell.
Michael «
As a
gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to
people, all it does is
create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all
gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»
As a
gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to
people, all it does is
create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all
gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.
Though
people may describe themselves by using terms like «
gay» or «queer» which are commonly used in today's culture,
as Christians who believe in man
created in the image of God, we should ask if these cultural terms are, in fact, true ontological categories of the human
person, in accord with the blueprint of human existence.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children
as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God
creates light, night and day, plants grow, before
creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for
gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly
people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought
as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
No, It's another preacher preaching that a loving relationship between two
people that God chose to
create as gay is okay.
If we believe,
as Christian's, that all are
created uniquely equal to one another in the image of God,
as we say we do, how can we be so self - absorbed to think that God makes straight
people more perfect than
gay people?
Unlike my preference for black coffee vs. lattes, my sexual identity (and sexual relationship with my wife) is a very significant aspect of who I am
as a
person... Do you disagree with the assertion that sexuality is integral to the identity, and what are your thoughts on why God
created you
as a
gay woman while forbidding you to ever live that out in a relationship with another woman?
Since more and more religious groups are accepting of and even ordaining
gays and lesbians
as ministers or rabbis, it contradicts any notion that «god» hates queer folks and
created them
as something less than straight
people.
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