I'm Christian unless you're gay. (Article)

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I found this article courtesy of the Coffee Party's Facebook page and I thought I would share it.

http://www.danoah.com/2011/11/im-christ ... e-gay.html

And the response:

http://www.danoah.com/2012/04/a-teens-b ... e-gay.html

Wow, one article can provoke that much change in a family. I'm beginning to think that some people are starting to see that they were wrong with all this bashing of people that are different. Score for acceptance.

Thoughts and opinions anyone?

Love, compassion, guilt, shame—why are the liberals telling people what Christianity truly is? It is a clever but diabolical manipulation of the godless liberals to pull out our heart strings to convince us we should accept "teh ghey." Have liberals ever heard of tough love? Hate the sin, love the sinner. We can't let gay cooties spread and gay up our straight children, leading them straight to Hell.

sarcasm?

Psst, NeantHumain... this is the part where you say "Yes."

Wonderful pair of articles. I deeply approve.

i would not normally post in threads such as this, but i was trawling youtube for old ads and i saw this one which i think is hilarious.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzgKSGD6Hgo[/youtube]

Sarcasm or not, I will point out that not all atheists are liberal. Penn Jillette and Bill Mahr are just two examples. As everyone probably knows, they are libertarians. I didn't read the articles linked, so I will leave it at that.

Leave the church and religion behind. Follow Jesus.

Jesus would have spent time with the gay community (if there was one then) and ministered to them, but would have required their repentance to follow him. Just like he did with Mary Magdeline.

Or the Church in Corinth, a city that was a cross between a modern day Las Vegas and San Francisco: there were many ex-gays in that church, but they had to repent, and they were told it was okay to associate with gays and other immoral people (after all, such people were impossible to avoid- especially in Corinth) as long as they did not claim to be Christian.

True. Follow Jesus.

ex gays, repention and homosexual immorality all in one, what a deal

This article was very touching. It has been shared with my Facebook community.

It is sad how accurately this article defines some people: my own parents are the most compassionate, concerned, selfless people I know...unless you happen to be gay or a race that they do not particularly happen to like.
As he said, though: this is bigger than religion or sexuality. This is about love.

We all-- gay, straight, Christian, Atheist, autistic, neurotypical, and all of the unique shades of person in between-- could be a little more loving of the fellow living creature.

Spread the love!

It was the Jews who wrote the law saying it was a sin to be gay or to have male on male sex or female on female sex jesus never preached about homosexuality at all in the new testement btw I am omisexual I base my attractions on people not gender.

The context of Paul's letter to the Corinthian church was about homosexual temple prostitution, and how those converts should for their own good sever their ties to their old life.
If you take such passages to be mean that homosexuality is a sin, that is your choice. But I have to ask, how many times does alleged prohibition against homosexuality appear, in comparison to loving your neighbor, or caring for those without? I think fundies and holy rollers have become so obsessed with homosexuality that they have lost sight of loving your fellow human beings.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

What about gay culture ?

As a Christian, I found that article very on point. It has been circulating among us "liberal" Christians for some time.

Hate is an element of human nature, and in my eyes the Bible spends a lot of time trying to teach us to rise beyond it. But it can be so hard to see in yourself, and that is true with people who hide behind all sorts of otherwise worthy descriptions. Liberal included (which it is only fair to point out, since that is how I identify).